Key full-time position in the Promise Neighborhood Initiative. There is an Academic Specialist (AS) located at every schools in the Promise Neighborhood. This position is housed in Jackson High School. The Academic Specialist (AS) will provide direct services and interventions to a caseload of students by meeting with them individually and collectively, to develop a plan for academic success and to provide academic interventions and referrals to services necessary to ensure success.
Services will vary depending upon the level of the students. The AS will work with students for as long and as intensively as needed, to assist each student in achieving academically, becoming college and career ready, and adjusting to post-secondary education or training programs. The Academic Specialists will monitor individual student data using an Early Warning System to ensure that interventions occur as soon as signs of concern arise (attendance issues, discipline referrals, etc.). Additional responsibilities include providing content tutoring in and out of school and serving as a school and community resource on college access and awareness.
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