About this role
WAHLUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT #7 Job Posting/Description AVAILABLE TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY PENDING BOARD APPROVAL Position: Secondary Migrant Student Advocate; Grades 9-12 Reports to: High School Principals; Director of Multicultural & Multilingual Programs Classification: Classified Non Union; FLSA Non-Exempt Salary Range: Salary as reflected in the Classified Non-Supervisory Non-Represented Salary Schedule, dependent upon related experience and education. Terms of Employment: 220-day contract, including 11 paid holidays; 8 hours per day. Benefits: Eligible for employer contribution toward medical, dental, and vision benefits; Washington State Retirement System; sick leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty. Basic Function: Provide advocacy, case management, and coordinated academic and social-emotional support to migrant students in grades 9-12 and their families. The Secondary Migrant Student Advocate builds trusting relationships, identifies barriers to attendance, engagement, credit attainment, grade-level promotion, and graduation, and connects students with school and community resources. The position works as part of a school-based team and collaborates closely with the Migrant High School Graduation Advisor, school counselors, administrators, teachers, the Migrant Recruiter, and other staff to help students remain enrolled, make timely progress, and transition successfully to graduation, postsecondary education, training, or employment. The Advocate Will: This is a representative listing of tasks not to be considered exhaustive.
• Implement a case-management model that provides supplemental support and intervention strategies responsive to the unique educational and mobility-related needs of migrant high school students.
• Work with the Director of Multicultural & Multilingual Programs and high school staff to establish program and student goals aligned with the district's local Migrant Education Program plan and the State Service Delivery Plan.
• Coordinate access to school, district, migrant program, and community services for which students and families may be eligible.
• Maintain clear role coordination with the Migrant High School Graduation Advisor: the Advocate emphasizes relationships, engagement, barrier reduction, family connection, and follow-through, while supporting and reinforcing graduation plans developed with the Advisor and school counselors.
Major Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with the Migrant High School Graduation Advisor, counselors, administrators, teachers, and other appropriate staff to identify and maintain a caseload of migrant students needing intensive support, giving priority to students designated Priority for Service and those at risk because of attendance, mobility, course failure, credit deficiency, disengagement, or other barriers.
• Review available student data, including attendance, grades, credits, course completion, assessment results, behavior, mobility, and intervention history, to monitor progress and adjust the level of support in coordination with the student's educational team.
• Build consistent, culturally responsive relationships with students and their families; identify academic, social-emotional, health, transportation, employment, housing, language, mobility, or family circumstances that may interfere with school success.
• Meet with students individually and in small groups to provide check-ins, goal setting, organization and study skills, self-advocacy, leadership development, school engagement, and connection to academic and social supports.
• Support students in understanding their current academic standing, attendance expectations, school programs, available educational opportunities, and next steps identified in their High School and Beyond Plan or individual graduation plan, in collaboration with the Graduation Advisor and school counselor.
• Reinforce student participation in credit-bearing courses and interventions, tutoring, extended learning, credit recovery, summer programming, CTE, Running Start, AP, dual-credit, Highly Capable, alternative learning, and other appropriate pathways; refer scheduling, transcript evaluation, and graduation requirement decisions to authorized school staff.
• Monitor students' follow-through with agreed-upon interventions and promptly communicate emerging concerns to the Graduation Advisor, counselor, teachers, families, and other team members, as appropriate.
• Support successful transitions into ninth grade, between high schools or programs, following periods of mobility, and from one grade level to the next; help newly arrived and returning students connect with staff, routines, courses, activities, and available supports.
• Coordinate with the Migrant High School Graduation Advisor on students at risk of not graduating, including students pursuing credit recovery or alternative pathways, without independently determining graduation status or replacing counselor or Advisor responsibilities.
• Work closely with the Migrant Recruiter and school staff to identify students at risk of becoming Out-of-School Youth, reconnect eligible students with educational services when possible, and coordinate appropriate referrals.
• Provide families with understandable information about student progress, attendance, school expectations, educational programs and opportunities, graduation-related supports, family engagement opportunities, and ways to support learning at home.
• Conduct home visits and other family outreach throughout the year in accordance with district procedures, maintaining confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries.
• Connect students and families with school-based and community resources addressing academic, social-emotional, health, economic, and other identified needs; document referrals and follow up on access and outcomes.
• Help educators understand the strengths, experiences, and unique needs of migrant students and families, and contribute relevant information to collaborative student-support meetings while protecting student confidentiality.
• Promote student access to leadership, mentoring, extracurricular, college and career exploration, campus visits, technical education, and other activities that strengthen belonging and postsecondary readiness.
• Support Migrant Parent Advisory Council meetings and family information sessions by sharing program information, student-support resources, and high-school-related updates, as assigned.
• Maintain accurate and timely Migrant Education Program documentation, including caseload and needs-assessment records, service logs, student learning or intervention plans, referrals to services, contacts, and required follow-up.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, professional learning, and state or national migrant education conferences as assigned to strengthen practice with highly mobile and at-risk secondary students.
• Perform other duties consistent with the position and the goals and outcomes of the school and Migrant Education Program.
Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:
• Associate degree preferred; high school diploma or equivalent required. Coursework in human services, education, counseling, social work, family support, youth development, or a closely related field is preferred.
• Three or more years of successful experience in education, youth development, counseling, social work, family support, or other closely related work preferred.
• Successful experience working with high-school-aged migrant students and families, multilingual learners, or historically underserved youth in an educational setting preferred.
• Bilingual and biliterate proficiency in English and Spanish required.
• Knowledge of secondary school programs, attendance and engagement supports, credit-bearing coursework, graduation pathways, and college and career opportunities, or the ability to acquire this knowledge promptly.
• Knowledge of school and community resources available to students and families and of economic, social, cultural, linguistic, and mobility-related factors that may influence migrant student success.
• Ability to establish positive relationships with adolescents and adults while maintaining confidentiality, professional boundaries, fairness, and cultural responsiveness.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, families, school personnel, and community partners.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage a caseload, organize records, meet timelines, prioritize tasks within established parameters, and accurately document services.
• Strong computer and educational technology skills.
• Ability to solve practical problems, apply sound judgment, and respond appropriately to varied situations in which limited standardization exists.
• Flexibility in work schedule to accommodate family outreach, meetings, school activities, field trips, and program needs, including occasional evening, weekend, or overnight responsibilities.
• Valid Washington State driver's license and automobile insurance.
• Ability to pass Washington State and FBI fingerprint background clearance.
• Regular and reliable attendance and consistent modeling of appropriate professional behavior.
Physical Requirements: This position typically requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions. Medium work: ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally with assistance, and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move and carry objects. Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noise. The Wahluke School District #73 complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to the district's Title IX Coordinator, Civil Rights Coordinator, and Section 504 Coordinator. School District address: 411 E. Saddle Mt. Dr., Mattawa, WA 99349.