Academic Mentor

Wage: $17.60/hr. Part-time and full-time shifts available Monday through Thursday.

Essential Functions

• Direct Mentorship & Student Support
  • Build positive, trusting, and trauma-informed relationships with assigned students to encourage personal growth, academic engagement, and positive behavior.
  • Conduct regular 1-on-1 check-ins and check-outs (e.g., CICO framework) to set daily goals, review behavioral expectations, and celebrate growth.
  • Provide real-time coaching during moments of academic frustration, emotional dysregulation, or interpersonal conflict.
  • Assist students in developing self-advocacy, time management, organizational skills, and conflict-resolution strategies.
• Academic Assistance & Skill Building
  • Support students with classroom assignments, executive functioning skills (e.g., homework tracking, binder organization), and targeted academic remediation under teacher guidance.
  • Escort, push in, or pull-out students to/from general education classrooms, resource rooms, or sensory spaces to ensure academic access.
  • Help teachers modify assignments or implement classroom accommodations in real-time to match student learning needs.
• Behavioral Intervention & Crisis Management
  • Implement Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavioral interventions, Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), and IEP goals with fidelity.
  • Utilize positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), trauma-informed care, and de-escalation techniques (e.g., CPI, Mandt, or district-approved protocol) to de-escalate crisis situations safely.
  • Supervise designated reset/sensory areas or reflection spaces, helping students process behavior and return to class ready to learn.
• Data & Collaboration
  • Collaborate regularly with classroom teachers, special education staff, school counselors, and program administrators to review student data and adjust strategies.

Only minimum duties are listed. Other functions may be required as given or assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow both oral and written directions and instructions.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from students, parents, and staff.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student matters.
• Ability to effectively manage time and responsibilities.

Equipment Used

• A variety of electronic and technology devices, telephone/voicemail.

Work Environment

• Primarily indoors with a moderate noise level, depending on the assignment.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to sit; occasionally walk and stand.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to hear conversations in quiet environments.

Mental/Motor Demands

• Rarely performs routine work; frequently shifts between tasks.
• Guidance and reinforcement are infrequently available.
• Frequently works within time constraints and maintains attentiveness intensity.
• Frequently involved in social interactions requiring oral and written communications.

The physical demands, work-environment characteristics, and mental/motor demands described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations shall be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.