East Valley Elementary College and Career Readiness Interventionist OYO 2026/27

About the role

The College and Career Readiness Interventionist is responsible for ensuring that students who are at risk of dropping out of school and/or failing to successfully transition into the workplace, achieve expected outcomes including graduation, and placement into post-secondary education, workforce, or the military.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Establishes a positive and on-going supportive relationship with students, families, principals, administrators and school faculty to support targeted students.
• Collaborates with school counselors, advisors, community resources, and teachers to implement the curriculum and to consistently build support for academic success, career exploration, goal setting, leadership development, college planning, counseling, to assist in overcoming barriers to graduation and/or success in the workplace.
• Analyzes student data and barriers and confers with the graduation advisory committee (or School Success Team) to identify and develop a pool of qualified students in need of intensive academic support such as tutoring, extended learning, mentoring, and counseling.
• Administers testing including pre-/post-tests to students in the classroom and document results in the data management system.
• Maintains and updates monthly individualized academic plan (IAP) with all students on the program roster.
• Maintains and monitors the attendance, academic achievement, response to intervention, credits needed for graduation, course selection, and enrollment, etc.
• Serves as a student advocate when collaborating with school staff in developing intervention plans for struggling students and assists in implementing/referring intervention as appropriate.
• Develops and implements service learning projects, creates a pool of classroom speakers, participates in public relations activities, and provides real life learning experiences for students based on individual need.
• Serves as a liaison between students, families, and community organizations to strengthen family/school partnerships and facilitate career exploration, college/career selection and financial planning.
• Provides supportive services to program participants to ensure successful transition to post-secondary education, employment, and/or military.
• Complies with all documentation requirements in a timely fashion including student contacts and activities, employer and community organization contacts, and intervention growth data.
• Participates in staff, regional, and statewide meetings, and staff development activities within the building and district as appropriate.
• Ensures compliance with special services such as IEP's and other related mandates.
• Connects the full cohort of students to and/or organizes and leads field trips to higher educational institutions, business and industry, and other community-based activities and events.
• Completes special projects and related duties as assigned.

Position Expectations

• Affirm students are moving through the system and receiving support to perform on grade level, pass their classes, graduate from high school, and move into post-secondary education, employment and/or military.
• Create a sustainable system of supports throughout the local community for students through graduation and one year of follow-up services and targeted outcomes.
• Affirm data tracking and monitoring for student success and services provided to all targeted students.

Position Requirements

• Education and Training: Working knowledge of basic computer applications such as word processing, Excel, and electronic data tracking.
• Licenses And Certifications: Must possess or be able to acquire a Nevada substitute teaching license issued by the Nevada Department of Education by the first day of school with students.
• Physical And Mental Requirements: Strength, dexterity, coordination, and vision to use keyboard and video display terminal for prolonged periods. Strength and stamina to bend, stoop, sit, and stand for long periods of time. Dexterity and coordination to handle files and single pieces of paper; occasional lifting of files, stacks of paper or reports, references, student work, and other materials. Some reaching for items above and below waist and head level. Some reaching, bending, squatting, and stooping to access files, student work, and other items is necessary. The manual dexterity and cognitive ability to operate a personal computer and other educational technology (LCD projector, SmartBoard, iPads/Tablets, etc.) to enhance student learning. Involves hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone. Light lifting (up to 25 pounds) may occasionally be required.