ACADEMIC ADVISOR

at Holbrook Unified School District #3 in Holbrook, Arizona, United States

Job Description

Job Purpose

 Prepare students for high school graduation and post-graduation plans. Works with the school counselors to meet the academic, career, and social-emotional needs of students.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop a structure of communication regarding students who begin to develop patterns of absences, misbehavior, or academic struggles.
• Contact parents of students who are at risk, especially due to patterns of absence.
• Meet with parents of target students to discuss solutions, plans, and alternative programs when appropriate.
• Communicate with counselors and administrators regarding at-risk students in order to plan and provide intervention.
• Communicate with teachers concerning the status of at risk students.
• Make recommendations to meet the needs of targeted students.
• Advising students in career interests and prerequisites. Reviewing required courses for field of study, and two year and four-year programs.
• Assist students in updating their Education Career Action Plan (ECAP) annually.
• Maintain records of services and contacts.
• Provide academic advisement and assist in scheduling, registering, and maintaining accurate records for compliance with district, federal and state guidelines.
• Assist students and parents with FAFSA and scholarship applications.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Evaluations

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

Technology Skills

Basic: Email, Time Clock, Log in to basic software programs

Worker Characteristics

Deductive Reasoning-The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense for the success and future needs of students.

Self-Motivated-Ability to work independently for project completion.

Oral Expression-The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand, in a positive manner to co-worker, students, or public.

Problem Sensitivity-The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Work Environment

Inside: Offices, School Buildings.

Outside: Outdoor Facilities.

Indoor/Outdoor: Travel from location to location.

Occasional Travel: For required training or professional development (In district, out of district, in state, and/or out of state).

 Possibly exposed to extremes of temperature. Occasionally subjected to extreme noise, odors, mists, dust and poor ventilation.

Physical Requirements

The position requires frequent lifting, bending, stooping, pulling, speaking, turning, grasping and carrying items over 40 lbs.