About Student Advocates
Student advocates build positive and productive relationships with students and leverage those relationships to fully engage students in the learning environment and provide intervention services for students. Student advocates are trained in advocacy, crisis intervention, peer mediation, coaching, and mentoring. The primary focus of our Student Advocates is to work collaboratively with staff to promote a positive learning climate for students.
Student Support Services Provided by Student Advocates
- Develop appropriate personalized relationships with all students;
- Work collaboratively to develop an effective In-School Personal Development program while ensuring that all students who are assigned are subjected to experiences and activities that will reduce their rate of recidivist behaviors and that will support their academic and personal growth;
- Conduct home visits to communicate with parents and develop collaborative partnerships with parents and community stakeholders that are designed to identify and respond to student needs and to increase attendance, enhance academic achievement, and student well-being;
- Work collaboratively with the school’s professional school counselors, social worker, psychologist, and pupil personnel workers to provide preventive support and responsive assistance to all students on assigned caseload who are experiencing personal, social, or academic difficulties;
- Advocate for individual students and systemic change whenever necessary to promote an environment more conducive to student achievement and well-being;
- Assist professional school counselors, psychologist, pupil personnel workers, social workers, and other faculty and staff as needed to address students’ needs as efficiently and effectively as possible;
- Be aware of the school-wide student development agenda and actively support all student development programming such as Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports PBIS, Advisory, Athletics, and Activities;
- Provide consultation to administrators, teachers, and parents regarding individual or group of students; and
- Promote the expectation of high achievement for all students and reinforce and reward school wide rules and expectations.
