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Youth Development Specialist Role
Public Schools of Robeson County
Indian Education Project
Title VI
ROLES OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
Grades K-2
- Serve as strong advocate/positive role model
- Monitor attendance of all Indian students
- Make home visits when necessary
- Send correspondence to parents
- Make telephone calls for attendance daily
- Individual supplemental counseling/support when necessary
- Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms
- Parent, teacher, administrative conferences
- Make referrals to community agencies when necessary
- Identify and recruit positive Indian role models as resource persons
Grades 3 - 6
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Tutoring groups in reading
- Group supplemental counseling/support
12:00 noon - 3:15 p.m.
- Monitor attendance of all Indian students
- Make home visits when necessary
- Send correspondence to parents
- Make telephone calls for attendance daily
- Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms
- Parent, teacher, administrative conferences
- Make referrals to community agencies when necessary
- Work on incentive program
- Conduct a craft workshop, if possible
- Recruit students for Summer Enrichment Camp & Indian Education Resource Center Reading Camp
- Prepare/submit project reports
- Attend monthly staff meetings
Grades 7-8
- Group supplemental counseling/support
- Monitor attendance of all Indian students
- Make home visits when necessary
- Send correspondence to parents
- Make telephone calls for attendance daily
- Individual counseling when necessary
- Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms
- Parent, teacher, administrative conferences
- Make referrals to community agencies when necessary
- Monitor attendance of all Indian students
- Work on incentive program
- Conduct a craft workshop if possible
- Recruit for Summer Enrichment Camp - Indian Education Resource Center Reading Camp
- Prepare/submit project reports
- Attend monthly staff meeting
- Identify and recruit positive Indian role models as resource persons
- Tutoring groups in reading
- NASA/AISES Clubs
Grades 9-12
- Monitor attendance of all Indian students
- Individual/group/supplemental/counseling/support/when necessary
- Make home visits when necessary
- Make telephone calls for attendance daily
- Send correspondence to parents
- Monitor and collect Indian Education 506 forms
- Parent, teacher, administrative conferences
- Make referrals to community agencies when necessary
- Work on incentive program
- Conduct a craft workshop
- Organize/sponsor NASA/AISES Club meeting once a month after school
- Recruit students for the "SAT" Prep Classes
- Recruit students for:
- AISES Program
- N.C. Indian Youth UNITY Conference
- National Indian Youth UNITY Conference
- Broyhill Leadership Conference
- Identify/schedule positive Indian role models as resource persons
- Recruit from official drop-out list for 1) re-entry to regular school or 2) enrollment in an alternative program
- Prepare/submit project reports
- Attend monthly staff meetings
- Supplemental Indian student advisement for college entry/high school course selection
- Coordinate with guidance division financial aid/applications for post secondary training and education
NOTE: Youth Development Specialist are employed during Summer Enrichment Camp.