• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with students, parents, partners, district personnel, and co-workers.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to work independently with little direction.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn of resources available within the community to address student and parent issues regarding academic, mental health, and socio-economic needs.
• Ability to provide peer mediation and conflict resolution skills to students and parents.
• Maintain confidentiality with discretion.
• Valid CA driver’s license.

• Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent required
• College level coursework in sociology, psychology desired
• Two or more years of experience working with at-risk students desired
• Bilingual Spanish required

• Maintain professional behavior, appearance, and work ethic to represent the school district in a positive manner at all times.
• Demonstrate daily a relentless commitment to the success of all students.
• Monitor at-risk students for the purpose of determining the appropriate interventions.
• Communicate effectively with at-risk students, parents, community agencies, administration, and teachers.
• Attend meetings (e.g., intervention meetings, parent meetings) for the purpose of enlisting help for at-risk students and tracking their progress.
• Gather data, maintain files, and monitor students for the purpose of enlisting help for at-risk students and tracking their progress.
• Work with counselors to participate in the referral process for mental health services and outside counseling services for students and families.
• Advise administrators and teachers on issues regarding at-risk students.
• Identify students who are at risk and develop intervention strategies for working with those students.
• Conduct classroom and home visits as a means of intervention.
• Identify and meet with at-risk students who are assigned to summer school.
• Maintain a database for keeping track of interventions and the progress of the students.
• Meet with students on a regular basis to facilitate students’ self-understanding and improvement of their behaviors and performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Mountain View Whisman School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The Mountain View Whisman School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying, equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to Tara Vikjord at 650-526-3500, 1400 Montecito Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043 , or tvikjord@mvwsd.org.