Student Council Sponsor

Decatur Public School District; Decatur (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Decatur Public School District seeks a Student Council Advisor for both high school and middle school at Dennis Lab School. The role focuses on promoting student leadership, building school spirit, and coordinating student activities within the school community.

The advisor supervises Student Council activities, guides elections, and helps set goals for events, budgets, and fundraisers. Collaboration with staff and administration is essential to foster participation and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Requires organizational ability and interpersonal relation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with district staff and community.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Student Council activities.
• Determine role of council officers and conduct elections.
• Establish council goals on school pride, spirit, funds, and events.
• Encourage students to appreciate and value their classmates, school, and community.
• Encourage activities in support of school and community.
• Conduct council meetings to discuss ideas for the good of the school and to plan future meetings and events.
• Encourage council to present students' wishes to the faculty and administration, and to increase spirit and participation.
• Develop budget for all activities and events.
• Plan fundraisers, school events, and other activities through coordination with building administration.
• All meetings are held outside student attendance hours.
• Coordinate activities with the building master schedule.

Skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Position Type: Schedule B and Additional Duties/ Activity Sponsor
• Date Posted: 9/18/2026
• Location: Dennis Lab School
• Date Available: ASAP

TITLE: Student Council Advisor (High School & Middle School)

PURPOSE:

Promote student leadership and contribute to school wide activities building spirit and pride within the school community.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Must be a member of building teaching staff
• Demonstrates organizational ability and skill in interpersonal relations
• Communicates effectively with all members of the school district and community

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

(The following are the essential fundamentals to include but not limited to the following job duties.)

• Supervise the Student Council activities.
• Determine role of council officers and conduct election of council officers.
• Establish council goals on school pride, spirit, funds, and events.
• Encourage students to appreciate and value their classmates, school, and community.
• Encourage activities in support of school and community.
• Conduct council meetings to discuss ideas for the good of the school and to plan future meetings and events.
• Encourage council to present the students' wishes and needs to the faculty and administration, and to increase students' spirit and participation in their school.
• Work with council to develop budget for all activities and events.
• Help council plan fundraisers, school events, and other activities through coordination through building administration.
• All meetings are held outside the student attendance hours.
• Coordinates activities with building master schedule.

TERMS:

Salary to be based upon Schedule B of collective negotiation bargaining.

EVALUATION:

This position is evaluated annually by the principal using the categories listed in the job description.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use repetitive hand motions, including prolonged use of a computer terminal. The employee is frequently required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus with or without correction.

Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to compare, analyze, communicate, coordinate, instruct, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills,compile, and negotiate. The employee frequently is required to compute. The employee occasionally is required to copy.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The job is performed under minimal temperature variations and a generally hazard free environment.