Student Support Specialist - Adult Learning Center

Fargo Public Schools; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 62,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits Eligible

12-month schedule

Job summary

Fargo Public Schools is seeking a Student Support Specialist for the Adult Learning Center to provide supportive services and referrals to students and families enrolled in the Even Start Family Literacy Program.

You will assist with enrollment processes, monitor participation, collaborate on grants and reports, and help integrate early childhood education with adult learning through data-driven supports and culturally responsive practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work.
• ND licensure in social work or ability to obtain prior to start date.
• Three years of experience in education, social work or related field.
• Training and experience in Parent Education.
• Training and experience in serving Multilingual learners.

Responsibilities

• Direct Support for Students and Family Services: Provide enrollment, assessments, parent education and connection to community resources.
• Systems Navigation, Advocacy and Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Design holistic care systems and coordinate with families, schools and agencies.
• Professional Practice and Program Development: Maintain licensure, participate in mandatory training, contribute to grant proposals and data reporting.

Skills

Parent Education training

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

ND licensure in social work or ability to obtain prior to start date

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - Fargo Public Schools

Student Support Specialist - Adult Learning Center JobID: 7143

• Position Type:
  Licensed Educators and Specialists/ Adult Basic and Secondary Education
  
• Date Posted:
  9/2/2026
  
• Date Available:
  09/14/2026
  

Job Type Full Time 40 hours/week

Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible

Schedule 12-months Monday - Friday

Salary Range

Group 10 MA $30.13 - $35.94

Group 9 BA $27.03 - $32.75

Position Summary:

Provide supportive services and referrals to students enrolled at the Adult Learning Center. Provide parent education to students enrolled in the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Assist with early childhood assessments and facilitates the integration of early childhood and parent education within adult education classes. Work with the Adult Learning Center Director in completing student enrollment processes, monitoring program participation, collaborating on grant proposals and reports, administering adult education assessments, analyzing student data and overall performance indicators.

Responsibilities:

1. Direct Support for Students and Family Services

Priority: Essential |Percent of Time: 50%

Examples of this work include:

• Utilizes formal and informal assessment tools, including observations and interviews, to monitor student and family well-being and academic engagement.
• Assist with the enrollment process for families participating in the Even Start Family Literacy Program.
• Assist with the monitoring and administering of student assessments, both early childhood and adult education.
• Facilitate parent education for students enrolled in Even Start Family Literacy program.
• Assist students in gaining access to formal and informal community resources based on the needs of each family.
• Maintains accurate records in line with mental health and educational confidentiality standards.
• Delivers strengths-based, culturally responsive, person-centered services that actively involve students in their educational experience.
• Apply systems and family-based theories to assess home, school and community dynamics, implementing interventions such as: Crisis intervention and response, home visits, program development, conflict resolution, drop out prevention, graduation awareness, and coordination of school and community services.
• Implements tiered prevention, early intervention and crisis response strategies tailored to address students' academic, emotional and social needs.

2. Systems Navigation, Advocacy and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Priority: Essential |Percent of Time: 30%

Examples of this work include:

• Addresses the needs of the school, student, families, and community by collaborating to design a holistic approach to any barriers or problems with the educational processusocial work systems theories and family-based theories.
• Works collaboratively with school staff, families, and community members to design and sustain comprehensive care systems that support student learning, well-being, and safety.
• Initiates and supports activities to overcome institutional barriers and gaps in services as leaders and members of interdisciplinary teams.
• Integrates the student's home, school, and community perspective in the interdisciplinary prosesingsystems theory and the social work code of ethics.
• Provides consultation on attendance, diversity, mental health, behavior concerns, crisis response, homelessness, abuse, neglect, and confidentiality using a social work lens.
• Networks to promote system responsiveness while utilizing ethical principles and standards through working with multidisciplinary teams.

Demonstrates and fosters professional, supportive relationships that contribute to an inclusive and academically engaging environment.

3. Professional Practice and Program Development

Priority: Essential |Percent of Time: 20%

Examples of this work include:

• Maintains licensure in accordance with North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners requirements.
• Participates in all mandatory training or training appropriate to the position as required.

Collaborate on grant proposals, data analysis and various reports.

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

Knowledgeof: Building and leading a school support team in collaboration with administrators, teachers, support staff, and community partners to ensure the delivery of tiered support services. This position also focuses on dropout prevention, graduation awareness, and the effective integration of support resources, promoting early identification of unmet needs, and fostering an inclusive and respectful environment that acknowledges diverse cultural backgrounds.

This comprehensive approach aims to empower students and their families, encouraging their involvement in the educational process and ensuring access to necessary resources, ultimately supporting the holistic development and academic success of each student.

Skill and Ability to: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with groups; conduct effective meetings and conferences; communicate concepts and information accurately orally and in writing including the preparation of formal statistical reports, case histories, assessment, and intervention records; demonstrate effective liaison relationships with parents, schools, and agencies; coordinate activities from many sources for the benefit of an individual student; organize work and provide effective services within a limited timeframe; develop, coordinate and deliver relevant training to parents and professional development to staff; assist with program development.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work
• ND licensure in social work or ability to obtain prior to start date
• Three years of experience in education, social work or related field

Minimum Qualifications:

• Training and experience in Parent Education
• Training and experience in serving Multilingual learners
• Experience in mediating and resolving conflicts within an educational or community setting

Reports To: Adult Learning Center Director

This position involves working as a team player with students, caregivers, outside agencies and school staff. The position handles highly confidential and private data and must be sensitive to people and their needs.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Stand

Frequently

Use hands dexterously (use fingers to handle, feel, type)

Frequently

Walk

Frequently

Reach with hands and arms

Frequently

Sit

Frequently

Climb or balance

Occasionally

Talk or hear

Frequently

Stoop/kneel/crouch or crawl

Frequently

Taste or smell

Occasionally

Lift and carry up to 50 pounds

Occasionally

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Example: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Work is mostly done indoors. Occasionally, travel between district and community-based locations and out of District travel is required. Work hours are typically during the school day but will occasionally include irregular hours.

Fargo Public Schools does not offer or provide sponsorships. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Applicants who are residents of ND and eligible to claim veteran's preference must upload a Form DD214. Claims for disabled veteran's preference must include a current statement of disabled status from the Veterans Affairs Office.

The Fargo Public School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from discrimination and harassment in all employment and educational programs, activities, and facilities. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on a student's, parent's, guardian's, or employee's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or any other status protected by law.

Any person having inquiries concerning the District's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or Section 504 is directed to contact Dr. Patricia Cummings, Director of Compliance, who has been designated by the District to coordinate efforts to comply with the regulations regarding nondiscrimination. The office address and telephone number of Dr. Cummings are as follows: 700 7th Street S., Fargo, North Dakota 58103, [phone].

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