Lead Academic Success Coach

Goodwill of Greater Washington
US - District of Columbia - Washington
June 24, 2024

The Lead Academic Success Coach will drive and promote continued student engagement and academic progress in the Excel Center by leading a team of student first and service-oriented academic success coaches.
He/she will supervise, manage, train, and evaluate a staff of 3-5 academic success coaches and is responsible for supporting a small caseload of students.
He/she will work closely with the GEC Director, Lead Teacher, and other key Leadership Team members to build collaborative relationships between team members to support students.
He/she will build a strong coaching team that is focused on building student relationships, identifying student barriers to success and presenting solutions to support students in their academic journey.
The Lead Academic Success Coach will work with the team to create a culture of action, urgency, and solutions on the coaching team.
The incumbent will be a member of the site leadership team and work collaboratively with the instructional team in supporting the schools motto:
Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor.
This position is responsible and will be held accountable for behaving in accordance with divisional and organizational RISE values and expectations.

Key Competencies:

Customer focus
Building effective teams
Drive for results
Conflict management

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Manages, monitors, and facilitates the work responsibilities for the Academic Success Coaching Team.

Creates and fosters a culture of support with the Academic Success Coaching team and leads with a solution-oriented mindset when approaching student barriers and plans.
Identifies resolutions during moments of conflict between students and coaches and presents key next steps and outcomes.

Performs casework services with students to help identify and resolve individual barriers to promote student success.

Serves on site leadership team and provides critical insight and input into the day- to-day operations of the school.

Collaborates with the Director, Lead Teacher, Registrar, and other Leadership Team members to ensure common understanding of the Excel Center course progression among all coaches.

Monitors and manages the student scheduling process and ensures coaches are developing strong graduation plans that align with the students current progression.
Works with the school leadership team to adhere to urgent scheduling timelines and master schedule reviews with a focus on students.

Participates in the selection of Academic Success Coaches and leads the onboarding and training process for new coaches.

During each enrollment cycle, manages and monitors the new students intake process and works with the Enrollment Team to schedule all intakes.
Distributes new student caseloads evenly to the coaches.

Reviews progress documentation in the student information system (PowerSchool) to ensure academic progress and appropriate intervention plans.

Collaborates with instructors and other school team members to monitor student progress and to identify supports needed on the pathway to successful academic outcomes.

Gathers background information on the students social history by conducting observations, making home visits as necessary, interviewing students, and reviewing student records.

Participates in eligibility meetings and contributes to the development of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Serves as a resource to teachers and staff regarding social, emotional, and academic needs of students.
Meets with students and coaches to review individualized intervention plans and/or attendance plans created to support academic outcomes.

Provides in-service training, professional development, and workshops for teachers and staff on topics including proper referral procedures for to appropriate internal and external services, social emotional supports for students, intervention plans, and collaborative planning between teachers and coaches.

Organizes and facilities student support programs and activties to address specific emotional and social needs of students and support student learning.

Serves as a liaison, with the academic success coach, to the student, home, school, counseling facilities and community resources such as social services, court services, and family service agencies.

Acts as a member of the school crisis team to provide intervention to students, as necessary.

Supports the attendance tracking and mon.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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