Graduation Coach (10 month position)

Purpose and Scope

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Graduation Coach is engaged in high school graduation assistance activities, including but not limited to working with students, school faculty and staff, parents, and guardians. The Graduation Coach will provide assistance to all high school students, individually and in groups, regarding high school graduation and completion, including but not limited to analyzing data to identify students or subgroups with potential high school graduation problems; planning, implementing, and tracking individual high school graduation plans; identifying and resolving barriers to graduation; and facilitating career choices and planning.

Essential Job Functions

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the primary job elements.

1. Identifies and counsels high school students at risk of dropping out and develops strategies to continue to engage them in learning throughout their high school career, using relevant academic and behavioral data and other measures.

2. Develops and implements Engagement and Career plans for students who are at risk for not graduating, working with teachers, counselors, parents, employers, mentors and other individuals or organizations that have responsibility for or that significantly influence the student's personal and school life.

3. Reviews and monitors student's Engagement and Career Plans each semester and make adjustments, as necessary; and work with appropriate parties when student is not adhering to Engagement Plan.

4. Provides training and/or support to middle school and high school teachers on support measures that work with youth identified as at risk for not graduating.

5. Works with faculty and administrators to develop credit recovery and alternative options to adapt curriculum and differentiated instruction to meet the needs of identified at risk students.

6. Develops and implements individual, small group, and whole school intervention and prevention strategies to increase the likelihood that students will stay in school and graduate.

7. Develops Transition Programs and Vertical Teams with Middle and High Schools.

8. Conducts quarterly vertical team meetings among middle and high school faculty and staff to develop action steps to improve individual student and subgroup transition success rate.

9. Collaborates with teachers, counselors, and/or advisors to assure the continued use of the transition process for 8th graders and freshmen to help students successfully adapt to the rigors of the high school experience.

10. Facilitates collaborations with parents/guardians, community organizations, and other resources.

11. Connects individual students and their parents/guardians with community organizations and programs.

12. Develops or works with local mentoring programs, business and/or community coaches to connect individual students with mentors.

13. Provides support and outreach to parents/guardians of students identified as being at risk of not graduating.

14. Provides and/or submit reports as scheduled/requested.

15. Attends and participates in ongoing professional development.

16. Performs other duties as needed or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in education, training, subject field, curriculum or related content area. Master's degree preferred. A valid Tennessee certificate in Teaching, Service (School Counseling, School Psychology, and/or School Social Work), and/or Leadership Knowledge required. Five (5) years of successful counseling/teaching experience required.

(PROOF OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND/OR EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED). 
Degree Equivalency Formula:
Bachelor’s Degree= 4 years plus required years of experience.
Master’s Degree= 2 years plus required years of experience. Where Master’s degrees are required, years for Bachelor’s Degrees must be included.