Life Coach

About This Role

Life Coaches are integral staff members in The Excel Center, a high-quality, free, public high school for adult learners. The primary role is to promote continued student engagement and to serve as a student advocate and counselor. This role suits someone who can build relationships with students and provide resources to remove barriers from their educational progress.

Responsibilities

• Provide support, work closely, and maintain open communication with leadership, staff, teachers, and students to support student success
• Attend all team and professional development meetings and special events including scheduled open houses, testing sessions, recruitment events, fairs, and orientations
• Become part of a reliable alliance to ensure student engagement
• Manage and monitor students’ information to ensure academic progress
• Assist in developing the overall class schedule each term
• Develop individual student class schedules
• Direct students toward the path that leads to graduation, using appropriate resources such as credit tracking form
• Maintain confidential information; track student data in student information system and/or Excel
• Initiate and maintain contact with key community partners (community agencies, educational institutions, and employers) to extend the support services provided to students
• Identify and connect students to community resources to remove barriers and support academic and/or personal goals
• Distribute and track public transportation passes
• Execute recruitment strategies to attract prospective students through outreach and events
• Be accessible and present for school events (e.g. Open Houses, Recruitment events, fairs, iExcel orientation, etc.)
• Participate in administrative leadership meetings
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Flexible availability for daytime and evening classes
• Two years of experience in social work, counseling, advising, academic guidance or related field
• Superior verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience working with high school age students in a non-traditional setting, diverse, inner-city populations and/or in adult education setting

About the Company

The Excel Center – Northern Indiana is a high-quality, free, public high school for adult learners 18 and older, providing coursework toward an Indiana Core 40 diploma. Goodwill Industries of Michiana, Inc. operates the center, which offers a structured learning environment with direct/face-to-face instruction, an accelerated format, small classes, and individualized attention.