About This Role
The Life Coach promotes continued student engagement in an Excel Center and serves as a student advocate. Each coach is responsible for a caseload of students, typically ranging from 65-80 students. Coaches build relationships with students and provide resources to remove significant barriers from their educational progress.
Responsibilities
- Build relationships, track student data, guide students in problem-solving and overcoming obstacles, and set and maintain a positive school culture
- Provide support (for example, tutoring and substituting), work closely, and maintain open communication with leadership, team members, and students to support student success
- Attend all team and professional development meetings
- Become part of a reliable alliance to ensure student engagement
- Manage and monitor students’ information to ensure academic progress
- Develop class schedules and direct students on a path that leads to graduation and postsecondary success
- Initiate and maintain contact with key community partners (community agencies, educational institutions and employers) to enhance the menu of support services provided to students
- Lead the intake process to introduce the student to the school and begin outlining his/her educational goals
- Assess students’ life experiences for possible translation into school credits
- Assist instructors in developing students’ individual learning plans based on intake assessment
- Identify and connect students to community resources to remove barriers and support academic and/or personal goals
- Manage and monitor students’ learning experiences to ensure student engagement and accomplishment of learning goals through individual and/or group meetings
- Work closely with leadership and instructional team members to support student success
- Require occasional local travel and transporting individuals
- Maintain regular and consistent in-person attendance
- Perform other related duties, as assigned
Requirements
- Associate’s degree or 10 years equivalent experience
- 2 years’ experience in social work, counseling, advising, academic guidance or related field
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Strong meeting facilitation skills
- Working knowledge of computer programs such as Microsoft Outlook, School Information Management System, Excel, and Word
- Demonstrated ability to develop relationships at all levels and relate to a diverse population
- Awareness of community resources
- Ability to embrace change positively, strong planning and organizing skills, independent, self-manager
- Ability to gather and analyze data for informed decision making
- Ability to conduct effective crucial conversations
- Ability to enforce school expectations
- Ability to maintain strong building presence by being visible and present on the campus and supporting school culture and the well-being of all students
- Ability to embrace change and flexibility
- Must be accessible for school events, open houses, recruitment events, and fairs
- Outstanding role model for professionalism
- Valid driver’s license and clean MVR
- Ability to pass a background check, fingerprint clearance, and drug screen, where applicable for position
Nice to have:
- Experience working with at-risk students in a nontraditional setting and/or in adult education setting
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards package, 1st of the month following 60 days of employment
- 3 Medical Plans
- Employer Funded Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- 3 Dental Plans
- Vision Plan
- 401K Traditional and Roth Plans
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Time Off; Sick and Vacation
- Paid Holidays
About the Company
Goodwill provides no-cost career development, training, and education services to help individuals build a better life for themselves and their families. Its mission is: Empowering Individuals, Strengthening Families, and Building Stronger Communities. Its core values are Trust, Collaboration, Engagement, Ownership, and Innovation.
