Academic Coach Goal Academy

Fremont Economic Development Corporation; Salida (CO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

PERA retirement plan with benefits

PSLF eligibility

Laptop provided

Cell phone provided

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

GOAL High School seeks dedicated staff to engage students in-person and online, collaborating with teachers and site teams to promote success and provide outreach and support services.

You will respond to identified students, ensure goals are achieved, and participate in a culture that emphasizes accountability, transparency, and student advocacy in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Must reside in Colorado.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Two years of experience working with youth preferred.
• Two years of experience in a secondary school or school system preferred.
• Bilingual preferred but not required.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time-management, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage students in-person and online, collaborate with teachers and site staff to promote student success.
• Provide outreach and support services, respond to identified students and ensure goals are met.
• Show up, connect, and help students succeed by maintaining honest relationships with students and staff.
• Recruit new students through community partnerships and events.
• Facilitate student access to accommodations and support services.
• Maintain daily attendance records and communicate progress to families and staff.
• Travel regionally as needed to transport students and engage with communities.

Skills

Communication skills

Driving

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Time-management

Written communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree or 2 years college

Job description

Why Work at GOAL High School?

• Great Mission and Great Culture
• Hybrid Work Schedule; one day remote, 4 days onsite
• 100% On-line Teaching model, minimal to no classroom discipline and management for staff
• Drop-In Sites to connect with students and other staff
• Our Academic Coaches can plan vacations with one 14-day break and two 1-week breaks and 7 weeks off in the summer
• Very competitive starting salary based on years of experience and qualifications
• Potential to earn Pay-for-Performance incentives as a member of the GOAL Team
• Competitive Benefits to include an emphasis on Wellness in the Workplace
• The ability to continue contributing to the Colorado Public Schools Retirement System PERA
• PERA 401K, with a 5% Match after one year
• Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance and AD&D plans
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Voluntary life insurance for employees and dependents
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Optional additional insurance that includes accident, critical illness, and hospital plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company provided laptop and cell phone and additional equipment as needed
• Robust Professional Development and opportunity to work with passionate, mission-driven colleagues who are invested in your personal and professional growth
• GOAL High School is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

Position will report 3 days in Westcliffe 1 day in Salida

Purpose of Job

To engage students in-person and online, collaborate with teachers and other site staff to promote student success, provide outreach, and support services, as well as respond to identified students ensuring that each student successfully achieves personal and program goals.

Essential Duties/ Major Accountabilities

Show Up: Be ACCOUNTABLE to our students, ourselves, and our team.

Connect: Develop and maintain TRANSPARENT and HONEST relationships with our students and team.

Succeed: Become a STRONG unified team providing students an INNOVATIVE environment to become productive members of society.

Interventions

• Provide Interventions as Needed

Transportation

• Transport students for school-related activities utilizing the required CDE Driver Certification and CDE Certified GOAL vehicle

MTSS

• Monitor student attendance data to identify and provide interventions to students who are not actively engaged in school, including, but not limited to home visits, parent communications and student success plans.
• Ensure quality and timely documentation of all interventions provided.

Truancy

• Collaborate with regional leadership and our Social Emotional Team to ensure accurate truancy documentation is provided to the court.
• May attend, as needed, truancy court hearing of an identified student.
• Assist With Community and Legal Resources

Compliance

• Complete assigned training and adhere to school policy and state law, including, but not limited to confidentiality, mandatory reporting, and compliance (including FERPA).

Community Engagement

• Collaborate with a GOAL Social Emotional Team to connect students to identified external resources to support individual student needs.

Recruitment

• Actively recruit new students through community partnerships and events utilizing GOAL marketing materials
• Basic Tech Support for Students
• Utilize GOAL Helpdesk ticketing system to communicate needs with the IT department. Verify resolution of ticket and communicate to student.

Academic Support

• Facilitate student's working with their teachers for academic learning and growth.
• Facilitate student access to accommodations as needed.
• Social Emotional Support
• Facilitate student access to identified social emotional support staff as needed.
• Provide a caring and inclusive environment.

Assessments

• Champion GOAL's culture of assessment by ensuring student participation and proctoring throughout the year. Including, but not limited to attending training and actively maintaining compliance with all state mandated tests (Screener, Access, SAT, PSAT10/9, etc.)

Platform Knowledge

• Understand the student experience in GOAL learning platforms, including, but not limited to Schoology, Edgenuity, and GOAL Portal.

Gladiator Connections/Advocacy

Communication

• Build connections with staff, students, and parents to keep the student progressing toward academic success, including, but not limited to, providing progress reports and student, parent, staff conferences.

Extra-Curricular

• Possess and share a general knowledge of GOAL Academy's extra-curricular activities and student opportunities.

Daily Attendance

• Maintain daily student communication and document attendance utilizing identified GOAL systems.

Teamwork

• Participate in daily POD huddles to establish clear lines of communication and define daily responsibilities with fellow POD teammates for the success of assigned students

Accountability Standards for all GOAL Academy High School Staff

• Love for children and ability to work enthusiastically on their behalf.
• Actively and enthusiastically recruit new students through community partnerships and community events.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time-management, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Knowledgeable and comfortable working with technology.
• Able to competently and persistently apply problem solving skills towards technology issues.
• Proven ability to serve on teams and participate in a collaborative decision-making process.
• Strong work ethic to achieve both school and personal goals.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Willingness to travel regionally and transport students as required.
• Ethical, honest, and good-humored.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must reside in Colorado.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Education

• Possess a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g., the GED).
• Demonstrate subject matter competency by:
  • Earning an Associate (or higher) degree; or
  • Completing at least two years (48 credit hours) of study at an institution of higher education; or
  • Passing a formal assessment measuring one’s knowledge of and ability to assist classroom teachers in reading, writing and mathematics.

Experience

• Two years of experience working with youth preferred.
• Two years of experience working with students in a secondary school or school system preferred.
• Experience working with at risk youth preferred.
• Bilingual preferred but not required.

Physical Requirements of this position include

Seldom: Cold-50 F or less/Heat- 90 F or more/Gases-Fumes/ Heights/Climbing/ Crawling-Kneeling/ Bending/ Walking on Uneven Surfaces/Chemical-Solvents/ Travel-National or International

Over 30 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

Occasional

Noise/Working Alone/ Local Travel/ Visual Acuity-Far/ Color Discrimination

Over 20 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

Frequent

Driving/ Work with Others/ Visual Acuity-Near/ Hearing/ Speech/ Manual Dexterity/ Eye-Hand Coordination/ Computer/ Mouse/ Copier/ Scanner/ Printer/ Telephone

Under 20 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

GOAL High School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetic information, or other status protected by law in its admission, access to, treatment, or employment in its education programs or activities.

Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.