Graduation Coach

Second Mile Education; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Second Mile Education in West Palm Beach, FL seeks a Graduation Coach to support on-time high school graduation. You will analyze data, plan individual graduation paths, and monitor progress for potential on-cohort students.

Responsibilities include tracking graduation rates, weekly meetings, coordinating supports with counselors and service providers, and maintaining comprehensive student records for ongoing program improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field from an accredited college or university is required.
• Previous experience as a high school teacher.
• Previous experience in high school guidance strongly preferred.
• Experience working with overage and at-risk youth preferred.
• Knowledge of secondary education principles.
• Knowledge of curriculum and instructional theory.
• Knowledge of adolescent growth and development.
• Knowledge of post-high school planning and employment trends.
• Ability to analyze and use data to drive program improvement.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Tracks and predicts the school’s on-time graduation rate.
• Tracks progress of potential on-cohort graduates.
• Creates an individual graduation plan for each potential on-cohort graduate.
• Maintains a database of students in the current year’s cohort.
• Monitors graduation components weekly and reports findings.
• Meets weekly with each potential on-cohort graduate to review plans.
• Monitors credit recovery, earning, and attendance rates.
• Coordinates with career coach and service providers to ensure supports.
• Maintains progress monitoring reports and student records.
• Uses district reports to identify potential on-cohort graduates.
• Tracks withdrawn students and outreaches to re-engage them.
• Conducts quarterly vertical team meetings for action steps.
• Prepares reports for the Strategy Management Team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Team collaboration

Educational planning

Planning skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field

Job description

To provide assistance to all potential on-time graduates, individually and in groups, regarding on-time 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 working to improve on-time graduation rate.

Primary Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Principal, the Graduation Coach:
• Tracks and predicts the school’s on-time graduation rate.
• Tracks all progress of potential on-cohort graduates
• Creates an individual graduation plan for each potential on-cohort graduate
• Creates a database of all students in the current year’s graduation cohort.
• Monitors and reviews all graduation components weekly
• Meets with each potential on-cohort graduate weekly at minimum to review graduation plan and progress
• Monitors credit recovery, credit earning and participation/attendance rates
• Maximizes the use of SAT, ACT and PERT test waivers and participation
• Distributes and tracks all state testing to include FSA/EOC/SAT/ACT/PERT Assessments for all potential on-cohort students.
• Coordinates with career coach/counselor, service providers among others to ensure necessary supports and services are provided when needed to improve graduation rates for potential on-cohort graduates
• Maintain progress monitoring reports, attendance and behavioral records, academic grades, and other student records for all potential on-cohort graduates.
• Utilize district and organizational reports to identify potential on-cohort graduates and withdrawn potential on-cohort graduates.
• Tracks all of the school’s potential on-cohort students who have been withdrawn to ensure accurate withdraw codes.
• Regular outreach to withdrawn potential on-cohort students to assist them in re-engaging in school.
• Conduct quarterly vertical team meetings with traditional high school’s faculty and staff to develop action steps to improve individual student and subgroup transition success rate;
• Provide and/or submit reports to the Strategy Management Team on the graduation status of on cohort students
• Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator

Job Requirements And Prerequisites

• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field from an accredited college or university is required
• Previous experience as a high school teacher
• Previous experience in high school guidance strongly preferred
• Previous experience and/or the ability to work with overage and at-risk youth preferred.
• Previous experience coordinating efforts and working effectively in a team environment Knowledge of the principles of secondary education
• Knowledge of curriculum and instructional theory
• Knowledge of principles of adolescent growth and development
• Knowledge of post-high school planning and employment trends
• Knowledge, skills and ability to analyze and use data to drive program improvement
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing