SMS Bearcat Coach - Edustaff Position

Battle Creek Public Schools; United States; On-site; USD 19,286 - 27,552; Full time

Job summary

Battle Creek Public Schools is seeking a Bearcat Coach at Springfield Middle School to promote good attendance, safe campus environment, and student advocacy. The role supports prevention/intervention strategies and partners with staff to monitor progress and document referrals.

Responsibilities include identifying truant students, developing interventions, and collaborating with families to improve attendance and graduation rates.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• 2-3 years of highly successful related experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively through above-average speaking, spelling, and writing skills.
• Knowledgeable of procedures and protocol for local and state law enforcement.

Responsibilities

• Identify students who are excessively truant and reduce campus loitering.
• Collaborate with school staff to develop interventions for truant students and create individualized service plans.
• Initiate and maintain a helping relationship to improve graduation rates and attendance.
• Assess attendance problems and assist in fostering positive family attitudes toward academics and attendance.
• Provide families with information about their child’s needs and communicate the importance of school attendance.
• Assist with implementing truancy prevention programs and recommend strategies to support regular attendance.
• Serve as a resource to administrators, guidance counselors, and teachers.
• Maintain safety and order in hallways with high-profile lunchroom presence.
• Conduct safety and security assessments of the BCPS campus and surrounding area.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or designee.

Skills

Community engagement

Effective communication

Collaboration

Team player

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Position Type: Edustaff Positions/ Bearcat Coach
• Date Posted: 7/14/2026
• Location: Springfield Middle School

Great things are happening at Battle Creek Public Schools! Battle Creek Public Schools (BCPS) is located in Calhoun County, Michigan (between Chicago and Detroit), serving the City of Battle Creek as well as parts of Emmett, Pennfield and Bedford townships, and the City of Springfield.

Please note: This position is employed by Edustaff, the district's staffing partner.

Position Summary

The Bearcat Coach is responsible for ensuring students develop and maintain good attendance practices aligned with the attendance requirements of the school district and the state. The incumbent will assist in creating a safe and orderly environment on the campus; work as a team member to develop prevention/intervention strategies; collaborate with other staff utilizing the case management process; monitor student progress; and document truancy referrals; serving as an student advocate of Battle Creek Public Schools to which he/she is assigned.

Position Responsibilities

• Identify students who are excessively truant eliminating campus loitering
• Collaborate with school staff to develop intervention for students who are truant and develops individualized service plans to improve attendance.
• Initiate and maintain a helping relationship by identifying students to improve graduation rates, attendance and achievement.
• Assess students with attendance problems and assist in the identification and facilitation of positive family attitudes towards academic success, attendance at school and student growth and development.
• Provide families with information related to the needs of their child and acts as a resource to parents/guardians by communicating the importance of school attendance.
• Assists with implementing truancy prevention programs for assigned schools and recommends strategies to support and improve regular school attendance (i.e., incentives, peer groups, recognitions).
• Act as a resource to administrators, guidance counselors, and teachers
• Take action to maintain safe and orderly conduct in hallways with a high profile lunchroom presence
• Conduct safety and security assessments of the BCPS campus and surrounding area
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned by the Superintendent or designee.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. A minimum of 2-3 years of highly successful related experience
• Other qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Demonstrate ability to work well with the community at large, including parents and students.
• Demonstrated acceptable behavior and performance evaluations.
• Ability to communicate effectively through above average speaking, spelling, and writing skills.
• Knowledgeable of procedures and protocol for local and state law enforcement.
• Ability to conduct or assist in investigations and risk assessments.
• Pleasing personality, good character, and neat appearance.
• Positive skills in human, public, and employee relations.
• Proven ability to meet the challenges of an urban-rural, multi-racial, and multiethnic school district.

Salary

$17.00 per hour

School Safety Clearance

The successful candidate will be subject to a fingerprint and background check as a condition of employment. All fees required for this check (estimated $73.00) will be the responsibility of the successful applicant.

The Battle Creek Public School District is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, handicap, sex, age, religion, national origin, weight, height, or marital status in its employment practices.