Life Coach - Excel Center

Life Coach - Excel Adult High School

$22.37-28.54

JOB SUMMARY :

The Life Coach primary role is to promote continued student engagement in the Excel Center and to serve as a student advocate. Each coach is responsible for a caseload of students, typically ranging from 65-80 students. To support student learning and productivity, coaches build relationships with students and provide resources to remove barriers from their educational progress. Coaches must understand how to triage their caseloads by managing their core responsibilities while also being responsive to student crises as they arise. Coaches also serve as substitutes for the teaching staff. This role demonstrates consistent behaviors with the Mission, Vision, and Values of Goodwill Industries of Chesapeake, Inc.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

Building Relationships

• Provide support (for example, tutoring and substituting), works closely, and maintains open communication with leadership, staff, and students to support student success.
• Attend all team and professional development meetings.
• Become part of a reliable alliance to ensure student engagement.

Tracking Student Data

Guiding Students in Problem-solving and Overcoming Obstacles

Setting and Maintaining a Positive School Culture

EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE :

SCOPE OF SUPERVISION : NA

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS :

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

X Light

Lifting up to 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and / or carrying objects weighing up to 10 pounds. May be required to regularly stand for extended periods of time, walk, reach with hands / arms with full range of motion, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, push or pull. Regularly required to talk and hear. Frequently required to use hands and fingers to hold, handle and feel objects, knobs, keys and / or buttons.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS :

Travel is defined as travel to all areas within Goodwill's territory (Cecil, Harford, Baltimore, Howard, and Anne Arundel Counties, Baltimore City and the entire Eastern Shore of Maryland). In some cases, long-distance travel, including overnights may be required but is typically planned in advance. In some cases, travel may be unplanned.

Up to 25% of working time

WORK ENVIRONMENT : X Limited

General office environment where the employee is infrequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, wet and / or humid conditions, fumes, airborne particles or outside weather conditions. The noise level is usually quiet.