Mission of Graduation Coach

• Ensure the successful transition of all students from middle to high school, and high school to post-secondary education or the workforce.
• Provide comprehensive prevention/ intervention programs for students at risk of grade retention and/or dropping out of school.
• Identify students in need of additional support and work with them to achieve academic and social success.
• Ensure that all identified students receive the resources and services needed to guide them toward graduation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Working knowledge of appropriate strategies for reducing behaviors that put students at risk of not graduating from high school.
• An understanding of the multiplicity of community resources to support students at risk of not graduating.
• Strong organizational skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Uses and analyzes data (achievement, attendance, behavior, credit accrual) to identify high school students with a high probability of not graduating.
• Collaborates with students, parent(s)/guardian(s), teachers, counselors, and community partners to develop a graduation and achievement plan that includes the best program to meet academic and post-secondary goals.
• Maintains a file for each student to include, but not limited to: transcripts, student assessments, individual graduation plan (end of 8th grade), documentation of meetings with parent(s)/guardian(s), documentation of individual student conferences, referrals for needed educational, and/or social services.
• Provides students with appropriate post-secondary preparation, programs, and services.
• Monitors grades attendance, behavior, credit accrual of students toward meeting graduation requirements.
• Develops and implements individual, small group, and whole school preventative/intervention strategies to increase the likelihood that students will persist in school and graduate.
• Communicates regularly with parent(s)/guardian(s), to discuss academic progress, obstacles, and needed efforts by students and parents; should include face-to-face contact, phone, e-mail, texts messages, newsletters, and other communication opportunities, as needed.
• Connects students and their parents with appropriate tutoring support and credit or course recovery options.