Student Success Coach-Elementary-District Wide
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Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Education, Counseling, or a related field

Minimum three years successful classroom teaching experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Working with low-income youth and/or students with disabilities

Working with students who may have Social Emotional Behavior deficits (social awareness, self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, and relationship skills), including poor attendance.

Desire to build strong relationships with students AND their families

Commitment/participation for the entire duration of the grant (2.6 years max). This position ends when the grant ends (May 2026)

Excellent communication skills with students AND parents, is approachable, and possess a friendly disposition

Collaborate with adults including Parents, Teachers, School Counselors, FRYSC, School Psychologists, and Administrators, and others invested in the success of the child

Demonstrate the following Characteristics:

Self-Motivated and takes initiative to get things done

Listen well and demonstrate respect for student/family confidentiality

Organizes work, time, and resources efficiently

Deals successfully with small groups of students and on an individual basis

Has good well-being and is able to help students improve their own well-being

Possess excellent oral and written expression skills

Organized and proficient with data collection

Positive and productive team member that is student focused and data driven

Eager to learn and apply evidence-based practices and participate in on-going training and professional learning opportunities

Adhere to professional ethics and boundaries

Job Goals:

Create safe, healthy, supportive, and drug-free environments for students across the district while building stronger connections for students who may need tiered support

Work with MTSS teams to implement tiered interventions targeting Social Emotional Behavior, Positive Behavior, and Attendance

Create opportunities for positive outcomes for students such as:

Improve attendance by decreasing chronic absenteeism rate

Improve student well-being and sense of belonging by decreasing the number of students reporting loneliness, and decreasing chronic absenteeism rate

Improve student behavior by decreasing office discipline behavior referrals

Improve student academic performance by increasing passing grades

Improve staff competency in SEL 3 signature practices through modeling, coaching, and professional learning opportunities

Improve student social, emotional, and mental well-being by implementing tiered interventions using evidence based programs/curricula

Improve school safety by decreasing incidents of vaping and bullying

Job Description: The student success coaches will serve as mentors for students while also delivering evidence based processes and curriculum as part of their schools tiered system of support. They will work closely with Administrators, School Counselors, Family Resource Centers, and community agencies to build authentic, caring relationships with students. The goal of the success coach as mentors is to build stronger connections and improve interpersonal relationships with peers, teachers, and other adults. This can occur through individual instruction, small group sessions, or whole group lessons with a tiered delivery to include Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 support. The success coach will be responsible for designing and implementing interventions using Ripple Effects, WhyTry curriculum, Second Step curriculum, Check and Connect (app), and Character Strong, along with other practices such as phone calls, home visits, and student/family check-ins. The success coach will periodically and methodically monitor students attendance, grades, and behavior, and consult with other school-based personnel to identify students who need additional support or interventions. The Success Coach may explicitly teach skills, model skills, role play, practice skills, reinforce skills, and provide necessary support for students to be successful at school. The success coach will routinely monitor and report attendance data, school-level discipline data, social emotional universal screening data, early warning data, and persistence to graduation data. The success coaches will work with school staff to implement a school-wide attendance awareness campaign. The success coach will serve on the school's PBIS team, MTSS team, and other committees/councils as needed, and routinely communicate student attendance, behavior, and academic data. All job duties as assigned by the director or school level principal will be in compliance with the Stronger Connections Grant as approved by KDE. For more information, applicants may contact Shelly Hargis, Pulaski County Schools MTSS PBIS/SEL Coordinator.