Student Success Coach

ACADEMIC SUPPORT ASSISTANT

Job Title: Student Success Coach

Office / Department: Office of Academics & Students Affairs / Academic & College Counseling Department

Reports to: Dean of Students

Job Summary

Student Success Coach is charged with fostering the development of students' skills, behaviors, and habits that contribute to success during their 9th grade year and beyond, and helps students to identify and overcome obstacles that impede academic success.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists students to identify and overcome obstacles that may be impeding academic success; motivating students to practice to take ownership of their academic success.
• Helps students to identify, develop, and implement time management, learning strategies and study skills.
• Refers students to appropriate academic personnel and support resources, and collaborates with others as necessary to monitor.
• Collaborates with others as necessary at team meetings, presentations, and training.
• Check-in weekly with students who are earning below 70%.
• Regularly communicate with Academic Support regarding students.
• Provide clear expectations for Study Hall students to ensure a focused working environment.
• Hold students accountable who are off task during study hall.

• Uphold and implement the school's mission and culture as outlined in Pacifica's Core Beliefs & Approach to Teaching & Learning, Staff Handbook, Student Handbook, etc.
• Show up on time, be prepared, add value to the offices and departments in which they serve, and be a positive team player.
• Assume responsibility for other projects as assigned by the Dean of Students

Other Duties & Shared Responsibilities

• Embodies and promotes Pacifica's Core Beliefs and Approach to Teaching & Learning.
• Wholeheartedly enjoys working with teenagers, championing their education, and encouraging their faith and Christian commitments.
• Cultivates a vibrant culture of learning in and out of the classroom and contributes to a healthy professional working community
• Serves as an Advisor to a cohort of students.
• Attends and participates in weekly Chapel and All-School Meeting as well as other school-day events/assemblies.
• Celebrates students by attending their co-curricular activities on occasion.
• Arrives on-time, is well-prepared, acts professionally, and seeks to add value in every facet of the job while working collaboratively with colleagues and students to advance Pacifica's mission. Maintains communication with parents and responds to messages within 24 hours. Holds self directly accountable to their direct report and to the departments they serve, and ultimately the Head of School.
• Attends and readily participates in Pacifica's annual overnight All-School Retreat as well as Admissions Open House(s), Back-to-School Night, and Commencement activities.
• Contributes to the supervision of a reasonable number of after-school activities as needed.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Strong networking skills to ensure access to resources in the broader community
• Detail-oriented and resourceful
• Tactful and discreet
• Technologically savvy
• High-energy and enthusiastic about working in an academic atmosphere

OVERSIGHT & RESPONSIBILITIES

In addition to the essential duties and shared responsibilities outlined above, this role is responsible for serving as event owner or event support for the following events as well as leading or participating in the following teams and/or committees:

Event Owner:

• Study Hall

Event Support:

• Anchors Aweigh
• Student Support

Teams/Committees Lead:

• N/A

Teams/Committees Participant:

• Faculty Meetings
• Counseling Department Meetings