CERTIFIED GRADUATION COACH Position Available In Hinds, Mississippi

CERTIFIED GRADUATION COACH 3.8 3.8

out of 5 stars Jackson, MS Jackson Public Schools MS Murrah High School –

Jackson, Mississippi Job Details Job ID:

4893532

Application Deadline:

Feb 28, 2025 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Posted:

Dec 4, 2024

Starting Date:

Immediately Job Description

GRADUATION COACH

Qualifications:

Mississippi certification in the following areas: Teaching, Service (School Counseling, School Psychology, and/or School Social Work) or Leadership At least three years experience in one or a combination of the certificated areas above in secondary schools Successful experiences working with secondary at-risk students Working knowledge of appropriate strategies for reducing behaviors that put students at risk of not graduating from high school Ability to communicate effectively with youth and adults Ability to analyze, develop, implement, and track intervention plans and strategies Knowledge of and the ability to analyze data, including that available from the Mississippi Department of Education and from other sources An understanding of the multiplicity of social services available in the community to support students at risk of not graduating Knowledge of alternative education opportunities (e.g.

Credit Recovery, Plato, Mississippi Virtual High School Reports To:

Building Principal Essential Functions:

The High School Graduation Coach shall work to improve graduation rates for all population subgroups within the school by performing the following duties and responsibilities. Utilizes the components of a profile of characteristics of potential dropouts to identify high school students with the high probability of not graduating Collaborates with feeder middle school(s) to utilize the components of a profile of characteristics of potential dropouts to identify middle school students with the high probability of not graduating Conducts an analysis that focuses on data for individual students and subgroups such as:

State Standardized Tests:

Subject Area Testing Program (SATP)

National Standardized Tests:

SAT and ACT Local Records:

attendance records, behavior records, records of teacher conferences, records of parent conferences, records of student conferences, TST meeting minutes, grade retention records, and records of credits earned Works with students to develop a graduation and achievement plan to include the best program to meet academic and post-secondary goals Develops and submit monthly progress reports to principal Coordinates a transition program for 9th graders to successfully adapt to the rigor of high school Develops a “Graduation Team” for each identified student that minimally includes an administrator, two teachers, a counselor and/or school social worker or a representative from a local support or mentoring agency Develops a local mentoring program with business partners and connect individual students with mentors Tracks the progress of individual and subpopulations of students as they progress toward graduation Provides training to parents of students identified as being at risk of not graduating Provides training to middle school and high school teachers on support measures that work with youth identified as at risk of not graduating and the youth’s parents/guardians Identifies and links area social agencies with youth at risk of not graduating and their parents/guardians Conducts quarterly vertical team meetings among elementary, middle, and high school faculty and staff to develop action steps to improve individual student and subgroup transition success rate Attends, participate in, and redeliver as appropriate all required high school graduation coach training provided by the Department of Education and/or its collaborative partners Develops partnerships with community organizations to support the goals of the high school graduation initiative Conducts and analyze on-going formative and summative evaluation data of program effectiveness such as: What interventions were most utilized in achievement plans created for each at risk student Number and percent of at risk students who met part or all of their goals in their academic plan Number and percent of identified at risk students in the school compared to total school population and rationale for why the number/percent is higher or lower than the state average Provides and/or submit reports to the Department of Education as scheduled and requested Performs other duties as requested or assigned

Salary Information Classification:

Graduation Coach, High School Scale:

TS-X Grade:

A-AAAA Days Employed:

187 per school year

Range:

$46,500.00 – $77,231.00

Overtime:

Exempt Codes MS Personnel/Accreditation Data:

601013 (Lead Teacher)

JPSD Job Position Title:

Position Type:

Full-Time Positions Available:

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