Baseline Middle School Success Coach

SOUTH HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
554 Green Street Phone: (269) 637-0500

SOUTH HAVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Successful completion of state and/or local requirements
Completion of successful fingerprinting records by local, state, and/or
federal authorities and a clearance of any such records in order to work in a
school setting.
Preferences: B.A degree in Education/Social Work/Counseling or related area.
Successful experiences working with at-risk students.
Working knowledge of appropriate strategies for reducing behaviors that
put students at risk of school failure or school problems.
Ability to communicate effectively with youth and adults.
Ability to analyze, implement, track, and report data about intervention
plans and strategies.
Knowledge of and the ability to analyze multiple forms of data.
An understanding of social services available in the community to support
at-risk students and families.
Reports to: Principal(s) and Assistant Principal(s) or assigned designee
Position/Job Goal: The goal of the Success Coach is to engage and support identified
students (henceforth described as "identified students" and/or "students
on caseload" - identified by the Michigan Department of Education;
Section 31a Program for At-Risk Pupils) in reaching academic and school
success.
Working within a tiered system of intervention strategies, activities and
support may include graduation assistance activities, working with students in
reaching academic goals, working with school faculty and staff, and working
with parents/guardians and guardians in order to assist students in reaching
an ultimate goal of school success.
Within a tiered system of support, the Success Coach will provide assistance
to identified students, individually and/or in groups, regarding courses, school
work, graduation, school completion, behaviors, attendance, and other PERFORMANCE Implement individual intervention strategies within a tiered system to
increase the likelihood that identified students will succeed and stay in
school and/or complete graduation requirements or other completion
requirements.
Success strategies may be multifaceted and can include academic,
behavioral, attendance, emotional, etc. type interventions and strategies.
Identified students, intervention strategies, and student progress is to be
monitored and tracked utilizing a district/school adopted method/tool (E.g.
Early Warning Sign Tool).
Conduct an analysis of data for identified students on
caseload such as:
State Standardized Test Scores National Standardized
Test Scores
Local Records: attendance records, behavior records, records of
teacher conferences, records of parent conferences, records of
student conferences, SST meeting minutes, grade retention records,
and records of credits earned, etc.
Work with identified students to implement a success and/or
achievement plan to reach individual goals.
Track the progress of identified students (students on caseload) as they
progress toward academic success and individual goals per the
implemented plan. Once identified students meet established goals based
on the established intervention plan, they will be exited/removed from the
coach's caseload.
Conduct evaluation intervention(s) and program effectiveness such as:
Interventions most utilized and/or successful in written plans
created for each identified student.
Number and percent of identified students who met part or all
of their goals in their individual success plans.
Connect identified students and their parents/guardians with
outside programs, social agencies, business partners, mentor
programs as appropriate and as established in the intervention
plan; and monitor the effectiveness of such programs/services.
Provide training/support/information to identified students and
their parents/guardians regarding the implementation of the
intervention plan.
Within the framework of the intervention plan for identified students,
collaborate with faculty, staff, and administrators in order to meet the
parameters of the plan and provide successful intervention strategies for
school success.
Provide and/or submit reports to SHPS or the school
administrators as scheduled and requested.
Provide and/or submit reports to the Michigan Department of Terms of
Employment:
Employment and rate of pay based on the agreement between the SHPS
Board of Education and the Guidebook for Support Services Personnel.
(Funding for the Success Coach position/job is provided by Michigan's
Section 31a Program for At-Risk Pupils and is contingent upon the annual
availability of such funds)
Evaluation: Will be evaluated based on the agreement between the SHPS
Board of Education and the Guidebook for Support Services Deadline to Apply: Until Filled
To Apply: Complete Job Application via www.shps.org or online at
https://www.applitrack.com/shps/onlineapp/
LaTonya Gill, Principal Baseline Middle School Phone: (269) 637-0538 Email: lgill@shps.org
Jessica Hodge Staff Onboarding Phone: (269) 637-0536
Email: jobs@shps.org 554 Green Street, South Haven, MI 49090
Condition of Employment: Fingerprinting is required for all new school employees
South Haven Public Schools shall not discriminate in its policies and practices with respect to
compensation, terms or conditions of employment because of race, color, national origin, sex
(including sexual orientation or gender identity), disability, age, religion, height, weight, marital
or family status, military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected
category, (collectively, "Protected Classes").

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