26 - Student Engagement Coordinator

Pueblo School District 60•Pueblo, CO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Student Engagement Coordinator is an integral part of a comprehensive program of monitoring and support of students (grades 6-8, 9-12) from their transition to middle and high school and throughout their academic experience. Students can be identified for intervention through analysis of risk factors in achieving the goal of graduating from high school. The Student Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for working directly with identified students. In addition, coordinator will work cooperatively with the principals of the schools and the central office to identify supports for these students. Such services might include after school tutoring for students at academic risk, facilitation of mentoring relationships in the workforce, referral to support services in the community if necessary, participation in community and family engagement activities, sustained meetings with students and families to keep the whole family engaged in the support of the student's academic or graduation goal, etc.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, counseling, education, or similar field
Minimum of one (1) year of experience in Education, Counseling, K-12, secondary student advocacy, or work with at risk youth
Valid Colorado Driver's License
Reliable Transportation
Employee must complete a fingerprint-based criminal background check and must be cleared by the Office of Human Resources
Must be able to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, using proper grammar and vocabulary

Nice To Haves

Experience working with at-risk students and families
Leadership role in supporting and monitoring at-risk students
Bilingual in Spanish
Knowledge of Google Office Suites
Experience with compiling and analyzing data and reporting findings

Responsibilities

Assist school administrators and counselors to progress monitor student academic process and/or credit completion on pathway to graduation and identify needed academic or other intervention needs
Work with administration teams to build and create proactive systems to successfully engage students and build intervention systems that assure on time completion of middle school programming/transition to high school/ high school graduation for all students
Conduct outreach activities designed to increase parental awareness and to assist students in seeing the importance and relevance of their education such as parent orientations, home visits, and coordination with the business community in arranging mentorships and apprenticeships
Immerse into the school culture through active engagement with students and staff in a variety of settings including attending school-wide professional development where appropriate
Participate in student focused problem-solving meetings to identify interventions and support coordination
Provide outreach and follow-up support to students and families through a variety of communication means to include in-person, telephonic, electronic, and home visits
Act as mentor to specified at-risk students by connecting with students and establishing a rapport that allows for open communication
Maintain and facilitate coordinated communication between the building principal, teachers and other resource staff on engagement/intervention methods and results
Collaborate with school counselors and advisors in assisting identified students in the development of individual career and academic plans (ICAP).
Identify coursework to include the best program to support their college and career readiness goals
Connect with school counselors each spring to identify and support the transition of incoming and outgoing students in need of support
Create and maintain confidential program records and organizational systems.
Track student risk factors associated with early warning signs of student disengagement to include attendance and truancy data, discipline data, and academic achievement data
Compile data for tracking and evaluation purposes
Identify and monitor students who have dropped out or disengaged and encourage them to re-engage in school and their school community
Collaborate with feeder elementary/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
Monitor progress of students scoring significantly below proficiency levels; Conduct an analysis that focuses on data for individual students and subgroups such as: State Standardized Tests National Standardized Tests: PSAT, CMAS, NWEA, IXL, SAT and ACT
Conduct 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
Participate in the Functional Behavior Assessment process as part of gathering a body of evidence to support individual students
Work with a team including building leadership and teachers to develop a strong transition from elementary to middle school as well as middle school to high school including welcoming new students throughout the school year
Develop and build student rapport to focus on student self-advocacy and empowerment of personal and educational goals
Support the school by seeking out extended learning opportunities for students
Coordinate student participation in after school tutoring
Participate in WEB and LINK training and programming to gain skills to support student transition and build school culture
Perform any and all other duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Secondary Education and CTE