“My school is so big that sometimes, when something goes wrong in students’ lives, they fall into the cracks. Teachers, guidance counselors and assistant principals don’t have the time or energy to work one-on-one with these kids,” McDaniel said. “The fact that someone else is there — me — to be the middleman between the parent and the school and to find out what’s going on, means we can help that child.”
Position Summary: The High School Graduation Coach will provide assistance to all high school students, individually and in groups, regarding high school graduation. This assistance will include but not be limited to analyzing data to identify students or subgroups with dropout risk factors; reviewing, implementing, and tracking the Peach State Pathway; identifying and removing barriers to graduation; and facilitating career pathways. FLSA Status: Exempt Supervisory Responsibilities: No Essential Functions and Responsibilities: * The Graduation Coach shall work to ensure smooth students’ transitions from the social services systems, juvenile detention and other high schools to Ervin Academy * High school Graduation Coaches will identify youth at-risk of repeating grades due to academic and/or psycho-social barriers * Connects students to intervention programs to prevent grade retention, course failure, and/or Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT)/End of Course Test (EOCT) failure while ensuring a solid academic foundation that promotes the successful transition out of high school * Works with teachers and administrators to develop credit and alternative options and to adapt curriculum and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of the students; * Attends, participates in, and redelivers as appropriate all required High school Graduation Coach training provided by the Department of Education; * Provides training and/or support to teachers on support measures that work with students at risk of not graduating. * Works with students to develop a graduation and career plan to include the best program to meet academic and post-secondary goals. * Conduct team meetings with EA high school faculty and staff to develop action steps to improve individual student transition success rates; * Collaborates with teachers, counselors, and/or advisors to assure the continued use of the transition process to help students successfully adapt to the rigors of a boarding school experience * Tracks the progress of individual students as they progress through high school; * Conducts and analyze ongoing formative and summative evaluation data of program effectiveness * Provides and/or submit reports to the Department of Education as scheduled / requested.

Community Service/Public Services * Conducts 100% of assigned public relations activities in accordance with directed timeline requirements to include distribution of brochures, posting of flyers, presentations to community groups, etc. to enhance public awareness of The Ervin Academy * Respects confidentiality in discussing clients, staff, volunteers, and corporate matters; also maintains confidentiality of corporate/project fiscal and personnel related information.

Qualifications:
Special Licenses and/or Certificates: Georgia Professional Standards Commission certification in the following areas: Teaching, Service (School Counseling, School Psychology, and/or School Social Work) or Leadership; or paraprofessional certification at least. Education and/or Experience: A bachelor degree from a regionally accredited institution
Three years experience working with children 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, adults, and members of the community;
Ability to analyze, develop, implement, and track intervention plans and strategies;
Knowledge of and the ability to analyze data, including that available from the Georgia Department of Education, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, 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. Communities In Schools, Credit Recovery, Plato, Georgia Virtual School) Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual must have working knowledge and experience in: Internet Explorer; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook; Microsoft Word; Microsoft PowerPoint; Windows Operating System.

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