The Life Coach promotes continued student engagement in the Excel Center and serves as a student advocate. Each coach carries a caseload of 65-80 students. The Life Coach guides student learning and productivity by life coaches building relationships with students and providing resources to remove barriers to their educational progress. Life coaches triage their caseloads by managing their core duties while also being reactive to student crises as they arise. The position works with all academic teams and the College and Career Readiness Specialist in meeting educational goals and adhering to the Indiana Academic Standards. This role demonstrates behaviors consistent with our Mission, Vision, and Values, on behalf of The Excel Center of West Central Indiana.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Meets with students one-on-one to set goals, creates action plans, connects to resources, and ensures all is met within a provided timeline. Utilizes coaching strategies to build rapport with students to influence decision-making.
• Makes modifications to academic, personal, and employability goals by assessing student performance, availability, and life challenges to help students reach their full potential. Partners with students and staff to identify specific action steps to reduce academic barriers preventing optimal student performance.
• Builds and maintains networks with key community partners including Goodwill staff (community agencies, educational institutions, financial liaisons, and employers) to connect students to wrap-around services.
• Works with the College and Career Readiness Specialist to connect students to post-secondary opportunities.
• Identifies and tracks relevant student/school data to set improvement and/or achievement goals and to drive future evaluation and feedback.
• Evaluates data to inform decision-making, drive outcomes and develop interventions for students.
• Develop personal professional/performance goals and action plans to reach goals. Reflects on prior goals and adjusts professional practice and goals.

Contributes to the overall achievement of school-wide goals around graduation outcomes, enrollment needs, student achievement, retention, etc.

• Sets and maintains a high-performance culture for staff and students.