• Life Coach

    Dubuque Community School District (Dubuque, IA)


    Life Coach JobID: 637

     

    + Position Type:

     

    Student Support Services/ Miscellaneous

     

    + Date Posted:

     

    4/17/2025

     

    + Location:

     

    George Washington Middle School

    Minimum Qualifications:

    + Bachelor’s degree required in counseling, social work, psychology, education, or health care area.

    + Possess personal qualities of honesty, flexibility, approachability, enthusiasm, and sense of humor.

    + Demonstrated ability to develop positive mentoring/coaching relationships with a diverse, at-risk student population.

    + Highly organized with strong attention to detail.

    + Specific skills-based competencies to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job; demonstrated interpersonal skills, technology skills, and oral and written communication skills.

    + Demonstrated ability working with social services and organization of individual and family services.

    + “Failure is not an option” attitude.

    Basic Function:

    + Support at-risks students in their pursuit of an education in the Dubuque Community School District.

    + Develop and maintain relationships with students that focus on overcoming barriers to success.

    Performance and Responsibilities:

    + Establish and maintain communication links with community agencies that serve homeless, neglected, delinquent, and disengaged students.

    + Maintain accurate records (confidential and non-confidential) of all contacts with various client groups, support personnel, and agencies in the community for the purpose of providing an up-to-date reference and audit trail of services provided.

    + Work with students, staff, parents, and guardians for the purpose of evaluating situations, solving problems, resolving conflicts, referring to appropriate professionals, and in general supporting students throughout high school.

    + Conduct transcript, academic, and behavior data reviews for each identified student for the purpose of personalizing services for each student.

    + Assist in the development of an intervention plan for each identified student for the purpose of insuring students’ success in meeting graduation goals.

    + Assist in the transition of students from elementary school to middle school and middle school to high school.

    + Others duties as assigned

    Terms of Employment:

    + 201 day contract (includes 7 paid holidays); $24.21 per hour; 7 hours per day