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VERTEX Coach

Job Overview

Position Title:         VERTEX Coach

Reports to:              High School Principals

Consults with:         Executive Director of Secondary Schools, Educational Support Leaders, School Counselors, School Principals, Teachers, Students

Funding:                  Title IV A – Well Rounded Education and Safe and Healthy Students

Dubuque Community School District is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an educational and work environment that is safe and inclusive.  Individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

MINIMUM POSITION REQUIREMENT:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business, or Counseling

HIGHLY DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Teaching experience
• Multi-Occupations licensure
• Experience collaborating with local business communities around the needs of students

BASIC FUNCTIONS:

Support, monitor, and further the vision of DCSD’s post-secondary readiness framework (VERTEX). Mentor high school students, helping them discover their interests, skills, and values and connecting students with career experiences, opportunities, and pathways. Systematize the DCSD ICAP process and protocols.  Coach staff to help students to uncover interests, skills, and values, as well.  Support the continued development of business partners to offer career-readiness opportunities for students.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote the VERTEX initiative to students, staff, and local businesses
• Educate and coach students regarding various career pathways while increasing opportunities for hands-on career-focused experiences
  • Engage with students in career and college conversations while fostering a culture of encouragement of students interests and skills
  • Connect students with experiences to help them make informed decisions about post-secondary plans
  • Support staff-development for having career coaching conversations with students
  • Systematize school level implementation of student career-ready experiences and opportunities, including serving on or facilitating Individual Career and Academic Planning Teams
  • Engage with students, parents, counselors, and teachers on the five essential components of Individual Career and Academic Planning (ICAP)
  • Support development and monitoring of career and college ready metrics
  • Help develop, maintain, and improve software systems and their effective use: electronic career readiness tools which may include: Kuder Navigator, the Work-Based Learning Database, and the VERTEX Data Dashboard
    • Administer and train students and staff on the use of each
  • Collaborate with external career-services partners to develop a sustainable coaching model, engage in business outreach to develop new VERTEX partners
• Increase student connections through the addition of new and varied extracurricular activities with an emphasis on Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO)
• Improve student engagement in STEM, including computer science
• Collaboratively evaluate the VERTEX initiative through data collection that may include surveys, end of course or program questionnaires, focus group interviews, student observations or field notes, enrollment in identified activities or courses
• Other duties as assigned