Student Success Coach

Start Date: 2026-27 School Year ****

Location: Columbia Heights Primary Academy

Reports to: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Updated: December 2025

Student Success Coaches are committed members of a collaborative school team that is closing the opportunity gap for students through proactive, responsive, and data-informed behavioral and social-emotional support. A Prodeo Academy Student Success Coach is intensely focused on each student's growth and success and responds to student needs in a loving, structured manner rooted in trauma-informed and restorative practices, while maintaining high expectations for behavior and learning.

Student Success Coaches work in close partnership with teachers, school leaders, and families to support students' social-emotional development, behavioral regulation, and access to learning. Support may occur through proactive push-in services, small-group instruction, short-term removals when necessary, and re-entry planning to return students to learning as quickly as possible. This position is ideal for an individual who is energized by complex student needs, receptive to feedback, skilled at relationship-building, and able to work collaboratively across lines of difference with cultural responsiveness and professionalism.

Prodeo Academy is a network of public charter schools serving the Twin Cities. Prodeo Academy is a meaningful education solution that is closing the opportunity gap through data-driven instruction in a culture grounded in five core values:
Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Development, and Engagement
. Shared expectations around these values enhance the opportunity for scholars to reach their full potential. We seek team members who are committed to helping students access greater opportunities, achieve future success, and contribute positively to their communities.

The following duties represent the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Teach and reinforce appropriate social, emotional, and behavioral skills across all school environments, including classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, recess areas, and school transportation settings (e.g., school bus).
• Support students in developing self-regulation, problem-solving, and coping skills.
• Ensure students have access to academic work and instructional materials when receiving behavioral support outside the classroom.
• Utilize approved social-emotional learning curricula and evidence-based behavior intervention strategies.
• Support students in returning to learning as quickly and successfully as possible following behavioral incidents.

• Serve as a calm, positive, and regulated presence within the school community.
• Implement school wide behavior systems, routines, and expectations consistently and with fidelity.
• Provide proactive push-in support and reactive intervention as needed, based on student needs and program design.
• Assist in developing, implementing, and monitoring behavior support plans in collaboration with teachers and leadership.
• Facilitate re-entry, problem-solving, and restorative conversations with students, families, and staff when appropriate.
• Communicate with families regarding significant behavioral incidents, re-entry plans, and ongoing supports.

• Participate in and maintain required training related to de-escalation, crisis response, and physical intervention, as determined by the school.
• Implement de-escalation strategies and crisis response procedures in alignment with school policy and training.
• When required and appropriately trained, assist with physical intervention to maintain student and staff safety, following all legal, ethical, and procedural guidelines.
• Prioritize student dignity, safety, and the least restrictive response in all crisis situations.
• Accurately document incidents and communicate with leadership following crisis events.

• Set and monitor clear, student-centered goals related to behavior, engagement, and time in…