College & Career Readiness Coach

Overview of Steel City Academy

Steel City Academy is an A-rated, community embedded K-12 charter school that was designed in partnership with the community to offer a new narrative of what’s possible for the students and families of Gary. At Steel City, we prioritize safety, human connection and learning with individualized attention and support in an environment where parents trust us with their children. Students access rigorous curriculum and high-quality instruction with teachers who believe in them and are equipped with the support, coaching and resources to be their best selves.

We expose students to the world through transformative experiences while maintaining our pride, commitment and impact to Gary. We leverage our team and community partners to ensure every student has what they need to learn, grow, and thrive. A model for high-quality public education, Steel City redefines expectations, delivers results,and provides children and families in Gary with the school they deserve.

Managerial Structure

The College and Career Coordinator will report directly to the Director of College and Career Readiness.

Position Summary

The College and Career Coordinator position is established for the purpose of ensuring that our students at Steel City have access, the knowledge and the resources to pursue a post secondary pathway - college, trade school or the military- after graduation.

Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

21st Century Scholar Program Enrollment and Supervision

• Communicate with 21st Century Scholar representative to ensure proper contact information
• Confirm the current list of approved student with current enrollment
• Check the status of each student and progress monitor their targets
• Schedule a meeting with students and parents to discuss current status and identify action steps and benchmarks
• Create a plan to recruit and enroll current middle school students in the program

High School Graduation Pathways

• Complete individual student transcript audits in preparation of 1:1 senior graduation meetings with parents and students
• Host 1:1 senior parent meetings to share updates, important deadlines and current status of graduation
• Meet with students for BOY, MOY and EOY credit and academic counseling meetings (9th-12th grade)
• Update the paper copy credit trackers for each student
• Create schedules for beginning of year and make schedule revisions mid year based upon credit attainment
• Attend Standards of Success professional development to create a Steel City implementation plan
• Fulfill all transcript requests from Steel City alumni and parents

College Admissions and Scholarships

• Partner with organizations to facilitate FAFSA workshops for students and parents
• Track successful FAFSA completion
• Follow up with Naviance program to determine which components to use
• Lead Naviance sessions with students and support navigation of platform for successful college application document submission
• Connect students with scholarship opportunities and support successful completion of applications
• Track senior college applications and acceptances
• Celebrate and tell Steel City stories of college and post secondary pathway acceptance

College Tours and Exposure Trips

• Select college tour locations
• Select student groups for tours
• Coordinate college tour schedules
• Create, distribute, and collect permission slips
• Coordinate college representatives visits
• Chaperone college tours

External and Community Partnerships

• Engage Junior Achievement as a partner and schedule them to attend
• Establish and maintain relationship with TRIO

Qualifications:
Education and Prior Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years of work experience in college and career counseling
• Teaching experience preferred

Qualifications:
Skills

• Strong interpersonal…