Scholar Success Coordinator

Scholar Success Coordinator

Grand Rapids Public Schools | Southwest Middle/High School – Academia Bilingüe (7-12) – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Job Summary
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The Scholar Success Coordinator supports a safe, inclusive, and positive school climate with a focus on improving scholar behavior, attendance, and academic engagement. This role is specifically designed to serve identified scholars ensuring that interventions and support systems are in place to help them succeed.

• Promote a positive school culture by building relationships, reinforcing behavioral expectations, and utilizing restorative practices.
• Implement and support behavior and attendance interventions aligned with multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) to assist identified scholars in meeting academic benchmarks.
• Collaborate with teachers and support staff to identify scholars in need of academic and behavioral support.
• Monitor attendance and intervene early with scholars demonstrating chronic absenteeism.
• Coordinate with counselors, social workers, and families to support scholars’ social–emotional needs and reduce barriers to learning.
• Maintain documentation and data collection for scholars served under 31a requirements to ensure compliance and support program evaluation.
• Engage positively with families and caregivers to support consistent attendance, behavior, and academic progress.
• Provide leadership in the implementation and integration of MTSS, Restorative Practices, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), and PBIS to foster a learning environment that is supportive of all learners.
• Work with building teams and other staff to establish a safe and productive learning environment.
• Assist in supporting identified scholars during, before, and after school and at school‑related extracurricular activities.
• Meet with team members to analyze data and identify barriers, along with strategies to overcome them and improve overall performance.
• Participate in professional development to integrate MTSS within the building.
• Meet regularly with building teams and/or district leadership to implement support plans for identified scholars.
• Other duties as assigned and allowed by grant funding.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Two (2) years of experience successfully working with scholars at the secondary level or equivalent experience working with youth (required).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience with MTSS, Restorative Practices, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), and PBIS.
• Ability to exhibit high emotional intelligence collaborating with staff, scholars, and community towards solutions to root issues.
• Ability to stay aware of and deal with the multiplicity of issues in an urban school district.
• Ability and desire to communicate orally and in writing with diverse populations.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the district’s Strategic Plan and incorporates its outcomes and themes into daily work and decision‑making.
• Ability to work effectively with scholars, families, and staff.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.
• Demonstrates willingness to grow professionally.
• Consistently demonstrates dependable attendance and punctuality.

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands
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The work is light and requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk, and hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust/focus.

Work Environment
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The noise level is usually loud to moderate. Work is performed indoors, with required outdoor activities. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well‑being, and work output of scholars.

Mental Functions
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The employee must compare, analyze, communicate orally and in writing, copy,…