Online Learning Coach

Salary Notes At 1.0 FTE: BA, Step 0 (Tier
1) at $29,650/year to DOC, Step 0 (Tier
4) at $56,075/year

Work Commitment

Work Commitment Part-Time

To Apply

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FTE/HOUR ALLOTMENT: 0.5 FTE (20 hours per week)

REPORTING STRUCTURE

Reports to:

Lead Learning Coach

MISSION ALIGNMENT
Our Mission:
To grow environmentally literate, community-impacting learners of excellence.
Our Vision: CCS strives to be a school where students build meaningful connections with each other, the community, and the environment through exceptional and relevant learning experiences.

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM:
Crosslake Community School Online Program

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE
The Online Learning Coach plays a vital role in ensuring student success by fostering strong relationships, promoting consistent engagement, and monitoring academic progress across the online learning environment. This position exists to provide personalized support, accountability, and encouragement to help students stay on track with coursework and meet their educational goals. As a key connector between students, families, and staff, the coach contributes to a close-knit school culture while helping identify and address barriers to learning.

The role is essential in advancing the school’s mission to provide a supportive and responsive online education experience.

• For Students:
  • Building meaningful relationships and providing personalized support to increase engagement, motivation, and academic success in an online environment.
  • Monitoring progress and attendance, intervening early to remove barriers, and connecting students with appropriate supports to promote their holistic growth.
• For Staff & Community:
  • Collaborating with teachers, counselors, and administrators to ensure coordinated support for students across academic and social-emotional domains.
  • Maintaining open, proactive communication with families to foster trust, reinforce school expectations, and strengthen the school-to-home connection.

• Actively participates in the online MTSS process, including initiating referrals, implementing interventions, and attending weekly MTSS meetings
• Managing onboarding and orientation by meeting with new students and families to explain school policies, attendance expectations, testing requirements, and essential platforms, ensuring a smooth transition into the online environment.
• Monitoring academic progress and attendance weekly by tracking student data in JMC and identifying disengaged or at-risk students.
• Synthesizing performance data from learning platforms to gain a comprehensive view of student engagement and achievement, and using that data to inform timely, targeted interventions.
• Creating supportive student relationships by encouraging engagement, understanding each family's context, and helping students develop personalized schedules and routines to support independent learning.
• Communicating effectively with families and staff by providing regular feedback on student progress, maintaining records of interactions, and collaborating with teachers, counselors, special education staff, and administration.
• Collaborating with grade-level teams and school staff to align instructional plans, share strategies, and support school-wide initiatives such as Environmental Education (MESS-E and Salt Watch) and College/Career Readiness
• Assisting students with technology navigation by guiding them through use of email, Google Calendar, and LMS features to foster digital independence and academic accountability.
• Contribute to school culture and community building by actively serving on at least one club or committee, supporting student engagement, staff collaboration, or school-wide initiatives.
• Supporting student services coordination by connecting students to internal supports (counselors, interventionists, special education, 504 Coordinator), co-authoring 504 plans when needed, and triaging students to the appropriate team member for additional help.
• Participating in school operations by attending staff meetings, contributing to testing logistics, and completing…