An Academic Coach is an advocate for a student with a core mission to help the student succeed and overcome all educational challenges and barriers. Your primary objective is to create a positive and supportive learning experience that results in higher retention of students. You will provide academic support for a caseload of students with an average of 750 students per academic coach. This position is an online job opportunity for an Independent Contractor where you will be working fixed shifts for 8 hours 6 days per week from home.

• Provide communication, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict resolution and study skills support for students.
• Develop strategies and tools to help students excel and reach their full potential including tips, video training sessions, product tours etc.
• Host open-house sessions to present the organization to older and existing students.
• Report to the Department Director and communicate with other departments including but not limited to accounting, teacher mentorship etc.
• Attend regular weekly meetings with the department director and staff.
• Provide internal and external feedback to appropriate teams and families on the student’s progress and prepare reports as directed including but not limited to subject evaluation and progress, student attendance, educational goals, and objectives, retention metrics etc.
• Educate students, parents, and families about our services and courses to increase participation and assist in developing annual program plans/objectives for retention.
• Act as a primary contact linking students to the rest of the organization.
• Handle educational logistics and procedures for students including but not limited to initial assessments, annual, semi-annual, and quarterly assessments, student report delivery, registration of new students, schedule adjustments including cancellations and rescheduling, student transfers, accurately updating student data and logs etc.