Description
Assignment:
- Full-time 1.0 FTE temporary replacement Student Success Coach position
- Duties to commence August 27, 2025 and will continue for the remainder of the 2025/2026 school year
Roles & Responsibilities:
The High School Student Success Coach Program in Wolf Creek Public Schools focuses on:
- Relationships and Mentoring
- Meeting at minimum monthly with each First Nations, Metis and Inuit student in the school
- Advocate for First Nations, Metis and Inuit student voice
- Celebrate First Nations, Metis and Inuit students
- Organize events and build a schedule that reflects opportunities for connections, belonging, and relationships (clubs, groups).
- May monitor (in collaboration with school administration) attendance and academic performance.
- Culture
- Assisting elder’s programming within the designated schools; chaperoning students to and from allotted time slots for each class or individual meetings, accommodating elders by bringing them tea or water.
- Providing cultural support for students wanting to smudge, by welcoming them into a space where they can participate in that.
- Supporting planning of cultural events, presentations, and traditional ceremonies within the school
- Academics & Transition Supports
- Support transition of First Nations, Métis and Inuit students moving from Ponoka Elementary to Ponoka Secondary Campus
- Support First Nations, Métis and Inuit transitions from Ponoka Secondary Campus to BRICK Learning Centre (and vice versa)
- Support transitions and build relationship and belonging for First Nations, Métis and Inuit students new to the school
- Tutor or provide opportunities in schedule for academic support for First Nations, Metis and Inuit students
- Support with high school mapping and planning to build success (graduation planning support)
- Career Planning
- Keep up to date Post-secondary information on site - specific to First Nations, Metis and Inuit support centres at postsecondary institutions.
- Assist in applying for post secondary, scholarships
- Advocate for First Nations, Metis and Inuit student involvement in dual credit opportunities across the division
- Advocate for First Nations, Metis and Inuit student involvement in work experience opportunities
- Parental Engagement
- Connections (monthly at minimum) with all First Nations, Metis and Inuit Parents and Guardians
- Plan parental engagement events to support bringing First Nations, Metis and Inuit parents, guardians and families into the school.
- Involved in meet the teacher, parent teacher interview nights
Other responsibilities will include:
- Active member of the Ponoka Secondary Campus team
- Active member of First Nations, Metis & Inuit Student Success Team in Wolf Creek Public Schools
- Attend First Nations, Métis & Inuit Cohort Teacher Meetings.
- Attend monthly meetings with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Student Success Coordinator to discuss program, build leadership capacity, trouble shoot, share ideas and build relationship
- May attend Wisdom & Guidance Committee meetings.
- May contribute updates to school newsletter, school announcements and social media platforms
- Collaboration with school administration, career counsellors, and education services team.
- Other duties as discussed with the School Leader and Director of Indigenous Education and Reconciliation
The following demonstrated competencies will be required of the Ponoka Secondary Campus Indigenous Student Success Coach
- Bachelor of Education Degree.
- Evidence of experience and/or application of supporting the Application of Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Métis and Inuit
- Evidence of work and/or relationship with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Indigenous youth and/or Indigenous Community
- Evidence of strong planning and organizational skills
- Evidence of ability to build strong, trusting relationships
- Ability to be flexible within your role
- Strong interpersonal skills with a strong student focus
Please Note: We appreciate the interest of all applicants but advise that only candidates selected for an interview for this competition will be contacted.
