Career Coach In-School Youth - Anne Arundel County

AAWDC - Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation

Career Coach In-School Youth (ISY)

Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation (AAWDC) is a nationally recognized, innovative workforce development organization that provides high-quality workforce development services to drive purposeful changes in Anne Arundel County and across Maryland.

AAWDC is the bridge between understanding the workforce and talent development needs of local and regional businesses and preparing individuals to meet their full career potential. AAWDC’s vision, mission, and core values are at the heart of the way the organization achieves success.

Job Summary – Career Coach – ISY (In-School Youth)

The Career Coach-ISY is responsible for providing career counseling to middle and high school students, coordinating career exploration resources, working with partners to develop career exploration activities and administering these activities in middle and high schools. The Career Coach-ISY will also work with students individually and in groups to assist them in determining their career pathway and matching post-CCR pathway. The Career Coach-ISY tracks and reports student progress through data management systems.

Key Functions/Responsibilities

To perform in this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned to meet the program’s needs.

• Provide individual and group career coaching services to students across assigned middle and/or high school grade levels on Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) campuses.
• Support students in the completion and interpretation of career interest inventories, assessments and planning tools using a career readiness and exploration platform.
• Provide individualized and group coaching services, including development of student career plans, to AACPS students (coordinating with AACPS staff) through various activities such as but not limited to:
  • Classroom push-in presentations
  • One-on-one meetings
  • Guest speakers
  • Workshops
  • Work-based opportunities
  • Small & large group activities
  • Field trips
  • Networking events or professional panels
  • Career Day/Fair/Expo
  • After-school events (virtual and in-person)
  • Hiring events
• Facilitate students in developing an individualized Six Year Plan as aligned to the Maryland Blueprint Pillar Three standards and actively participate in the development, documentation and annual revision of students’ six (6) year academic and career plans.
• Facilitate student engagement across the work-based learning continuum .
• Advise students on readiness for post-CCR[PJ6] pathway participation.
• Conduct employability and work readiness training skill development, including soft skills; document services and outcomes in approved data systems.
• Partner with community organizations, businesses and agencies to enhance program delivery and support students.
• Work independently and collaborate with internal and external agencies, non-profits and community partners to expand program opportunities that assist students such as internships, apprenticeships, mock interviewing, career fairs, job shadowing, essential soft skills training and work experiences.
• Assist in developing and maintaining career exploration materials and self-service resources.
• Collaborate with external and internal partners to implement summer career exploration activities.
• Develop and provide career resources to be used by students.
• Collaborate with school counselors, educators, special education staff, multilingual learner staff and administrators.
• Implement the assigned career coaching curriculum and meet identified targets.
• Collect, track, analyze and report on student engagement and outcomes through various data reporting mechanisms.
• Participate in individual and group supervision, staff and program meetings, professional development, conferences and other program and organizational events as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule. As an AAWDC team member, it is AAWDC’s responsibility to determine your work hours in coordination with AACPS. No alternative scheduling or working hours will be accommodated unless sufficient documentation supports a required change in work schedule. The work schedule below is for Career Coaches:

Middle School Career Coaches*

• Monday–Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. (7.25 hrs. per day)
  • Friday: 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (6 hours)

Note: Schedule may vary for specific school assignments. This work schedule applies to all middle school career coaches except for the career coach at Monarch Global Academy Laurel, which has a different work schedule.

• This is a 12-month position, including summer work supporting assigned programs. Therefore, the expectation is that staff will work over the summer when school is not in session and will be required to provide support to whichever summer program(s) the Director, In-School Youth Services, assigns to the team member.
• Staff are expected to work onsite daily at assigned schools.
• When schools are closed, but offices are open, staff report to the Career Center unless otherwise directed.
• Telework is not permitted unless explicitly authorized.

High School Career Coaches

• Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. (7.25 hrs. per day)
• Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (6 hours)
• This is a 12-month position, including summer work supporting assigned programs. Therefore, the expectation is that staff will work over the summer when school is not in session and will be required to provide support to whichever summer program(s) the Director, In-School Youth Services, assigns to the team member.
• Staff are expected to work onsite daily at assigned schools.
• When schools are closed, but offices are open, staff report to the Career Center unless otherwise directed.

Remote Work & Telework

The position requires staff to be onsite in their assigned schools every day, Monday through Friday, unless Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) are closed. On days when AACPS is closed but AAWDC is open, the career coaching team must report to the Career Center unless the Director, In-School Youth Services, has provided other guidance. Unless there is inclement weather and AAWDC’s Human Resources (HR) department has sent out an email with very clear directives about working from home, In-School Career Coaches do not have the option to telework.