Digital Ready is seeking motivated and dedicated Peer Wellness Coaches (PWC) to support and empower students in their academic and personal journeys. As a PWC, you will work closely with up to 20 scholars to help them achieve their goals, monitor their academic progress, and provide valuable guidance and support throughout their college experience. Peer wellness coaching promotes greater student well-being by working with their peers to increase awareness of wellness resources on campus, provide support, and encourage responsible decision-making. The peer wellness coaching model is a counseling model that is student focused: a peer wellness coach works in partnership with scholars to help them identify goals, motivate them to act, to develop plans, to meet those goals, and to follow up and change goals and plans, if necessary. GPA and grade check-in’s will be a large part of the model to aid in student success.
OUR MISSION
Digital Ready activates the creative potential of high school students, especially Black and Latinx youth, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston’s innovation economy.
Being Digital Ready means being ready for the complexity of a constantly evolving economy and society and requires students to weave together ethnography, engineering, design, and code to solve incredibly gnarly 21st-century problems. At Digital Ready, we utilize the city as a lab for learning striving to make the boundaries between school and the world less strict and more permeable. Our mission is to create tangible economic pathways for students that are driven by students’ interests, local employer needs, and the community’s unique assets. Our students learn by doing. In our studio, students practice habits of creative problem solving in a safe and supportive environment, where they can take risks to learn, ask difficult questions, and develop themselves as creative leaders.
OUR VALUES
- We actively fight against the status quo that allows injustices to be perpetuated without accountability;
- We use our political power, social capital, and networks to create access to high-quality education opportunities for students;
- We value diverse perspectives, which we believe leads to more identity-affirming and innovative learning experiences for students;
- We are committed to being an anti-racist organization that prioritizes the voices of students and communities of color;
- We intentionally support the redesign of policies and structures or systemic racism that continues to exclude and harm communities of color;
- We actively interrogate schools’ curriculum, industries’ hiring practices, and other institutional practices that limit who has access to Boston’s innovation economy.
SHARED GOALS:
- 100% of innovators are complete their Spring semester at Digital Ready;
- 100% of eligible students enroll in community college and enroll in at least 12 college credits in their first semester;
- Student Success Supports is rated at a 4.0 or higher on a 5 star scale on the end of semester survey;
- 100% of STEMHub students select and are accepted into an on-ramp that aligns to their purpose + passions and helps them make progress towards obtaining a high-wage job; 100% of eligible seniors and Year 13 students complete their FAFSA;
- 100% of students develop a Pathway Plan through the wayfinding coaching model that is shared with the student, their champion and family, and their high school or partner organization (if applicable);
- 100% of students develop a high-quality resume;
- 100% of students obtain a summer placement connected to their Pathway Goals.
PEER WELLNESS COACH RESPONSIBILITIES
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1-on-1 Pathway Coaching:
- Conduct bi-weekly, half-hour meetings with assigned innovators.
- Ensure students set SMART goals and actionable steps.
- Connect Innovators to relevant partners in their selected pathway.
- Implement Social and Emotional Learning through the 5 competencies.
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Goal Setting and Monitoring:
- Implement Digital Ready’s SMART goal-setting framework.
- Review goals at the start of each semester and during Pathway coaching sessions.
- Monitor goals and grades throughout the semester and work collaboratively with the Project Managers to ensure students are on-track to pass their college courses with a C or better. ;
- Ensure the basic needs of innovators are met, so they can reach their full potentials without barriers.
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Administrative Duties:
- Use student feedback to design better student success supports for our Innovators.
- Monitor attendance and lateness data ensuring that students are in studio and on-time.
- Communicate with Project Managers, champions, schools, and community organizations to ensure a strong network of support around each innovator.
- Utilize a single case management system by ensuring clear next steps are outlined in each innovator’s Slack channel.
- Use our text messaging system for behavioral nudges that build strong innovator habits to success in college and the workplace.
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Support and Advocacy:
- Provide support and advocacy in meetings with advisors, partners, and school staff.
- Build community across all Studios through supporting community event outreach and planning.
- Participate in weekly in-person Peer Wellness Coaching drumbeats with your Project Manager.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a young adult between the ages of 20-25 years old;
- Must be available to work in-person;
- Fluency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Somalian is preferred.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Current or recent college student with a strong academic record.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to provide empathetic support and motivate peers.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Knowledge of scholarship policies and academic advising preferred.
- Experience in mentoring or coaching is a plus.
COMPENSATION
This is a paid hourly position at a rate of $20 per hour. Payments are made bi-weekly through Gusto, our payroll system.
How can I apply?
- Interested applicants can visit www.digitalready.org to learn more about the organization.
- Applications including a resume and cover letter should be submitted online by using the following submission link: https://form.typeform.com/to/lYSDdhd4?typeform-source=www.google.com