College Transition Coach
College Transition Coach
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Position Title:
College Transition CoachTime Type:
Part timePosition Summary and Qualifications:
Primary responsibilities of this position include providing students with specific success strategies to promote independent learning assisting students in developing skills to prioritize commitments and implementing general time management strategies to meet collegiate demands. The coach will foster a mentor/mentee relationship to provide individualized feedback to students in order to facilitate improvement enhance performance in study habits and raise awareness of the skills needed to transition successfully to college.In addition the coach will assess students needs will develop an individualized learning plan for success will monitor academic performance will track students progress will provide feedback to each assigned student and will keep the Lead Coach updated on students progress.
This is a parttime position that follows the semester working approximately 20 hours/week.
Essential Duties& Responsibilities:
Meet consistently throughout the semester with assigned students at agreedupon times
Assess students needs using various information and tools
Develop individual improvement plans and modify as necessary
Coach students on success strategies
Continuously assess student progress
Assess success of coaching engagements
Support and mentor program participants
Meet regularly with the Lead Coach
Secondary Duties & Responsibilities
Work collaboratively and support efforts within the Success Center to increase
retention and persistence to graduation.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Required:
2 years experience in education higher education or related field
Excellent communication skills to be applied to oral and written communication
Demonstrated computer skills in Microsoft Office
Knowledge of regulations and policy related to the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974
Maintenance of ethical principles in working with students
Ability to develop and monitor individual success plans
Preferred:
Masters Degree in education or related field and one year of experience coaching and/or tutoring students at the university level
Reading or special education certificate preferred
Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:
This is a parttime position based on caseload 16 weeks each semester
Position begins the first week of each semester and ends the last week of the
semester based on the Academic Calendar
Must be able to navigate the campus
Saint Josephs University is a private Catholic Jesuit institution and we expect members of our community to be knowledgeable about and to make a positive contribution to our mission. Saint Josephs University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce. The University is committed to the diversity of its faculty and staff so that our students our disciplines and our community as a whole can benefit from the multiple perspectives it offers. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity diversity and inclusion. EOE
Saint Josephs University prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in its programs and activities including admission and employment in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for overseeing compliance with Title IX and other civil rights laws and regulations. To contact the Title IX Coordinator email visit Campion Student Center suite 243 or call. To learn more about the Universitys Title IX policies the process for filing a report or formal complaint of sex discrimination sexual harassment or other form of sexual misconduct and the Universitys response to reports and/or formal complaints please visit Inquiries may also be directed to the Federal agency responsible for enforcing Title IX the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Employment Type
Part-Time
