Director of College Completion
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Employment Opportunity
Job Title:Director of College Completion
Job-Type:Full-time
Contract Days: 220 Days
Salary: $75000 annually
Reports to:Chief Academic Officer
Job Title:Director of College Completion
Job-Type:Full-time
Contract Days: 220 Days
Salary: $75000 annually
Reports to:Chief Academic Officer
GRANT FUNDED
The Director of College Completion is a critical new role to enhance the postsecondary success rates among Wayside: Sci-Tech High School (STHS) graduates. This position will oversee the Wayside Game Changers program at Wayside Schools focusing on strategic planning program development and team leadership. The role is essential to ensuring that students gain access to college and successfully complete their postsecondary education.
ABOUT WAYSIDE SCHOOLS:Wayside Schools is an open-enrollment tuition-free Pre-K3-12thgrade public charter school network that provides over 1900 scholars across its four South Austin campuses with a rigorous education. Since 2012 Wayside schools has striven to empower historically underserved scholars providing them with the instructional experiences academic skills intellectual habits and social and emotional competencies needed to become graduates from four-year colleges and universities providing them with the access and opportunities they need to narrate their own futures and positively impact and empower the families and communities to which they belong.
Qualifications:
-Bachelor or Masters Degree.
-Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in college completion programs.
-Proven track record of impactful program outcomes.
-Bilingual Preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the Game Changers program to ensure alignment with the schools mission and goals.
- Develop and implement strategies to support students through six years of postsecondary education.
- Monitor and analyze program data to continually improve outcomes.
- Provide direct support to the program caseload of STHS alumni and oversee the support of current STHS students.
- Work in coordination withthe high school principal to manage the time and activitiesof the College Completion Coordinator
- Join with the high school team to provide supportto current high school scholars as they complete high school courses and prep for college readiness exams
- Evening and weekend work is required monthly to fully support college students and their families
- Work with all campus principals to facilitate a college-going culture across the network
- Maintain records for all college access and college completion work done throughout the year
- Manage summer programming
- Supportdual credit scholars
- Establish relationships with universitieslocally and across the nation
- Coordinate work with other network team members as a member of the Academics Team
- Build and maintain a budget
Physical Effort and Work Environment:
Services are generally provided within a standard classroom environment.
Some movement throughout the classroom is generally necessary to facilitate learning (e.g. standing walking stooping bending sitting and/or kneeling).
Light lifting of materials and other objects associated with a classroom environment is required (e.g. books teaching aids up to approximately 20 40 lbs.).
Special Education Teachers may also be required to pick up students restrain students as needed and spend large quantities of time on the floor sitting squatting and/or kneeling.
Field trips may be made.
Candidate should be willing to contribute directly or indirectly to the development of children both inside and outside the classroom which may include working hours in addition to the regular school day.
This position may involve rare exposure to blood or body fluids.
Regular attendance is required for this position.
Personal Work Relationships:
Candidate receives administrative supervision universal coaching and participates in frequent evaluation and feedback observations throughout the academic year with a final summative evaluation
It is expected that less experienced candidates will receive additional guidance on instructional matters and that those with more experience will serve as mentors providing suggestions guidance and assistance as appropriate or necessary.
It is expected that some candidates will be more involved in planning and coordinating departmental activities. Supervisor may provide detailed instruction regarding changes in policies procedures or laws or in reference to unusual circumstances or problems.
Candidate has significant contact with students parents and other school staff to provide instruction offer guidance exchange information and develop social skills of students.
Candidate may also maintain contacts within the community to enrich the content of materials and utilize additional instructional methodologies (e.g. take field trips invite guest speakers.)
Candidate receives administrative supervision universal coaching and participates in frequent evaluation and feedback observations throughout the academic year with a final summative evaluation
It is expected that less experienced candidates will receive additional guidance on instructional matters and that those with more experience will serve as mentors providing suggestions guidance and assistance as appropriate or necessary.
It is expected that some candidates will be more involved in planning and coordinating departmental activities. Supervisor may provide detailed instruction regarding changes in policies procedures or laws or in reference to unusual circumstances or problems.
Candidate has significant contact with students parents and other school staff to provide instruction offer guidance exchange information and develop social skills of students.
Candidate may also maintain contacts within the community to enrich the content of materials and utilize additional instructional methodologies (e.g. take field trips invite guest speakers.)
Benefits:
-Free Health Insurance including major medical dental vision and life (Employee Only)
-Sustainability Fridays
-Free Pre-K for Staff Children
-Professional Development and Coaching
-403(b) plan
-Texas Retirement System Plan
-Stipends for candidates who meet special program qualifications
Additional Information:
This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Wayside Schools has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.
This position is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. however from time to time may work an extended schedule including weekends and evenings according to demands of the role and tasks.
In accordance with applicable laws and Wayside Schools policies no person shall be excluded from consideration for recruitment selection appointment training promotion retention or any other personnel action or be denied any benefits or participation in any educational programs or activities which it operates on the grounds of race religion color national origin sex disability age or veteran status (except where age sex or disability constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification necessary to proper and efficient administration).
All new employees must present proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
About Company
Welcome to Wayside Schools At Wayside Schools, we are ALL scholars who are capable of greatness. We believe that every child deserves access to a quality education, and our goal is to put each child on the path to
