DEFINITION:

The Academic Success Coach works closely with the Academic Advising Director, the Dean of Enrollment Management, and the Senior Director of North Campus and Off-Campus Sites to ensure the optimal integration of the Title III project's activities with all components of the college

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED:

• Receives general supervision from the Title III Program Director 

Duties & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS STATEMENTS:

Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions:

• Maintains caseload of students on academic warning and probation; engages in advising and coaching follow-up activities to encourage student persistence and completion.
• Provide information about campus/community resources and college success strategies.
• Determine and eliminate college barriers to student success and satisfaction.
• Responsible for assisting warning and probation students with information about alternatives and possible consequences of academic decisions.
• Contact students that have left the college after experiencing academic difficulty.
• Participates in college committees and task forces related to academic advising, web-registration, etc. and work closely with faculty and academic affairs to develop student-centered processes.
• Implements Title III retention and persistence-based initiatives.
• Collaborates with various areas within and outside of the Student Services to facilitate student success, retention, and persistence.
• Assists with development of goals, objectives, and learning outcomes for the Title III Student Success Center, in support of the college's strategic plan.
• Participates in open houses, new student orientation, and various First Year Experience initiatives

Other Important Functions:

• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of:

• Knowledge of student development and resources to promote student success.  

Ability To:

• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Interpret and apply CFCC goals, objectives, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations

• Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for:
  1. Making observations
  2. Reading and writing
  3. Communicating with others
  4. Operating assigned equipment
  5. Handling varied tasks simultaneously
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, which may include the following:
  1. Standing or sitting for extended periods of time
  2. Operating assigned equipment
  3. Handling varied tasks simultaneously 
  4. Bending, stooping, climbing, or lifting up to 50 pounds
• Maintain mental capacity, which allow the capability of:
  1. Making sound decisions
  2. Responding to questions
  3. Demonstrating intellectual capabilities

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING GUIDELINES:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Minimum Education/Training:

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. 

Minimum Experience:

• Six (6) months experience working with students in an educational setting.

Preferred Education/Training, Experience, Skills:

• At least one year experience working with students in a community college or university setting preferred

Special Instructions to Applicants:

• This position REQUIRES UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND/OR TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS be submitted in addition to the application. Please have these documents ready to upload when applying.

• Successful candidates are required to submit official transcripts for all degrees obtained, prior to initial start date of employment. If highest level of education is a High School diploma or equivalent, proof of completion is required.

• Successful candidates who have obtained their education outside of the US and its territories must have their academic degree(s) validated, at their own expense, by an outside credential evaluation service as equivalent to the Baccalaureate or Master’s degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States.