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Position Summary:
The Department of Upward Bound is seeking an Academic Coordinator Upward Bound – Davie, FL.
- Academic Coordinator (AC) will commit 100% of their time and effort to the program over a twelve-month period.
- The AC’s primary responsibility is to manage the day-to-day academic aspects of the program.
- The AC will assist with planning and coordinating Saturday Academic Sessions, visit students at 5 assigned target schools to provide academic support.
- Participates in the development and implementation of a plan for each student’s success primarily focusing on each year’s graduating class.
- Maintains contact with high school personnel regularly concerning students’ educational and social status in school.
- Provides professional guidance and advising to students regarding careers, post-secondary admission, Financial Aid, personal and educational issues. Provides documentation of contacts to the Director monthly.
- Distributes and interprets financial aid information to participants and assures that their applications to post-secondary educational institutions are made.
- Maintains records of information on participants, including SAT scores, projected financial aid and post-secondary plans.
- Develops a student follow-up system, provides documentation of contacts, being particularly vigilant during the first six months following high school graduation and maintaining those records.
- Responsible for supervising students and work-study tutors during academic after-school sessions.
- Recruits, interviews, trains, supervises and evaluates the performance of mentors/ advisors during the summer program.
- Coordinates all recreational activities and use of college’s facilities during the summer residential programs.
- Assists in the planning of field trips, cultural events, and college visits during the academic year and during the summer residential component.
- Carries out committee assignments.
- Develops and executes annual strategic plans for student recruitment.
- Coordinates efforts toward student recruitment.
- Collects completed evaluation reports and prepares formative and summative evaluations of support services aspect of the program.
- Attends regularly scheduled staff meetings, training sessions and student/parent meetings.
- Represents the college as a speaker, presenter or in similar capacities in high schools, service clubs, community events and other activities of a similar nature.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and team approach toward accomplishing program and institutional goals.
- Designs and develops strategies and programming to achieve the program objectives.
- Develops and submits a formal follow-up report of Upward Bound graduates to accompany the annual self-evaluation.
- Collects and maintains data that is necessary to complete the Annual Performance Report (APR), including information related to the program’s system of tracking graduates.
- Conducts home visits, and other local travel in order to provide additional tutoring and one on one assistance with other academic grade level tasks.
- Occasionally travel to other offices or locations to attend meetings or to pick up or deliver materials and/or supplies to target area high schools.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area of specialization; or a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate experience required.
Salary:
$40,000.00 annually
College or Department:
Upward Bound
Location:
Boca Raton
Work Days and Hours:
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., some nights and weekends.
Application Deadline:
2022-11-23-08:00
Special Instructions to Applicant:
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please call 561-297-3057. 711
Final candidate will be required to have official, sealed transcripts and original NACES evaluation, if applicable, sent from their educational institution to Human Resources prior to the start of employment.
Successful completion of a background check, which may include a motor vehicle check, credit check, fingerprinting or additional screening, is required for the selected candidate prior to the start date.
A resume are required for this position. Make sure to attach these required documents in the Attachments section of the application. Any missing required documents will result to disqualification.