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Advise TRIO-SSS participants for academic success.

Monitor academic progress and provides academic advising year around and during NSE.

Strategize college success plans of action with program participants.

Document student contacts and interactions.

Monitor academic progress and provides academic advising.

Intervene with students in addressing academic problems ranging from day-to-day interventions to long term educational plans.

Confirm each program participant is meeting satisfactory academic progress, upholding full time status and preserves good standing for federal student aid.

Maintain data in accessible formats.

Plan and conduct other support services for TRIO-SSS students such as financial aid and scholarships and financial literacy assistance and education, peer advisor programs, and career and graduate school planning.

Conduct individual assessment to recommend appropriate academic accommodations, auxiliary services, and supplemental support services to ensure academic success, retention, and graduation.

Provide mentoring and life coaching to program participants.

Advise students on life skills including personalized skills in time management, study skills, financial literacy, and struggles common to college aged students as well as unique personal crises.

Ensure availability to assist with personal problems arising with students at all age levels.

Maintain confidential written reports.

Assist with data collection and information gathering for the annual Performance Review (APR) report, federal grant applications, and other reports.

Oversees TRIO-SSS Academic Mentors by supervising and coordinating TRIO-SSS mentoring program. Coordinates moderated panel discussions for 1st yr. students. Plans SSS programs and workshops and other SSS activities as required. Staff Advisor for TRIO Honor Society.

Assess and evaluate outcomes, program effectiveness, student performance and retention for SSS programs.

Provide appropriate referrals to DSS and other supplemental support services to ensure student academic success, retention, and graduation as stipulated in the US Department of Education TRIO-SSS grant.

Requires the ability to apply, integrate and communicate extensive theoretical information within a recognized professional field. Facilitates and/or establishes the achievement of functional area objectives. Requires knowledge of all related functional areas. May require the operation of highly complex equipment/tools.

Decisions/problem resolutions require synthesis/analysis in the use of theories and accepted principles. Programs/projects are governed by broad objectives, policies and/or theories. Requires the use of creativity in dealing with unprecedented activities.

Actions and decisions in this job have significant impact to the short-term performance of the Program/Team and exert an impact to its long-term success. The job exerts a considerable impact on decisions and final results typically affecting either an entire functional area or a major university activity; and may have unique accountability for financial and program/project objectives and overall successes. Errors affect business operations, services and other individuals which may require special interventions to correct.

Regular contact with major Programs/Teams or individuals. Overriding job requirement involves conveying conceptual ideas regarding matters of critical and long-range nature. Significant requirement for diplomacy, timing, and persuasion to gain concurrence or cooperation on operational issues in the face of significant differences of opinion or controversy.

General direction by supervisor by checking on completed tasks. Establishes own work schedule to achieve program objectives. Makes recommendations to superior regarding efficient functioning of program.

Yes

Students

Will supervise TRIO-SSS student mentors.

Office

Operation of a computer mouse with their dominant hand.