About This Role
This role involves providing comprehensive academic advising and individual support to students in the College of Education, especially those in academic recovery. The coordinator will help students with academic planning and connect them to campus resources, while working with faculty to promote student persistence and timely graduation.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive academic advising and individualized support to students within the College of Education and those on academic recovery
- Assist with course selection, registration, degree planning, and academic policy guidance
- Connect students to campus resources
- Develop academic recovery plans
- Monitor academic progress
- Identify barriers to achievement
- Collaborate with faculty and campus partners to promote persistence, retention, and timely graduation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience in either a higher education setting (student services, enrollment services, academic affairs, or related area) or in a high school counseling/advising setting
- Strong communication, computer, and public speaking skills
- Excellent skills in providing strong customer service
- Demonstrate sound judgment and ethical demeanor
- Valid driver's license and safe driving history
- Ability to interpret and communicate University policies and procedures, academic requirements, campus resources, student engagement, and support services
- Strong interpersonal/human relations skills
- Ability to encourage and empower students to make their own decisions
- Ability to act as an advocate for both the student and the University
- Ability to identify students' needs for support services in order to make appropriate referrals
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to operate a personal computer and various software packages
- Ability to work a flexible schedule
Nice to have: