Job Description:

• Organizes and coordinates all tutoring and mentoring services during the academic year.
• Collaborates with the program director to provide effective academic skills and college preparatory services to learning center school districts.
• Collaborates with the program director to provide services to parents and families in specified cohort.
• Recruits cohort students to participate in learning center programs, activities, and events.
• Maintains and documents all records of student or parent and guardian interactions while monitoring student progress.
• Researches changes to federal regulations and administrative requirements relevant program operations to ensure continued compliance.
• Collects, organizes, and inputs all program data for annual performance reports and evaluation purposes.
• Organizes and coordinates summer programs and campus for learning center participants.
• Supervises University student employees serving as tutors and mentors and coordinates the placement and performance of each student staff.

Short Job Description:

• Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution.
• Three years' relevant experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated success in communicating effectively with a diverse range of constituencies including staff, faculty, K-12 administrators, community members, and youth.
• Experience working with first generation and low-income families.
• Experience with program planning and implementation.
• Experience providing college preparatory and readiness information and programming to K-12 youth.

Job Ref: S1443P

Job Reply URL: 4872

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One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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