Academic Coordinator - Oklahoma City Oklahoma

Company: Oklahoma State University
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Posted On: 05/19/2024

Job Summary:Assist the UpwardBound Program Manager in carrying out essential program services toparticipants from two local high schools (Putnam City West and WesternHeights). Responsible for empowering first generation college, under-resourced,and/or academically at-risk students to gain the necessary skills to graduatefrom college within six years of completing high school. Providing educational workshops, offering personalizedhands-on guidance through high school into college, career, or college majoradvising, and facilitating other activities throughout the year. Assists in thedevelopment, implementation, evaluation, and management of temporary staff forthe program. EssentialJob Functions:Monitors, advises, and provides educational counseling for program participants.Will make frequent visits to the two target schools, Western Heights and Putnam City West, to meet with participants during the academic year to provide workshops or provide guidance on educational endeavors.Documents on-going student contact logs, class schedules, and transcripts via computerized database (Blumen).Assists in the coordination of Upward Bound's social media (Facebook, etc.), Engage, text message, and email correspondence to students on a daily and weekly basis.Serve as a liaison of Upward Bound to target schools and other community partners.Will assist Senior Director with collecting program data for annual performance report, campus reports or for the Upward Bound grant. Assist with and /or conduct workshops, orientations, banquets, and seminars for participants and their family members in person or in a virtual setting.Participate in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and assessing new participants, and follow individuals through postsecondary.Assists in the development, implementation, evaluation, and management of temporary staff for the program.This includes training, hiring, managing hours, etc.Develops and implements new strategies for retention and post-secondary completion to ensure Upward Bound Objectives are met on a yearly basis.Responsible for coordinating Bridge Component for program seniors, facilitating a college prep class during the summer to rising program seniors, and coordinate summer concurrent classes with OSU-OKC.Participate in college committees as requested.Completes all mandatory training and participates in a minimum of two professional development workshops each year which may include state, regional, and national TRIO meetings/programs as appropriate.Performs other duties as assigned.The duties listed in thisjob description are intended only as illustrations of the various types of workthat may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does notexclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logicalassignment to the position. More...

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