Educational Advocate- TRIO Upward Bound Desoto-Red River
Deadline
Full-Time: Review of applications begins Monday, November 13, 2023 and continues until the position is filled.
SUMMARY
Southern University at Shreveport, Louisiana (SUSLA) is accepting applications for the Educational Advocate TRIO Upward Bound Desoto-Red River position. SUSLA is a comprehensive community college serving Shreveport, Bossier City, and surrounding areas in Northwest Louisiana. It is one of five campuses constituting the Historically Black Southern University System. The University serves approximately 3,000 undergraduate students and offers 32 undergraduate degrees and certificate programs in a variety of fields including Allied Health, Nursing, Aerospace Technology, Business Studies, Behavioral Science/Education and Science & Technology.
Position Summary
Under direct supervision of the Director of TRiO Upward Bound DeSoto-Red River, the Educational Advocate serves as a secondary advisor to high school participants enrolled in the Upward Bound program. With responsibility for providing participants with general advising assistance for secondary completion and postsecondary enrollment, the Educational Advocate is responsible for: facilitating career and college information workshops; monitoring and supporting participant academic performance; and assisting in planning, organizing, and presenting group workshops. The Educational Advocate will also work to provide opportunities for Upward Bound participants to develop social skills, cultural competence, study skills, and academic skills appropriate for their educational goals.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project Support:
- Assists with the development of educational and cultural enrichment activities and workshops
- Assists the Project Director in preparing quarterly reports on each student, describing advisement activities for the reporting period and providing specific details regarding participant progress such as course schedule, grades, problems, and related matters
- Coordinate with secondary partners and implement recruitment activities to support enrollment of eligible participants
- Maintains close liaison with students, their families, and high school staff
- Collaborate and create on-going partnerships with faculty, staff, and community activists to identify, define and meet educational and social planning needs, goals and objectives of participants
- Assess programs and services, evaluates data and makes changes as required to improve participant outcomes
- Interpret policies and procedures under Education General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for program and budget compliance
- Provide an overall technology model that will stimulate the advancement of technology systems and programming for daily operations, workshop innovations, and academic advancement
- Monitors UB TRIO email
Student Support and Development:
- Works cohesively with target schools to deliver precollege services that meet critical academic needs of participants
- Provides motivation support and accountability support to students based on student's individual goals and academic performance
- Demonstrates an appropriate level of professional judgment and discretion to effectively deliver services to participants and their parents or guardians
- Monitors a tutoring program designed to supplement high school courses, with the responsibility to determine participant needs, schedule tutoring sessions and monitor participant progress
- Manages a cohort of students which includes developing individual academic, financial and college plans
- Advises Upward Bound participants regarding realistic college choices and assists them in gaining admission into college and obtaining financial aid or other needed services
- Provide academic advisement, career readiness resources and guidance activities, educational/degree planning, course selection, and related support services for the programs offered by Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA)
Required Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required in Education, Human Services, Psychology, Social Work or related field from an accredited institution of higher education.
Preferred (Desired) Qualifications:
- Graduate Degree in Education, Human Services, Psychology, Social Work or related field from an accredited institution of higher education.
- 1-3 years of experience in serving underrepresented populations, first-generation students, in secondary education, higher education programs related to first-year student development, academic initiatives, and or related experiences
- Knowledge of college systems and processes including admissions, financial aid, academic and career advising
- Capacity to assess academic and non-academic student needs to develop coherent, realistic service plans
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate with supervisor and peers, school administrators, families and students in sometimes stressful situations.
Compensation:
$35,000-$37,000
Type
Full-time
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
The application can be filled out online at the https://www.susla.edu/ApplicationforEmployment. Please attach cover letter, resume, transcript(s), and three references to application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Review of applications begins Monday, November 13, 2023 and continues until the position is filled.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties.
Criminal background check and reference verification is required.
Southern University at Shreveport, an institution within the Southern University and A & M System, seeks to provide quality education for its students, while being committed to the total community. This institution prepares students for careers in technical and occupational fields; awards certificates, diplomas and associate degrees; and offers courses and programs that are transferable to other colleges and universities. Dedicated to excellence in instruction and community service, this open enrollment institution promotes cultural diversity, provides developmental and continuing education, and seeks partnerships with business and industry.
Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. Title IX prohibits use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and provides individuals protection against such practices.
In compliance with federal law and USDOE federal guidance, including provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), Executive Order 11246, Executive Order 13988, the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 as mended by the Jobs for Veterans Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, as amended, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, an institution of the Southern University System shall not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, color, nation or ethnic origin, age, disability, military service, covered veteran’s status, or genetic information in its administration of education policies, programs, or activities; admission policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other institution-administered programs; or employment.
As part of their commitment to maintaining a community free of discrimination, and in compliance with Title IX’s mandate, institutions of the Southern University System shall address allegations of power-based violence and sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, in a timely and effective manner. Further, institutions of the Southern University System will provide resources as needed for affected persons (Reporters, Complainants, Respondents, and third parties within the institution’s community) and will not tolerate retaliation against any person who reports or participates in the investigation of alleged power-based violence or sex/gender discrimination.
In accordance with the requirement of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its Amending Act of 2008 (collectively “ADA”), the Southern University System (System) will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities. The System does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA. The System will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the System’s programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, assistive listening devices, documents in Braille, and other ways of making communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments. The System will make reasonable modifications to policies, procedures, and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity of the System, should contact the ADA Coordinator. The ADA does not require the System to take any action that would fundamentally alter the natures of its programs or services or impose an undue financial or administrative burden. Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the System is not accessible to persons with disabilities should be directed to the ADA Coordinator.