CAASS Student Success Coach (Tiger Trailblazer Initiative).

Welcome to Atlanta Metropolitan State College (AMSC), a University System of Georgia (USG) institution that is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Atlanta Metropolitan State College has a rich history that is tied to the City of Atlanta for which it is appropriately named. The college offers high quality baccalaureate, associate and certificate programs that are challenging, comprehensive and very affordable. Atlanta Metropolitan State College currently serves students from various backgrounds and is situated on a beautifully landscaped Southwest Atlanta campus; which is located ten minutes south of downtown Atlanta and fifteen minutes north of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Specific Work Duties Assigned are:

• Serve as academic support coach contact for the Tiger Trailblazer student cohorts.
• Advise and maintain a full caseload of students for tutorial services as they persist and graduate.
• Meet with assigned students based on early alerts.
• Provide weekly reports as requested.
• Meet performance metrics as identified by Director.

This position is contingent on successful attainment of the following goals:

1. Ensure that students who are registered in the Tiger Trailblazer program persist and access tutorial support services based on early alerts and assigned cohorts.
2. Provide solutions for the most significant barrier(s) to persistence and degree completion.
3. Collaborate effectively with CAASS staff and Director to reach performance targets that are in alignment with Student Success.

This is a part-time, twelve-month state funded position, which reports to the Director for Academic Advising & Student Success. The Student Success Coach coordinates the overall experience for the Tiger-Trailblazer students on Atlanta Metropolitan State College or the Savannah State University campus. The position provides hands-on support to students and coordination of student success activities. The position will focus on the retention of Tiger-Trailblazer students through holistic individual support and student success programming that connects students with appropriate tutorials in order to achieve success as they matriculate. The Student Success Coach primary function and majority of time is spent providing academic intervention for student success. Coaches in this classification must possess communication and public relations skills as they are required to interact continually with students, parents and the public.

This Academic Success Coach will be responsible for providing exceptional work ethic within the Division of Student Success, CAASS Office. Essential duties and responsibilities are listed below but not limited to the following:

• Provides academic support services, workshops, individual and/or small group consultative services designed to assist students with developing and implementing tools to succeed academically.
•  Provide academic coaching, outreach efforts to students who have been identified within a special population (i.e. cohort-partnership groups, at-risk, or academic warning).
•  Identify academic support resources for improving students achievement and persistence.
•  Work closely with Academic Success Professional Advisors with students who have received an academic alert referral and in academic jeopardy.
• Academic Success Coach will assist and connect students with discipline specific study materials to achieve academic success.
   

 Academic Success Coach in this classification must possess effective communication, and public relations skills, as they are required to interact continually with students. In addition, the Academic Success Coach will adhere to strict confidentiality and other ethical standards.

Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution (Masters preferred) and at least one year of experience working with undergraduate students or young adults in a tutorial, coaching, academic, retention, or career services counseling capacity at a high school level or in a higher education support setting. Demonstrated experience or interest in helping students transfer into and out of bachelor-level degree granting programs. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Able to work independently, self-starter, strong initiative to meet metrics that are results-driven
• Be able to collaborate as a team member. Exhibit superior interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrable passion for AMSC's mission, values, and strategic plan.
•  Persistent
• Attention to Detail
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills.
• Mature and proactive
• Open-Minded
•  Focus on Student Success
• Consistent improvement and accountability
• Exhibit confidence and professional diplomacy
• Sensitive to issues of ethnicity, disability and diversity.
•  Ability to analyze and interpret data
• Adhere to strict confidentiality and other ethical standards.
•  Must be clearly student-focused on student success in both philosophy and purpose.
•  Should also be able to manage stress well and be flexible in a changing, fast-paced environment.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct .

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653 .

Atlanta Metropolitan State College is one of the 26 institutions within The University System of Georgia (USG). The USG is committed to creating a more educated Georgia and will accelerate our state's higher education commitment. Our organizational core values are founded upon the principles of Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect.

Atlanta Metropolitan State College is an equal employment opportunity employer. Atlanta Metropolitan  State College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or military/veteran status.

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4/2/2008  

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