EDS PROGRAM MANAGER

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While this position is open until filled, the priority application date to apply and to be considered is April 2nd, 2024.

Together with world-class partners, the University of Washington’s College of Engineering is developing a new generation of innovators. A national leader in educating engineers, each year the College turns out new discoveries, inventions, and top-flight graduates, all contributing to the strength of our economy and the vitality of our community. As a College of Engineering employee, you can help create a real impact for our students, faculty, friends, and fellow staff while joining a community of innovators committed to building a culture where all members thrive, are valued, and feel a sense of belonging.

This position will be responsible for program management and academic advising in the Engineering Dean Scholars program (EDS). The EDS Program Manager provides advising, programs, and services to support first-year EDS students who clarify their academic interests and goals and prepare for entry into majors. A specific focus of this role is advising the Engineering Dean’s Scholars cohorts.

This position is responsible for the advising and retention initiatives and activities for The Engineering Dean’s Scholars program. The EDS program is a College of Engineering access and retention program targeting students from economically and educationally underserved backgrounds. Students enter the program as freshmen and remain active program participants through their first year and then to a lesser extent in their second year. The incumbent will collaborate with the PIE manager and actively engage in the development and delivery of retention programming and interventions, the primary responsibility will be proactive individual advising, counseling, and success coaching, promoting the well-being of approximately 40 to 50 students per year; EDS uses a cohort model. The incumbent carefully monitors students’ academic performance and develops and applies intervention strategies to assist in removing obstacles for students from admission through completion of the engineering math and science prerequisites (typically 2-3 years) to ensure their progression and success. The incumbent must be passionate about responding quickly and consistently to individual student, group and institutional retention and success needs and will consistently seek to learn, develop, and improve targeted intervention strategies for individual students as well as the overall EDS program.

One of the most complex components of this position will be assisting students in becoming highly self-regulated and self-motivated learners, counseling, and motivating students towards quickly and consistently identifying and addressing obstacles to success. Most EDS students deal with multiple barriers to success and so the position requires having or developing a strong knowledge base and understanding of and commitment to student development, student success philosophy and learning skills pedagogy. The position requires the ability and willingness to consistently address issues immediately and directly with individual students as well as the group. This includes working closely with faculty, instructors, TAs, staff, and tutors to quickly identify and proactively address barriers to success. Teaching/facilitating effectively learning how to learn, excellent study skills development, and extensive time management skills components of the EDS seminars is another complex component of the position.

Additionally, the incumbent will collaborate with a wide range of staff in the relevant academic units as well as staff from other recruitment and student support offices, particularly Engineering Department Advisors, the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, the CoE Career Center, and the UW Counseling Center.

The EDS program is a cohort-based program, with 40-50 students per cohort. The incumbent will collaborate on, coordinate, and teach/facilitate the EDS year-long seminar (primary focus is on learning and study skills, personal, and career and professional development). Incumbent will actively work with the PIE manager in the PIE admissions process, as well as lead/assume full responsibility for the planning, coordinating and implementation of the EDS advising and orientation sessions and the collaboration portions as well as the EDS portions summer Bridge Program

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Counseling/Advising/Success Coaching: (50%)