Academic Coach

Position Summary

The Academic Coach provides academic, social, and emotional learning support to Upward Bound scholars. The primary function is to guide students towards achieving their academic goals through individual or group sessions, developing personalized academic success plans, and implementing effective time management, organization, and study skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide academic coaching through individual or group sessions
• Assess students’ learning needs and develop academic success plans
• Instruct students on individualized academic strategies including time management, goal setting, note-taking, test-taking, and reading/writing skills
• Motivate students to practice self-regulation, self-advocacy, and take ownership of their academic success
• Help students identify, develop, and implement learning strategies and study skills customized to specific disciplines and course materials

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Experience in the Educational field
• Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Salary

$43.70 hourly

Application Instructions

To apply, please submit the following:

• A cover letter
• A current resume

Important Notes

• Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered
• Links to external resume or profile sites will not be accepted
• Apply online at: www.ct.edu/hr/jobs
• CT State Community College cannot sponsor work visas
• Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States

Background Screening

Employment offers are contingent upon:

• Proof of eligibility to work under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
• Successful completion of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and previous employers for verification, reference checks, criminal history, and, when applicable, credit or driving history checks

Equity Statement

Connecticut State Community College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Continuing Notice of Nondiscrimination

CT State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, genetic information, learning disability, marital status, intellectual disability, physical disability (including but not limited to blindness), present or past history of mental disability, prior criminal record, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, retaliation for previously opposed discrimination or coercion, veteran status, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or trafficking or any other federal or state protected class in its employment, programs, and activities, unless the provisions of Section 46a-80(b) or 46a-81(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes are controlling or there are bona fide occupational qualifications excluding persons in one of the above protected groups.