Part-Time: Academic Support for Students with Disabilities
Duties
- Encourage students to work towards successfully graduating or transferring.
- Inform students to work towards successfully graduating or transferring.
- Maintain assigned caseload of students through meeting and documenting students’ progress and concerns.
- Display appropriate social behavior skills.
- Maintain confidentiality of personal information, such as contact information.
- Maintain weekly communication with assigned caseload with empathy and resourcefulness.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate’s Degree
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience of at least 1 year working with students with disabilities.
Job Summary
This is a part-time position funded by Project MOST. This position is not for any currently enrolled Southwest Tennessee Community College students. The part-time advocate is integrated into the Center for Access to assist staff with supporting students with disabilities at Southwest. The advocate will assist with daily activities for the Center for Access Office. Duties include but are not limited to: notetaking, scribing, reading exams, and planning/assisting with LEAD organization activities. Advocate may assist in Center for Access new/renewal intake sessions. Maintain assigned caseload of Center for Access registrants. Must have dependable transportation to travel to all campuses/centers as needed. Advocates will work a maximum of 25 hours per week. The is an in-person role and any virtual hours will be left to the discretion of the department head.
Summary of Benefits
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Equal Opportunity Employer
The TBR does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, or national origin, sex, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other class protected by Federal or State laws and regulations and by Tennessee Board of Regents policies with respect to employment, programs, and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: LeVetta Hudson, Vice President of People & Culture, myhr@southwest.tn.edu, 737 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103, 901-333-5000.