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SalaryRequisition Number:
55371
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
University Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
31-Mar-2024
Date Posted:
15-Mar-2024
Job Summary
The Program in Environmental Design (ENVD) at CU Boulder encourages applications for an Academic Coach! This vital role provides individualized guidance and ongoing feedback through meet one-on-one with students to help them realize academic success by providing coaching on a variety of academic skills and strategies such as goal setting, test preparation, motivation, learning strategies, study techniques, presentation skills and other identified learning gaps. The Academic Coach serves as a key point of contact for establishing student success teams as needed, including partnering with faculty and academic advisors and serving as a key point of contact for campus, health and wellness resources and program-referral processes. This position is charged with fulfilling the ENVD Undergraduate Education and Student Success mission to build a community where students, staff, and faculty work together in partnership to support students’ academic success, health and wellbeing. Our community aims to provide a space for individuals to do their best work, and we are stewards to the ongoing improvement of our community. The Academic Coach promotes student success by providing outreach, support, and programming to various student populations to enhance student retention and graduation. This is an exciting time in the growth of the ENVD program as it becomes part of the College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI). The Academic Coach will be a vital part of this transition along with the other members of the ENVD staff and faculty. Each member of ENVD is responsible for advancing ENVD's core value of inclusive excellence and is expected to promote ENVD program-wide high impact opportunities and community development rooted in equity and inclusion.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
The Program in Environmental Design orients engagement to the creation of healthy and balanced communities with attention to social justice and economic vitality. Environmental design is inherently place-based. It supports innovation of and intervention in places.
Efficacy and ethics demand that environmental design engages with the users of these places. We do so in ways that are both collaborative and interdisciplinary, as well as integrate engaged scholarship, evidence-based practice and experiential learning to serve community needs.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
Individual and Group Work with Students
- Manage a roster and conduct proactive outreach and intervention activities to students on academic warning, course alert and first-year and continuing students.
- Assess students’ academic needs and aid in the implementation of a success plan addressing the cause of the students’ challenges including time management, work/life balance, attendance, study habits and other factors manifested in student academic performance concerns and develop strategies in collaboration with students to improve academic performance.
- Assist students in clarifying their values and in understanding their abilities, interests, limitations, and goals.
- Help students relate their values to decisions about academic success.
- Monitor students’ academic performance and intervene with students in academic difficulty to coach on new approaches for academic success skills and to refer them to appropriate support services.
- Facilitate academic skills workshops and group coaching for student success.
- Host drop-in coaching to support students with brief interactions during high stress times in the design curriculum.
- Be available for some evening programming to support ENVD student success initiatives.
Administrative Coordination and College and Campus Collaboration
Supervise administrative tasks related to:
- Campus Course Alert, alongside the Director of Undergraduate Education & Student Success, to collect early alert/midterm grades. Connect with faculty in the ENVD program surrounding grades, incomplete agreements and progress for identified roster.
- Organize training for academic advisors & faculty partners
- Communicate with faculty and academic advisors; and collaborating with Academic Coaches across campus.
- Engage in planning and collaboration with the full ENVD Undergraduate Education and Student Success team including regular team meetings, training, planning for programming at the advising and program level, and assessment.
- Partner with faculty, advisors, residence life, health & wellness teams, and student support offices to employ the Academic Coaching Program services.
- Gain and maintain a comprehensive knowledge about all support services and educational programs on campus and refer students to these as appropriate.
- Engage in the Student Support & Academic Coaching Campus Collaboration
- Engage in continuous training on campus policies, resources, and support structures.
- Create and edit student success resources.
Assessment
- Maintain accurate and detailed contact notes, track student performance, and develop reports on the academic success and graduation of target populations.
- Ensure the confidentiality of all academic records.
- Create and assess learning outcomes and track student success.
- Support the full assessment efforts of the Environmental Design Undergraduate Education and Student Success team.
- Follow specific metrics to measure the impact of Academic Coaching.
Professional Development
- Proactively develop knowledge of best practices related to the growing profession of Academic Coaching through relevant conferences, mentoring opportunities, workshops, coursework, special projects and research.
- Share knowledge gained with others in ENVD, particularly the Undergraduate Education and Student Success staff, and work to ensure practices aligned with that knowledge are implemented in ENVD.
- Be a steward to the ongoing improvement of the ENVD community.
What You Should Know
This position is assigned a hybrid schedule with three days in-person and two days working remotely. Some weekends and nights will be required to support ENVD events.
What We Can Offer
- The salary range for this position is $53,000 to $56,160 annually.
- Relocation is available within ENVD departmental guidelines.
Benefits
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.
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What We Require
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the degree on a year-for-year basis.
- 1 year of experience providing students with one-on-one and group interactions to assist in their academic success and graduation. Experience can be in a higher education advising, tutoring, counseling, case management, residence life or similar, or specifically as a high school counselor.
What You Will Need
- Ability to maintain a positive, upbeat demeanor while working with students who may be experiencing stress and anxiety.
- Willingness to work in an environment that may demand some flexibility or evening/weekend work.
- Demonstrated passion for working with students from entry to graduation.
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects and requests, and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Exceptional attention to detail, organizational, planning, analytical and technical skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently or as a member of a team within a collaborative work environment.
- Demonstrated commitment and leadership in advancing diversity and inclusion and working with students from a diverse set of backgrounds.
- Outstanding customer service skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels of the institution.
- Ability to develop detailed understanding of academic success strategies and coaching approaches.
- Ability to communicate effectively cross-culturally, both in writing and orally.
- Appreciation for and experience with working in a collaborative team setting.
- Strong cultural competency skills and an explicit commitment to inclusive excellence.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Experience coaching and/or advising students who are experiencing academic difficulty who are on or near academic warning or probation.
- Experience facilitating academic success workshops and/or groups.
- Experience supporting and developing intentional programming for historically underrepresented and underserved students.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
Please apply by March 31, 2024 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by March 31, 2024 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu
