Assistant Director- Academic Success Center

Augusta University • Augusta, GA

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About The Position

The Assistant Director (AD) of the Academic Success Center, is a leadership position within the unit. The AD develops and monitors peer education programs, workshops, and academic enhancement opportunities while cultivating positive relationships with students, faculty, and staff. Reporting to the Director of ASC, the AD also serves as primary administrator of technology systems and provides leadership and assistance in data collection, management, web-based technology, and reporting. The AD provides supervision for full time Academic Success Coaches (professional staff) in the department.

Requirements

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in education, social sciences, public administration, STEM or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of five years of experience working with students in higher education, such as classroom instruction, Academic Student Support, Student Success Coaching, Academic Advisement, or a related field in higher education.
• Proficiency with personal computers, related hardware/software, web page maintenance and development.
• Experience with database management, such as Navigate or predictive analytics software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates and communicates with faculty regarding subject matter content to ensure tutoring supports academic course content.
• Works with Peer Educators (PE) to provide workshops for students on topics such as study strategies, time management, and test preparation.
• Provides feedback and follow-up with faculty on student progress.
• Serves as liaison and collaborates with appropriate University programs, services, organizations to develop programming to promote students' academic success.
• Assesses impact and effectiveness of ASC programming through data collection and analysis.
• Contributes content to assessment plans and reports.
• Creates regular reports on tutoring services.
• Develops online learning modules in academic specialty field to supplement general education coursework.
• Creates and maintains academic web content for workshops/seminars etc.
• Contributes to development and submission of proposals to support tutoring, mentoring, and other programs that increase retention, persistence, and academic success of students.
• Provides one-on-one and group workshops in academic content areas.
• Teaches a minimum of two ASII 1101 Learning for Success courses a year.
• Manages full-time professional staff including assigning student caseloads, responsibilities, mentoring, and performance evaluations.
• Serves as primary coordinator for activities related to undergraduate academic success.
• Hires, trains, mentors, evaluates performance, and supervises PE for the assigned subjects.
• Organizes tutoring and course learning assistant schedules each semester.
• Develops and maintains a tutoring program for academic programs.
• Develops and implements effective processes for student-tutors including recruitment, screening, orientations, pedagogical training programs, and professional development.
• Manages tutor work schedules and provides ongoing supervision for large tutoring staff.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan)
• Earned vacation time
• Sick leave
• 13 paid holidays
• Tuition Assistance Program for full-time employees who have been employed for more than 6 months.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees