Learning Specialist and Athletics Advisor, UTC Athletics, UT Chattanooga
About The Position
The Learning Specialist and Athletics Advisor supports the academic success of students, with a focus on those with learning disabilities and student-athletes. Key responsibilities include assessing learning needs; overseeing testing for learning services; coordinating the summer bridge program; advising student-athletes on academic and NCAA eligibility; managing tutoring programs and textbook purchases; and supervising learning specialists, tutors, and academic coaches. This role requires complex problem solving based on a variety of individual student variables and creating innovative individualized educational plans, and has latitude to determine objectives and tasks within the Frost Family Learning Center.
Requirements
- Skill and knowledge in working with at-risk students at the secondary and or post-secondary level in areas of self-regulated learning and study strategies, critical reading skills and academic writing skills
- Skilled in organizing and implementing a tutoring program for students
- Ability to advise UTC student-athletes towards graduation
- Skills and ability to work with diverse populations of students
- Ability to work nights and weekends
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience working with student-athletes at the Division I level
- Four years of experience working with students with learning disabilities at the secondary or post-secondary level
- A valid driver’s license
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in special education, sports administration or related field
- Knowledge of UTC student resources
- Knowledge of MS access databases
- Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations
Responsibilities
- Runs the Frost Family Learning Center including hiring, training, and supervising staff and students
- Makes complex decisions regarding learning services, and selects methods to obtain academic objectives and modifies solutions when necessary
- Advises student athletes towards class selection, graduation and NCAA eligibility
- Advises a small caseload of students with choosing classes that fulfill degree requirements
- Reviews student records for NCAA compliance
- Responsible for recruitment of students
- Coordinates and implements the summer bridge program
- Proctors, evaluates, and creates individualized educational plans based on the NCAA GRO survey (or similar) for all incoming student-athletes and develops a risk profile for each sport
- Creates and implements learning plans for at-risk freshmen in the summer program which may include reading comprehension work
- Schedules tutors
- Maintains the Grades First program
- Facilitates the ordering of textbooks through Barnes and Noble Campus
- Serves as liaison to campus and department resources to promote utilization of campus resources
- Works with the Center for Student Accessibility to partner with students who need additional campus resources for their disability
Benefits
- UT Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
