Student Success Coach (Grant Funded Position)

Texas Wesleyan University Portal•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The Student Success Coach helps students identify barriers to academic success and assists them in creating action plans for overcoming those challenges. This role supports students holistically, helping them maximize their potential for academic success by developing effective strategies and behaviors to persist from semester to semester. This is a grant-funded position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
Experience in student success coaching or a related field
Strong understanding of academic success strategies
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work with diverse student populations
Proficiency in data analysis and reporting
Experience in facilitating workshops
Ability to collaborate with various campus departments

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in a related field
Experience with specific student populations (e.g., first-generation, at-risk)
Knowledge of student development theories
Experience with case management systems

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with the Academic Advisor and Academic Coach to respond to academic alerts, manage cases, and assist with other caseload campaigns and interventions for a specific population of students.
Work one-on-one with students to identify and overcome barriers to their academic success.
Facilitate workshops that cover topics such as study skills, test-taking strategies, time management, and procrastination to improve academic success and retention.
Serve as an academic coach for a cohort of undergraduate students.
Meet with students one-on-one to assess current practices and create success plans.
Provide individualized outreach to students based on identified risk factors including academic and socio-emotional.
Assist in the design and facilitation of interventions and programs aimed at facilitating success in college.
Generate reports and utilize data to discern patterns of success/difficulty and design strategic interventions.
Demonstrate effective academic success strategies and provide accountability partnerships.
Identify student needs and escalate or refer to other campus departments when appropriate.
Partner and work cooperatively with other departments on campus such as Academic Success Experience course (ASE), Ram Rebound course and Residence Life.