Academic Coordinator- SOAR

Company: Oklahoma State University
Location: Oklahoma City
Posted on: March 28, 2025

Job Description:

Job Summary:Assist the Project SOAR Program Manager in carrying outessential program services to participants from the OSU-OKC campus. Responsible for empowering and guiding firstgeneration college, under-resourced, and disabled students with academic andpersonal tools and skills that will help them persist in college untilattaining a bachelor's degree. Co-Advise Student Leaders of Tomorrow (SLT), anOSU-OKC student organization, and oversee the program Peer Mentors. Essential Job Functions:Assists in the development, implementation, evaluation, and management of student peer mentors. This includes training, hiring, managing hours, etc.Participate in selecting and accessing new participants which includes conducting individual intake sessions to collect appropriate student documentation and to develop and establish individualized learning plans for each participant.Conducts on-going sessions individually and through workshops on academic, career, transfer, and study skills, in addition to financial aid, financial literacy and personal issues.Documents on-going student contact logs via computerized database (Student Access).Will assist Senior Director and Program Manager with collecting program data for annual performance report, campus reports or for the Project SOAR grant.Assists in the coordination of SOAR's social media (Facebook, etc.), Engage, text message, and email correspondence to students on a daily and weekly basis.Responsible for oversight of peer mentors used for program including but not limited to the hiring, evaluation, scheduling, disciplinary, budget, etc. with from the Senior Director.Makes intervention calls and/or email contacts twice a semester to address needs.Refer participants to outside agencies and locations of support if SOAR resources or OSU-OKC campus resources are unable to meet the participant's needs.In conjunction with the Senior Director and SOAR Program Manager serve as liaison to the college, local community, and target transfer schools in order to inform them of program activities and participant accomplishments.Serve on college and professional committees as requested by Program Manager or Senior Director.In conjunction with the Program Manager coordinates the on-going operation of co-advising the Student Leaders of Tomorrow (SLT) or any other student organization associated with SOAR by assisting the student officers manage general meetings, executive board meetings, fundraisers, events, and budget.Assists in the on-going evaluation of the effectiveness of the program's services and monitoring of all program objectives, participant retention, and activities.Maintain contact with transfer specialists from four-year institutions to stay up to date on transfer and scholarship information.Assists students in academic, career and enrollment advising.Work with SOAR Peer Mentors to develop and implement new strategies for outreach, retention, persistence, and graduation for special populations.Completes all mandatory training and participates in a minimum of two professional development workshops each year including state, regional, and national TRIO meetings/programs as appropriate.Performs other duties as assigned. The duties listed in this job description are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

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