Job Title: Academic Case Manager – Los Angeles (Boyle Heights),

Position: Part-Time (minimum 6 hours/week)

Pay Rate: $14-$16/hour (pay rate dependent on education and experience)

About College Track

Founded in 1997, College Track is a national non-profit organization that empowers students to achieve their dream of a college education. This organization exists to increase high school graduation, enrollment, and college graduation rates among students from low-income communities, thereby closing the achievement gap for students who are under-represented in higher education. Our results are strong: more than 90% of our students are accepted to 4-year colleges, 50% of our students graduate from college (nearly 2.5 times the national average for low-income students) and 85% of our students are the first in their families to earn a college degree.

Since its inception, College Track has grown each year; College Track currently supports close to 1600 high school and college students at centers in East Palo Alto, Oakland, San Francisco, New Orleans, Aurora, Colorado, Los Angeles, and Watts. By providing comprehensive college access services to students over the course of 8-10 years, from the summer before high school through college graduation, College Track ensures that each of its students has the resources needed to get into and graduate from college. In four years, a College Track student receives support equivalent to one extra year of high school. In the next five years, College Track will double the number of students served and triple the number of college graduates, maximizing its impact as the premier college completion program in the nation.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree or current enrollment in a Bachelor’s social work, psychology, or human services program
Minimum of one-year experience working with high school students
Demonstrated success in motivating and influencing students in an outgoing and energetic manner; excellent interpersonal skills (oral and written)
Ability to provide non-clinical services to assist students in academic, self-efficacy, and socio-emotional development
Ability to intake, assess, provide academic intervention, develop a service plan, provide referrals (when necessary), and self-evaluate services to achieve positive student outcomes and student satisfaction
Ability to monitor student growth by providing ongoing weekly progress reports (qualitative and quantitative)
Familiarity with student self-efficacy, stress management, and coping skills development
Skilled at helping students build or strengthen their support systems
Must have a growth mindset and be receptive to receiving and incorporating feedback
Possess an understanding of issues related to racial, ethnic, class, and gender equity in education for students at the secondary and post-secondary levels; and, have a passion for educational equity
Clear criminal record check and TB test results

Training:

College Track will provide a comprehensive training and ongoing support for case managers through e-mail updates, professional developments, program guidance materials, and direct support from the Academic Affairs Program Director.

Responsibilities:

Availability to work for the fall semester (September-December 2015) and/or spring semester (January-May 2016)
Work with a caseload of 6 to 10 students who are struggling academically or socio-emotionally to develop academic skills and positive mindsets
Foster a college-going mentality and empower students to achieve their dream of a college graduation
Participate and contribute to a program that is student-centered, outcome-oriented, and culturally sensitive
Effectively and consistently contact parents/guardians to create awareness and engagement in their students academic progression
Assist in creating a safe and productive environment for students to learn and grow
Attend the case manager professional development sessions prior to the start of the fall and spring semesters, as well as quarterly professional development meetings
Participate in at least one self-evaluation per semester
Maintain an open communication with the Site Director or Academic Affairs Director with issues related to students’ academic, personal and/or behavioral performance

Schedule:

i.am College Track primarily operates along a traditional academic calendar. Therefore, hours will occasionally fluctuate depending on our program schedule. The following schedule will generally apply to the academic year from early August to mid-June.

 Mondays – 3:45-6:30pm

 Tuesdays – 3:45-6:30pm

 Wednesdays – 3:45-6:30pm

 Thursdays – 3:45-6:30pm

How to apply

Please submit a resume and cover letter indicating why you are good addition to the College Track team to: mmunguia@collegetrack.org by January 14, 2015. Be sure to use “Academic Case Manager Position” as the subject line.

To learn more about our organization visit www.collegetrack.org.