Project Coordinator, TRIO Student Support Services - Traditional Program

The Office of TRIO Programs at the Community College of Aurora is home to the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Traditional program, the TRIO Student Support Services English as a Second Language (SSS-ESL) program, and the TRIO Upward Bound program. The Office of TRIO Programs is dedicated to increasing college access, college retention, college completion and transfer for eligible CCA students.

These federally funded US Department of Education grant programs focus on students who are underrepresented in higher education, financially under-resourced, first-generation college students, students with disabilities, nontraditional or otherwise educationally disadvantaged students. We facilitate student transitions, build community and guide students through the completion of their two-year degree in preparation for a successful transition to a four-year institution or entry to the workforce.

TRIO SSS programs are early in their existence at the Community College of Aurora. The TRIO SSS Traditional program began in 2010 while the TRIO SSS English as a Second Language program began in 2015. The SSS program is designed to help students navigate college policies and systems while also working towards addressing systemic and environmental barriers that prevent first-generation, lowincome students from obtaining a post-secondary credential.

The TRIO SSS programs provide group advising, one-on-one advising, peer mentoring, tutoring, four-year college visits, cultural events, and specific academic success workshops focused on career, transfer planning, financial literacy, and more.

The Project Coordinator position is an essential position to the work and the mission of the TRIO SSS programs. This position will have a key role in the implementation of services for eligible students and will help to mold the program to encourage enhanced services, strong utilization of data and assessment, and development of program identity across the institution. Additionally, this position is key to ensuring the continuance of our inclusive excellence culture and academic success for TRIO participants.

The Community College of Aurora serves our diverse community by providing high-quality instruction and support services to prepare students for transfer and employment. We are particularly interested in applicants that demonstrate a commitment to working with individuals and groups from diverse identities, including but not limited to: socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, multilingual learners, veterans, non-traditional, race and ethnic backgrounds.

More than 20 different languages and 60 countries are represented  addition to traditional degree and certificate programs, CCA offers non-credit professional development courses, customized training, and economic and workforce development resources to employer partners and individual professionals seeking to enhance the capacity and productivity of their workforce or individual knowledge and skills. The college centers diversity, equity, and inclusion and we actively seek to employee partners who want to join us in working to reducing outcome gaps among our diverse student population.

• Provide program supervision to academic coaches, administrative assistant, and graduate assistant or part time staff in the absence of the Director.
• Supervise part time professional tutors and peer tutors including hiring, training, daily supervision, scheduling, conflict management, verifying time and effort towards grant work, timesheet entry and approvals, and evaluation.
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