Student Success and Accommodations Associate, Part-time (.fte

The Student Success and Accommodation Associate provides direct support to students who receive academic, residential, and health‑related accommodations. Working closely with the Accommodations Specialist, this position focuses on helping students successfully implement their accommodation plans, develop self‑advocacy skills, navigate challenges, and access appropriate campus resources. This is a 0.50 FTE, part‑time position that follows the academic year.

The Associate serves as a consistent point of contact for students, providing ongoing monitoring, coaching, and intervention to ensure accommodations are effectively supporting student success. This role emphasizes relationship‑building, student development, executive‑functioning support, and collaboration with faculty, residential staff, counselors, and families.

The Student Success and Accommodation Associate ensures that students receiving accommodations have the support, guidance, and advocacy necessary to thrive academically, socially, and residentially. Through ongoing coaching, monitoring, and intervention, the Associate helps students build independence, effectively utilize accommodations, and develop the skills needed for long‑term success.

The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive teaching and learning environment. Through a model of Equity and Excellence, IMSA has committed to advancing equity in STEM education and representation and creating a diverse, inclusive community of global citizens who can realize their full potential and execute our mission to advance the human condition.

This Equity and Excellence Work is the intentional integration of Cultural Competence, Diversity, Equity, Equity‑Minded Frame, Excellence and Inclusion into every facet of the Academy, with the understanding that it is an active and ongoing process involving structures, processes and people and not an isolated initiative.

This position will support IMSA's Equity and Excellence work by ensuring the delivery of quality, equitable, and inclusive support while promoting and maintaining an inclusive work environment and culture that embraces the diversity of people and perspectives collaborating at IMSA to ignite and nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that advance the human condition.

• Serve as the primary support contact for students with approved accommodations.
• Conduct regular check‑ins with students to review academic, residential, and social‑emotional progress.
• Monitor student utilization of accommodations and identify barriers to implementation.
• Assist students in understanding their accommodation plans and responsibilities.
• Support students in communicating accommodation needs to faculty, residential staff, and other campus personnel.
• Develop individualized support strategies to address challenges related to organization, time management, self‑advocacy, and executive functioning.
• Provide remote learning support for students with accommodations on Leaves of Absence (LOAs).

• Ensure approved accommodations are implemented consistently across academic and residential settings.
• Collaborate with faculty, residential staff, counselors, and administrators to address concerns related to accommodation implementation.
• Assist in resolving accommodation‑related issues as they arise.
• Monitor the effectiveness of accommodations and communicate concerns or recommended adjustments to the Accommodations Specialist.

• Teach and reinforce self‑advocacy skills that promote student independence.
• Coach students in communication strategies, problem‑solving, and self‑management.
• Support students in developing organizational systems and study habits.
• Help students understand their rights and responsibilities regarding accommodations.
• Encourage increasing independence while providing appropriate levels of support.

• Collaborate regularly with the Accommodations Specialist regarding student needs and accommodation effectiveness.
• Participate in student support…