AmeriCorps Career and Planning Assistants

Job Summary

Through the Ameri Corps Texas grant program, Texas Southmost College ( TSC ) will have Ameri Corps members who will
1) increase communication about and access to campus resources and support and
2) increase engagement in campus activities and with academic support services at TSC in Brownsville, Texas. At the end of the first program year, the Ameri Corps members will be responsible for increasing TSC students’, who ewer served by the program, fall-to-spring persistence rate to 75% and fall-to-fall persistence rate of 63%.

Objective of the Assignment:
Serve in the Career and Employment Office to help increase communication about and access to campus resources and support. Contact students about how the Career and Employment Office services can help current students plan for individual career paths and securing their first professional job based on their persistence courses at TSC . Conducts one-on-one tutoring sessions with students for resume writing, cover letters, job searches, personality assessments, employment referrals, and mock interviews as part of student development at TSC .

Assist students in applying for jobs, especially on campus, that provide them with the means to persist in college. Aids in mapping out incoming student college transfers, shaping current student’s career aspirations, and navigating current student’s post-graduation job placements and student career readiness training. Assisting in promoting, coordinating, and implementing student engagement events and outreach efforts for student services.

E.g., Welcome Week, campus events, conferences, webinars, etc. to disseminate knowledge of college procedures and policies to students. Measures of the Assignment:
Number of students, with an undecided or undeclared major, who are directly contacted by the Ameri Corps member, visit the Career and Employment Office, and:
Persist to end of term or completion of program (short-term outcome) Register for and attend following term:
Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring (mid-term outcome). Register for and attend the term starting one year from initial point of capture or complete their program (mid-term outcome. Number of students who take the Student Interests Survey under the supervision of an Ameri Corps member and:
Persist to end of term or completion of program (short-term outcome). Register for and attend following term:
Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring (mid-term outcome) Register for and attend the term starting one year from initial point of capture or complete their program (mid-term outcome). Number of students who work on job application material or complete a job application with the assistance of an Ameri Corps member and:
Persist to end of term or completion of program (short-term outcome). Register for and attend following term:
Winter/Spring from Fall or Summer/Fall from Spring (mid-term outcome). Register for and attend the term starting one year from initial point of capture or complete their program (mid-term outcome).

Through the Ameri Corps Texas grant program, Texas Southmost College ( TSC ) will have Ameri Corps members who will
1) increase communication about and access to campus resources and support and
2) increase engagement in campus activities and with academic support services at TSC in Brownsville, Texas. At the end of the first program year, the Ameri Corps members will be responsible for increasing TSC students’, who ewer served by the program, fall-to-spring persistence rate to 75% and fall-to-fall persistence rate of 63%.

Objective of the Assignment:
Serve in the Career and Employment Office to help increase…