Student Success Navigator - Early Childhood Education Brazilian Portuguese Program - Cape Cod C

Student Success Navigator - Early Childhood Education Brazilian Portuguese Program

Department:
Health Sciences and Professional Studies (Divisional)

Locations:
West Barnstable, MA

Posted:
Aug 17, 2026

Closes:
Sep 7, 2026 - 11:59 PM EDT

Type:
Part-time

Position ID: 203832

Cape Cod Community College is a place of personal discovery, enrichment, and professional development for those just beginning the quest and for those at many points along the path of higher education throughout life. It is a caring, comprehensive institution that belongs to the people it serves and responds to their individual and community needs. Students attending Cape Cod Community College are striving for personal excellence, and are finding it, day after day.

Graduates of the College can be found in all levels of private business, the professions, and public service, and they excel at what they do.

For students seeking to lay a foundation for further study, there is no better place to begin than at Cape Cod Community College. In today's highly competitive market place, the well prepared transfer student is the most aggressively recruited person in higher education. For many Cape Cod Community College graduates, that Associate Degree opens the door to institutions that were just not an option after high school.

And, when you consider the savings in the overall cost of a four-year degree at either a public or a private university, starting at Cape Cod Community College becomes an incredible bargain that blends quality with unmatched value.

The students' education is the first priority at Cape Cod Community College. As a learning-centered community, we value the contributions of a diverse population, welcome open inquiry, and promote mutual respect. The College offers a strong educational foundation of critical and creative thinking, communication competency, and a global, multicultural perspective that prepares students for life and work in the 21st century.

Our liberal arts, sciences, and career programs provide educational pathways that serve the varied social, economic, and demographic characteristics of our community with a distinctive focus on sustainability. We honor our past, celebrate our present and imagine our future.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Student Success Navigator position is funded by a Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) Multilingual Contract. This contract supports multilingual early childhood educators in a higher education pathway aligned with EEC's professional credential. Cape Cod Community College offers the 16-credit ECE Foundational Certificate Program in Brazilian Portuguese, combined with English language learning support, to help multilingual students become bilingual and biliterate in English.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• 1. Conduct outreach activities in the Brazilian Portuguese-speaking community to recruit prospective ECE students into the Foundational Certificate Program.
• 2. Represent the program at community events, information sessions, and partner organization meetings to raise awareness of the ECE pathway.
• 3. Communicate program information in both English and Brazilian Portuguese, including translating outreach materials as needed.

• 1. Facilitate information sessions in Brazilian Portuguese to inform prospective students about the ECE Foundational Certificate Program and the supports available to them.
• 2. Assist students with college enrollment processes, including application, registration, financial aid access, and completion of onboarding requirements.
• 3. Guide students through educational technology onboarding, including setting up and navigating Microsoft Authenticator, the college portal, Zoom, Moodle email, and other required platforms, serving as a bridge for students who may encounter barriers accessing college systems.

• 1. Serve as a dedicated student advocate, ensuring students have access to the academic, financial, and personal resources they need to succeed throughout the program.
• 2. Facilitate or connect students to academic orientation, advising services, and required student engagement activities such as program information sessions and workshops.
• 3. Attend ECE bilingual classes and integrate effective study and learning strategies to maximize a student's potential for academic progress.
• 4. Provide follow-up to ensure students are accessing available services and progressing toward their educational goals.
• 5. Translate program materials, communications, and student-facing resources into Brazilian Portuguese as needed to support student comprehension and engagement.

• 1. Work collaboratively with the multilingual contract team - including the Portuguese Course Coordinator/Supplemental Instructor, bilingual ECE adjunct faculty, and ESOL adjunct faculty - as well as with EEC Career Pathways grant staff and…