JAG College Career Coach

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The JAG College Career Coach reports to the Regional Career Center Director on the Searcy Campus of ASU Beebe. The JAG College Success Coach is responsible for providing services for the Jobs for Arkansas Graduates (JAG) College Success Program to area high school JAG participants, JAG graduates, students aging out of foster care, and/or students with a disability. This position will provide services on each of the campuses in the ASU Beebe system.

The JAG College Success coach will be required to provide their own transportation to Searcy two days per week, to Heber Springs two days per week, and Beebe one day per week. This is a 12‑month, grant‑funded position.

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JAG College Career Coach

Project Program Specialist

ASU Searcy

• Identify high school students who have articulated aspirations in fields of interest aligned with higher education opportunities available through the College and connect those students to the enrollment process at the College through supported, ongoing facilitation.
• Primarily support JAG graduates enrolled at the College, but also potentially other students identified as being at‑risk of dropping out before attaining a degree to ensure they stay enrolled successfully. The College Career Coach would work one‑on‑one with students to identify any challenges they may face to attaining a degree and serve as a liaison to specific services/supports to ensure students can overcome those challenges.
• Develop individualized post‑college transition plans for JAG students while still enrolled at the College, but also potentially general population students to ensure all students have a plan that will take them through graduation and into the workforce. This work will include making sure the students are aware of the current demands of the job market and the skills required to meet those demands.

• The College Career Coach will have a leadership role in the design, facilitation and implementation of direct services to ensure students are supported during critical transition periods, including from high school into college and from college into the workforce.
• Collaborate with high school Career Coaches, JAG specialists, teachers, counselors, and administrators to identify students in their junior and senior years of high school to begin the process of relationship development to support the transition process to post‑secondary education at the College.
• Provide early outreach to students and their adult support networks with information about the importance of post‑secondary training or education.
• Create a learning community among the students being served through this program that builds a sense of belonging and offers peer‑to‑peer mentoring and leadership development opportunities.
• Provide information about career options, continued education pathways, education requirements, and existing supporting resources (such as college application support, financial aid seminars, etc.).
• Facilitate the development of individual graduation and continued education plans to include the best options to meet individual academic and post‑secondary goals.
• Coordinate post‑secondary visits with school personnel and/or college access teams.
• Work with guidance offices and College financial aid department to track FAFSA PIN and FAFSA application completion.
• Facilitate, connect, or refer students to academic enrichment activities such as study groups, tutoring and workshops on effective study skills as appropriate.
• Coordinate the administration and interpretation of ability/career assessments, interest inventories, and college entrance assessments such as Accuplacer.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement a summer bridge program for recent high school graduates coming into the JAG College Success program that prepares them to be successful while starting at the College. Bridge programs will feature sessions including, but…