Early College Coordinator

Summary

The Early College Coordinator will be responsible for implementing early college initiatives including Dual Enrollment programs, the early college program, and summer enrichment opportunities. The coordinator will serve as a liaison between UMass Dartmouth and K-12 educational partners. The Early College Coordinator will provide leadership to the campus in the areas of planning, outreach, and student support for K-12 schools and community partners.

In carrying out these responsibilities, the incumbent follows the University’s best practices to build and/or support student academic success and retention and assist in meeting strategic objectives for persistent and timely graduation of all the student population.

• Coordinate marketing material, recruitment, and outreach activities in collaboration with appropriate College personnel and partnering school site administrators. Promote and encourage dual-enrolled students to matriculate to the College upon high school graduation.
• Develop and present reports, proposals, speeches, presentations, etc., as needed or as assigned.
• Coordinate efforts with various campus departments to guide, assist, monitor, and ensure seamless enrollment, registration, and academic support for dual-enrolled students in accordance with internal policies and in compliance with government rules and regulations. Ensure all paperwork collected is complete and accurate.
• Support all aspects of on-campus visits in coordination with high school and community partners.
• Collaborate with the directors, deans, and the provost in planning, scheduling, and establishing policies and guidelines appropriate for the Dual Enrollment program.

• This position will support early college program operations serving as the primary liaison between partner high schools and the Office of Academic Partnerships.
• Provide support for course scheduling, coordination of class times, and alignment of academic calendar key dates with high school partners.
• Student recruitment, registration, and progress monitoring.
• Responding to Early College queries with promptness and professionalism.
• Student/family outreach, including information/orientation sessions.
• Collaborate with non-profit organizations that support Early College initiatives.
• Coordinate access to university student support resources.
• Assist in the planning and facilitation of workshops for UMass faculty and partner high schools to support best practices and ensure curriculum and service coordination.
• Planning and facilitation of student campus visits.
• Attendance at weekly Early College leadership team meetings.
• Continuous collection and reporting of data to the UMass campus leadership, high school/district leaders, and the UMass President's office related to student demographics and success.
• Maintenance of confidentiality requirements and privacy laws related to students and families.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Recruit, hire, and supervise early college student ambassadors.
• Lead weekly Early College Student Ambassador staff meetings.
• Coordinate student ambassador tasks and monitor performance.

• Working with UMassD campus stakeholders, including Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Enrollment Management to offer an enriched residential summer experience for students enrolled in the CCA.
• Serving as a Recruitment and Enrollment Liaison for current and prospective CCA students.

• Education
  :
  Bachelor’s Degree.
• Experience
  :
  Minimum of three years of experience working in the higher education or K-12 educational setting.

• Experience in higher education student services, particularly in registration, academic and college transitions support, advising, career development.
• A multidimensional view of the complexities and issues that affect diverse students and their academic and personal success.
• Grant administration and project management experience.

• Ability to build strong and trusting…