Adult Education Transitions Coordinator

About Oakton College

Educate. Empower. Transform. At Oakton College, we know education changes lives - and that starts with the people who make it happen. For more than 50 years, we've built a welcoming and inclusive community where students from all backgrounds and experiences thrive. We provide dynamic learning environments that empower students and employees alike with campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie and a Health Careers Education Center in Evanston.

Oakton is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and values diverse perspectives, fostering an inclusive student‑centered culture.

The Adult Education Transitions Coordinator is dedicated to guiding Adult Education students in successfully accessing, navigating, and transitioning into credit and career pathways. Acting as a resource liaison and providing support with the intention of ensuring credential attainment, this position works collaboratively with faculty, internal departments, and external partners. The position works closely with the Senior Manager of Adult Education and the Adult Education & Transitions Manager in the development and implementation of transition strategies and initiatives for the department.

• Recruit Adult Education students from upper levels of ESL, HSE/GED, and Adult Basic Education for participation in Bridge & ICAPS programs.
• Work directly with students and faculty in Bridge & ICAPS programs to ensure successful navigation as students move in, through, and out of Adult Education and enter credit and/or vocational programs.
• Conduct follow‑up with students in Bridge & ICAPS programs to ensure they can locate and access any necessary services, such as tutoring, advisement, financial aid, etc.
• Recommend and implement high‑impact practices for students that reduce opportunity gaps and increase persistence and completion.
• Compose correspondence, deliver presentations, conduct class visits, and develop flyers and promotional material to enhance interest and recruitment for adult education initiatives.
• Identify systemic barriers to student enrollment and success via student needs assessments and collaborate with internal and external partners to develop mechanisms to overcome such barriers (workshops, group mentoring sessions, etc.).
• Assist with the coordination, development, and implementation of appropriate student success strategies.
• Serve as a liaison between the Adult Education program and college credit and career programs, as well as student services offices such as Admissions and Advising, Student Success and Leadership Institute, Tutoring, Financial Aid, as they relate to the transition of adult education students.
• Facilitate students' goal‑setting process; assist students in the development of Individual Education and Career Plans compatible with their interests, needs, and skills; and provide intervention strategies at critical points of the students' educational path.
• Develop and oversee mechanisms to track student participation and performance in Bridge, ICAPS, and transition initiatives in order to evaluate efforts and improve effectiveness.
• Work collaboratively with faculty to support students as they enter, navigate, grow and transition in and out of Oakton. Inform both faculty and students of available resources.
• Develop partnerships with existing campus initiatives serving traditionally underrepresented student populations (i.e. TRIO, Service Learning, Financial Aid, WIOA, Perkins, etc.) for the purpose of connecting to these available resources.
• Represent the College in community‑facing events geared toward fostering student experience including entering the College.
• Work with administrators, staff, and faculty to identify, develop and implement new Bridge, ICAPS, Bridge, and other programs targeting the transitioning of adult education students.
• Serve as a member of the Commencement Committee.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned.

Administrative supervision is received from the Adult Education and Transitions Manager.

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• Bachelor's degree in Education,…