Retention​/Guidance​/Teacher ; RGT) Specialist

Retention/Guidance/Teacher Support (RGT) Specialist

The Retention/Guidance/Teacher Support (RGT) Specialist plays a key role in strengthening the pathway from high school dual credit participation to successful matriculation and degree completion at Eastern Oregon University. This position provides proactive advising, academic planning, and retention support to help students make purposeful use of their college credits and connect their early college experiences to future educational goals.

Working closely with the Early College Initiatives (ECI) office, Enrollment Management, school districts, academic advisors, and other university offices, the RGT Specialist supports students throughout their Early College experience. The position provides high-touch guidance at critical milestones, helping students understand their EOU academic records, navigate registration, identify potential barriers to academic progress, and make informed decisions about coursework and degree pathways.

The RGT Specialist serves geographically dispersed and rural school districts within the assigned service region and adapts outreach, advising, and student-support strategies to the unique needs and resources of individual schools and communities. Through intentional advising, student tracking, early intervention, and pathway alignment, this position helps students turn early college credits into meaningful progress toward an EOU degree.

This is a full-time, limited-duration position that is contingent upon continued grant funding.

Contract Type:
Full Time

FTE: 1.0

Position Type:
Limited Duration

• Facilitate dual credit registration and provide ongoing academic support for students participating in dual credit courses within schools in Wallowa, Union, and Umatilla counties.
• Help students understand their EOU academic records and how dual credit coursework contributes to their future educational goals.
• Provide consistent advising and support to Early College Initiatives students, including students taking EOU courses directly from university faculty through online or on-campus coursework.
• Monitor student enrollment and academic progress and provide milestone-based interventions and early support when students experience academic challenges.
• Support students in making informed academic decisions that promote successful academic progress, financial aid eligibility, and transition to postsecondary education.
• Assist school districts, students, counselors, and educators in understanding and utilizing ECI academic maps that connect high school coursework with EOU degree requirements.
• Help students identify purposeful academic pathways through both high school CTE programming and traditional academic routes.
• Collaborate with the EOU Early College Initiatives office to plan, implement, and provide logistical and programmatic support for non-health-related Summer Institutes, with particular emphasis on opportunities connected to the College of Business, College of Education, and College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Independently serve geographically dispersed and rural school districts within the assigned service region, adapting outreach, advising, and student-support strategies to individual high schools and communities.
• Collaborate with ECI, Enrollment Management, and other appropriate university offices to provide coordinated and consistent student support.
• Determine school district-specific needs related to dual credit, academic supports, Mountaineer Academic Plans, event development, and other supports.
• Determine when and how to connect with the EOU Early College Initiatives department to establish regional needs and program outreach development goals.
• Determine K-12 classroom support, college advising…