K to Academic Preparation Specialist

Special Instructions to Applicants

Position will be working at schools located in East Los Angeles/South Central Los Angeles. School location can be changed per Director/Associate Director's discretion.

The Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) is an academic preparation program established in 1976 by the University of California to expand postsecondary education opportunities for California’s educationally disadvantaged students. UCLA EAOP works with students to help them become competitively eligible applicants for college admission, going beyond minimum eligibility. EAOP works collaboratively with families, educators, schools, communities, and various campus departments to provide pre-college students with challenging academic enrichment activities to promote and cultivate a college-going culture.

EAOP is one of the state’s most successful pre-collegiate student academic development programs. UCLA EAOP works with over 15,000 students in middle school and high school each year. This includes working with 81 schools in 10 school districts. Since 1991, approximately 60% of EAOP seniors meet UC eligibility each year, 82% attend a postsecondary institution upon high school graduation and 62% attend a 4-year institution, with 25% attending a UC school.

Under the general supervision of the Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) Assistant/Associate Director, the Site Coordinator is responsible for working independently and in conjunction with program staff to implement components of UCLA EAOP (a pre-collegiate academic preparation program for economically and educationally disadvantaged students) at assigned high schools and/or middle schools in communities throughout Los Angeles, Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley.

Changes in school assignment is at the discretion of the Director. The Site Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementing program services to assigned students at local middle or high schools as outlined in the EAOP College Access Blueprint (CAB) and middle school service plan. Program services fall within the following five standards:
Academic Enrichment, Academic Advising, Financial Aid, Family & Community Engagement, and College Knowledge. Services include but are not limited to creating individualized academic plans, providing post-secondary education guidance, supporting cohort students in completing college and financial aid applications, conducting parent workshops/presentations, presenting in multiple capacities on topics related to going to college, and coordinating Saturday Academies and other events on UCLA's campus or in the community, etc.

The Site Coordinator is also responsible for the identification, coordination, verification of students eligible to apply for the EAOP cohort. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, training, supervising and evaluating the work performance of Bruin Advisers (UCLA undergraduate student workers), delegating tasks, monitoring workflow, and approving and managing students' work schedules. Site coordinators are responsible for collecting, analyzing and updating student data in the EAOP database system to inform and monitor program goals.

Site coordinators will participate in grant writing, program planning, curriculum development, partnership meetings, conferences, monthly reports, and annual year-end reports. Site Coordinators are also expected to participate in the UCLA Undergraduate Application holistic review process in order to be better prepared to service students. Site Coordinators will serve as liaisons for all UCLA outreach efforts at assigned schools and are expected to cultivate relationships with partner high schools, district personnel, community-based organizations and keep EAOP Senior Staff and Director abreast of all outreach activities and programs taking place at assigned schools.

• UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not…