Peer Coach Student Assistant

Peer coaches will work alongside Angelo State University’s (ASU) higher education foster care liaison and Education Reach for Texans staff to engage students with a background in foster care and connect them with resources and benefits for which they are eligible.

• Help recruit, engage, and retain students with a background in foster care and ensure they are accessing and utilizing resources/benefits available due to their status as former foster youth, with particular attention to state tuition and fee waiver utilization.
• Work directly with identified students as they become familiar with campus resources and benefits or services for which they may be eligible (i.e. state tuition and fee waiver, Education and Training Vouchers, Supervised Independent Living programs, etc.). Be familiar with campus processes including but not limited to making appointments with academic advisors, class registration, accessing campus and DFPS resources, etc.
• Engage students with experience in foster care by directly reaching out and provide individual and programmatic support as appropriate. Maintain a simple budget of money spent to engage students/provide student programming.
• Practice utilization of a peer coaching model being piloted for the project (training will be provided). Track all touch-points and other data related to the project and report on a regular basis to grant staff (training provided).
• Work directly with and be supervised by the Liaison Program Coordinator and Assistant Director of Liaison Programs and Residential Cohorts. Work directly with Education Reach for Texas staff to learn, practice, and document use of a peer coaching model as part of a pilot program to increase engagement and access to campus and community resources and the state tuition and fee waiver.
• Attend all scheduled meetings. Attend all in-person and online trainings and professional development related to the peer coaching model/pilot project and engagement of students with experience in foster care (i.e. Peer coaching training, Education Reach for Texans annual conference and webinars, regional meeting etc.).
• Other duties as assigned.

• Undergraduate or graduate students with lived experience in the foster care system
• Full time student, available entire academic year
• Be free of disciplinary sanctions
• Applicant must have strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to follow through on assigned tasks and work independently.
• Confidentiality and Policy
  • Confidentiality and discretion must be used at all times. Under no circumstances should any personal student information or work-related topics be shared, including on social media.

Not specified

$15.00 per hour

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Angelo State University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to employment opportunities for qualified individuals with disabilities. If an accommodation is requested for the job application process, please contact our office at  or email us at hr
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