High School Educational Advisor

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Full Time San Francisco, CA, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $50,000.00 To $52,000.00 Annually

TITLE:

HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR

COMPENSATION: $50,000 to $52,000/YR DOE

LOCATION:

In-person. Office location is 1710 OCTAVIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109

Established in 1970, JCYC was founded by students who stood in solidarity with other communities to fight for the creation of ethnic studies. Today, JCYC annually serves over 7,000 young people from all backgrounds and provides a continuum of care from preschool through college. The organization strives to offer young people a comprehensive array of services to ensure that they have the resources and support necessary to grow into healthy, productive adults.

Community :
We foster a collective desire and passion to support the healthy development of children and youth.

Cooperation :
We build strong partnerships to ensure we have the greatest impact on children and youth possible.

Compassion :
We see in a child that which they cannot see in themselves.

Diversity :
We respect and embrace differences that make all members of our society unique.

Integrity :
We conduct ourselves in a manner that is worthy of trust and confidence placed in us by the communities we serve.

Vision :
Like a child, we look ahead with imagination and without limits.

The JCYC ETS Program is a TRiO project administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The program’s goal is to serve income-eligible school youth, ages 11 and older, who have the potential to be the first generation in their family to attend college. JCYC ETS supports middle and high school students in continuing their education and graduating, and encourages high school students and adults to enroll in 4-year institutions.

ETS is a college access program of the Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC). For more information about ETS and JCYC, please visit www.jcyccollegeaccess.org or www.jcyc.org .

The Educational Advisor will be responsible for recruitment, identification, selection, and counseling of participants in person at PHILIP AND SALA BURTON ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

• Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Recruit, identify, and select participants according to the following eligibility guidelines:
• Students who are income-eligible according to the U.S. DOE income levels;
• Students who have the potential to be the first in their family to attend college;
• Students who are interested in pursuing post-secondary education.
• Assess and determine participants’ educational needs and academic potential;
• Provide college and career counseling to individuals and groups to encourage participants to complete secondary school and enroll in post-secondary schools;
• Coordinate and implement local, long-distance field trips (i.e., college campus and career field trips);
• Assist in organizing and attending overnight trips as needed (contingent upon travel restrictions);
• Assist participants in applying for re-admission to secondary schools;
• Refer participants to appropriate social service and government agencies;
• Advocate for the participant with secondary schools for re-enrollment and retention of the participants in the school system;
• Advocate for admission to post-secondary schools;
• Advocate with financial aid resource agencies to obtain assistance for the participants;
• Present financial aid and college information presentations upon request;
• Actively recruit students and assist in…