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Description/Job Summary

The P-TECH Early College Liaison serves as an intermediary between the BCCC and the P-TECH (Pathways in Technology for Early College High Schools) 9-14 school and is focused on strengthening student performance and expanding students' horizons to include postsecondary educational opportunities and career goals. Through this partnership, the students are able to earn college credits toward their associate degree while earning a high school diploma. As part of this educational experience, theEarly College Liaison works with the college faculty and staff to develop non-credit bearing programs and events to support this goal. Working together with the college and school personnel, the Early College Liaison seeks to maintain and develop collaborations that serve to better prepare students for college and careers while fostering mutual learning among the faculty, staff, and students at the partnering institutions. The Early College Liaison is instrumental in facilitating students' progress and success by ensuring that appropriate collaborative support mechanisms are in place, so it is highly recommended that this person have experience working with both high school students and adults (i.e. professors, teachers, parents and school leadership). The ability to develop and communicate with these interpersonal relationships needs to be combined with strong organizational skills around the various administrative responsibilities.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Coordinates all activities related to college course-taking by high school students, including, but not limited to registration, course withdrawal, and the submission of final course grades and their dissemination to students, their parents, and to high school administrators in a timely fashion;

• Creates and implements biannual orientation programs for students and parents, outlining expectations, procedures, policies and criteria for the students' successful completion of the college coursework;

• Conducts parent outreach as it pertains to the college and career model and goals, which includes scheduling parent conferences when students are identified at "academic risk", and/or have been recommended for formal withdrawal from a college course. This information must also be provided to school administrators;

• Monitor student progress by reviewing grades, assignments as posted in Canvas. Contact faculty as it pertains to student progress as needed.

• Creates and maintains student files, which include updated contact information, registration materials, student transcripts, state test results, and signed copies of student contracts (i.e., knowledge and agreement of student expectations and responsibilities in the successful completion of coursework, and in classroom behavior and participation);

• Coordinates students' targeted intervention needs between the college partner and the high school staff academic and social support systems, such as tutoring, counseling, mentoring, assistance with completing any necessary applications, etc.;

• Coordinates annual college financial aid workshop for parents to attend in late January/ early February;

• Works with the Industry Liaisons to arrange regular school planning committee meetings with college and school staff that focus primarily on the ongoing development of the scope and sequence of the school, the development of college partnership activities, and curriculum development. Meetings can be led by both the principal and the Industry Liaison;

• Coordinates professional development for relevant school personnel, college faculty, and industry mentors in consultation with leadership at the school;

• Coordinates with college faculty and staff to develop and implement programs that support early college goals (e.g. college course experiences for high school students, college speakers, trips to college offices, non-academic events connected to the college);

• Coordinates a comprehensive induction/orientation process for college instructors teaching the high school students;

• Participates in continuance communication with the college's instructional staff regarding student performance and early identification of students at academic risk, beginning as early as the end of the fifth week of college classes during an academic semester;

• Participates in Steering Committee and other related meetings to help shape school policies and decisions;

• Increases awareness of the P-TECH 9-14 school partnership at the participating college in order to garner support and recruit college faculty and staff to participate in the school's activities, such as being a member of a Planning Committee, professional development, and curriculum development with the high school's teaching staff;

• Communicates to college administrators, faculty and staff the special school events at the P-TECH 9-14 school campus;

• Participates in school planning meetings that involve decisions related to college-course taking;

• Plans and participates in events that promote college readiness (i.e., High School Night, College Night) and academic celebrations (i.e., High School Awards Nights, Prospective Student Open Houses);

• Monitors tax-levy and grant budgets for the school, including the mid-year report, in collaboration with the school principal;

• Oversees the distribution and collection of college coursework materials such as textbooks.

• Seeks additional funding opportunities by identifying new revenue sources, including the writing and submission of development grants;

• Collaborates with the school on the monitoring and evaluation of program data as well as data from the city and state examinations to assess student progress and to make recommendations to improve student achievement in order to fulfill the school's mission (i.e., improvement of a college readiness program, academic support services and completion of college coursework);

• Creates, administers, and summarizes survey data at the end of each semester from college course instructors, parents and students;

• Reports college course-taking data to Steering Committee and/or Planning Committees. All student data will be summarized at the end of each semester and annually to the school, college partner and key administrators

• Advises students on course selection

• Coordinates plans and implements programming to ensure students awareness of college pathways

• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.

• 3 years' experience in coordinating programs.

• One year experience working in education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in a related field.

• 5 years' experience in coordinating programs.

• 3 years' experience working in education.