The Academic Success Coach II helps students develop skills, behaviors, and habits that contribute to their success in college. These include academic and career goal setting, learning strategies, time management and organization, self-regulation, and self-efficacy.

• Foster's persistence and completion by maintaining a caseload of first-time college and/or transfer students
• Monitors progress of students in caseload with check-ins, scheduled meetings, or proactive outreach and communication, responding to students' questions, concerns, and needs
• Assists probationary students with adopting success strategies and helps them return to good academic standing
• Conducts academic coaching through individual or group sessions that help students assess their own performance and develop academic success plans
• Assists students in developing self-efficacy by identifying and overcoming obstacles that may be impeding academic success
• Works with students to learn strong time management and organization skills
• Motivates students to practice self-regulation and take ownership of their academic success
• Helps students in identifying, developing, and implementing learning strategies and study skills specific to course materials
• Refers students to appropriate academic personnel and support resources and collaborates with others to monitor and accelerate the academic progress of the students referred
• Coordinates new student and parent programming
• May teach and facilitate the Academic Recovery Program
• Performs duties that are unique to a specific department or college

• Performs all other duties as assigned

Direct Reports:

• May supervise Student Employees

Delegation of Work:

• May assign work to subordinate(s)

Supervision Given:

• May supervise the work of student workers

 

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of coaching, instructional, and mentoring techniques used in a higher education environment and the related trends, issues, and best practices
• Knowledge of the processes and resources required for organizing and leading group and collaborative activities
• Knowledge of traditional and online course practices and procedures

Skills:

• Good technical skills, including proficiency in MS Office and university software
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Abilities:

• Ability to balance multiple demands and effectively organize and manage time and tasks
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituencies in a diverse university community

Primary Work Location:

• Works in an office environment

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed in a typical interior work environment which does not subject the employee to any unpleasant elements
• An individual has discretion in relation to walking, standing, etc., and has minimal exposure to physical risks
• Must have the ability to move items of up to 30lbs

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

 

The policy of the University of Houston-System and its universities is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, military status, genetic information, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or status, or gender expression, except where such a distinction is required by law.