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TRiO Educational Specialist (Case Worker) - Grant Funded - Part Time

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City Colleges of Chicago
Location
Malcolm X College

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Duties and ResponsibilitiesTRiO CASEWORKER - PART TIMEMALCOLM X COLLEGE
This position is responsible for interviewing, evaluating, and enrolling students into CCC educational programs. The position also maintains case files for each student and monitors their progress. 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 
  • Conducts intake interviews to evaluate students’ vocational or educational potential and general eligibility for CCC programs in accordance with grantor’s guidelines. 
  • Obtains background information on potential students for the purpose of providing referrals to the appropriate community agencies.  
  • Advises currently enrolled students regarding educational and personal adjustment issues.  
  • Assists students with goal maintenance and individualized career planning. Assists program participants with completion of academic forms and applications.  
  • Retains a compilation of statistics, written reports and correspondence within student files.  
  • Prepares monthly mandatory reports for management review.  
  • Attends monthly staff meetings and may serve as liaison to community and state agencies for the purpose of receiving appropriate students services and maintaining good public relations.
  • Markets the program and recruits students for the program. 
  • Disseminates information and answers questions in regards to the educational program.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, Psychology, or a related area required. 
  • A minimum of three year’s previous work experience in providing educational services; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. 
  • Must be self-directed, innovative and able to assess current operations in an effort to develop practical action programs to improve the functioning of the department. 
  • Must maintain an effective liaison among agencies, staff, administrators and the community to promote overall responsiveness to the program.  
  • Excellent verbal and written skills required with the ability to communicate persuasively with tact and diplomacy 
Malcolm X College was selected as a 2019 Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges award winner! The award is given by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a membership organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching and leadership at community and technical colleges, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a leading academic publication. MXC was recognized for its best-in-class student and staff recruitment and retention practices, inclusive learning and working environments, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities. 
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago!

Job: Student Services
Primary Location: Malcolm X College
Job Posting: Oct 8, 2019, 3:44:47 PM

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The City Colleges of Chicago is a network of seven Colleges. Through our seven colleges, we deliver exceptional learning opportunities and educational services for diverse student populations in city_colleges_of_chicago1.jpgChicago. We enhance knowledge, understanding, skills, collaboration, community service and life-long learning by providing a broad range of quality, affordable courses, programs, and services to prepare students for success in a technologically advanced and increasingly interdependent global society. We work to eliminate barriers to employment and to address and overcome inequality of access and graduation in higher education.

For information about City Colleges of Chicago's Reinvention initiative, click here.

Our Vision is to transform the City Colleges of Chicago into a world-class institution. We do that by ensuring student success. It is the centerpiece of our Reinvention effort. What we mean by student success is making sure our students are prepared to move into higher education and that they have the skills for jobs in the 21st Century. We believe there is no other institution better positioned to become an economic engine for the City of Chicago.

city_colleges_of_chicago3.jpgWe have a proud history of providing life-changing opportunities and education to residents of Chicago’s most underserved communities. However, far too many students are not meeting their goals today. And that’s why we’ve launched this ambitious plan to reinvent the City Colleges.

Our work and our vision will not be complete until we make sure every one of our students leaves with the tools they need to achieve their goals. Success is going to look different for each student. In the end, we envision an institution which will do four things very well:

  • Increase the number of students earning college credentials of economic value
  • Increase the rate of transfer to Bachelor’s degree programs following CCC graduation
  • Drastically improve outcomes for students needing remediation
  • Increase number and share of ABE/GED/ESL students who advance to and succeed in college-level courses

Accomplishing these goals will benefit not only our students, but also our faculty and staff, four-year colleges, Chicago area employers, the Chicago Public Schools and communities...and help transform us into a world-class institution.

 

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