Position Description – Student Affairs Counselor (Coordinator of Instruction and Guidance)

POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position Title:	Student Affairs Counselor (Coordinator of Instruction and Guidance)	FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to:	Director of Upward Bound
Department:	Upward Bound
Date Prepared:	June 2005

BASIC FUNCTION

The Coordinator of Instruction and Guidance is tasked with the duty of identifying, recruiting, selecting, and serving potential program participants. This often involves significant work with low income and first generation students, and much work is done on the high school level. Guidance services are a major component of this position.

NATURE & SCOPE

The Coordinator of Instruction and Guidance reports to the Director of Upward Bound. The incumbent supervises 25 to 30 part-time employees, including teachers and guidance personnel.

Recruitment of potential program participants is a significant requirement of the incumbent. High school visits, information sessions with students, and meetings with parents are all involved. The Coordinator must possess a skill for selling the advantages of the program to these groups. In addition, the incumbent must maintain a strong relationship with high school guidance counselors and administrators.

Furthermore, the Coordinator is charged with supervising guidance activities. This involves a great deal of working with at-risk and disadvantaged students, and it is often critical to their success in post-secondary education.

The incumbent works closely with the director of Upward Bound. Assistance is required in the budgeting process, in hiring teachers for courses, in the evaluations of course instruction and curriculum, and in various other activities and projects that arise.

Position Description – Student Affairs Counselor (Coordinator of Instruction and Guidance)

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Ø Recruits prospective program applicants

Ø Provides testing for prospective students and oversees assessment program

Ø Assists the Director of Upward Bound in personnel matters

Ø Assists the Director in the oversight of classroom instruction

Ø Supervises guidance activities and personnel

Ø Provides instructional and academic activities for program participants

Ø Conducts follow up activities at high schools

Ø Assists the Director on various projects when needed

BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIES

The incumbent is responsible for submitting requests for payment and purchases. The Coordinator of Instruction and Guidance meets with the Director to discuss monthly balances and future expenditures, as well as assisting with budget planning on a yearly basis.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

This position requires an advanced degree and three to five years of work experience in the field.