Academic Enrichment Specialist

Company: New York Institute of Technology

Job Location: Old Westbury, Arkansas 11568

Category: Tutors and Learning Resources

Type: Full-Time

Job ID: 2024-3743

Division: College of Osteopathic Medicine

# of Openings: 1

Position Type: Staff

Type: Regular Full-Time

Overview:

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.

The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 112,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university's community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future.

For more information, visit nyit.edu.

Responsibilities:

• Provide academic support and educational counseling to students who are advanced program participants and track their academic progress, work with relevant others in the recruitment process for these students
• Provide individual educational counseling to students addressing areas such as test-taking strategies, time-management, reading comprehension strategies, note-taking techniques, and study skills
• Provide workshops for students addressing topic areas such as test-taking strategies, time-management, reading comprehension strategies, note-taking techniques, and study skills
• Additional duties, as assigned

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Education or a related discipline; plus, 1-3 years directly applicable or 3-5 years related experience in education, communications or counseling; Master's Degree in Education or a related field preferred.

Required Field of Expertise: Education or related field

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Knowledge in learning concepts, educational theory, and psycho-educational assessments

Strong interpersonal, administrative/organizational, and computer skills

Aptitude for educational technology