College Advising Corps Advisor: AmeriCorps Service
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Enrollment Services
Georgia State University's College Advising Corps seeks to hire recent Bachelor's degree graduates (May '23-May '26) to work as College Advisers in high-needs Atlanta Public High Schools. College Advising Corps college advisers help students in underrepresented communities realize their ambitions of attending college and achieving postsecondary success as members of a nationwide movement. College Advising Corps advisers will report to program staff and a supervisor on-site at each institution they serve.
WHAT MAKES ENROLLMENT SERVICES A GREAT PLACE?
Minimum Requirements:
Enrollment Services
Georgia State University's College Advising Corps seeks to hire recent Bachelor's degree graduates (May '23-May '26) to work as College Advisers in high-needs Atlanta Public High Schools. College Advising Corps college advisers help students in underrepresented communities realize their ambitions of attending college and achieving postsecondary success as members of a nationwide movement. College Advising Corps advisers will report to program staff and a supervisor on-site at each institution they serve.
WHAT MAKES ENROLLMENT SERVICES A GREAT PLACE?
- Generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, tuition assistance, retirement, etc.
- A knowledge-sharing organization that works collaboratively with a variety of partners.
- Professional development opportunity and mentorship
- A rapidly growing center within an academic setting
- Provide one-on-one admissions and financial aid to any
student or family seeking assistance
- Develop for each student a comprehensive college timeline
including a match-and-fit college list along with deadlines for
admission and financial aid.
- Help each student complete and submit 3-5 college admission
applications and necessary financial aid applications.
- Develop for each student a comprehensive college timeline
including a match-and-fit college list along with deadlines for
admission and financial aid.
- Organize group events that encourage students and their
families to consider, plan for, and apply to college and
universities
- Visit classrooms, assemblies, and student organization meetings
to offer College Advising Corps services and emphasize the
importance of post-secondary education.
- Work with local community groups – churches, community-based
organizations, social service providers, etc. – to offer group
events outside school settings and hours.
- Visit classrooms, assemblies, and student organization meetings
to offer College Advising Corps services and emphasize the
importance of post-secondary education.
- Establish productive working relationships with principals,
counselors, and teachers in the assigned partner school
- Assists, in the consultation with College Advising Corps
Program Director and partner school personnel, with the particular
needs of each school and adapt programs and activities to meet
these needs.
- Actively seek the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor
at the partner high school.
- Assists, in the consultation with College Advising Corps
Program Director and partner school personnel, with the particular
needs of each school and adapt programs and activities to meet
these needs.
- Assist in the efforts of the other College Advising Corps
advisers
- Regularly visit other partner high schools during school
days.
- Help organize, provide support for, and attend evening and
weekend events organized by other advisers.
- Regularly visit other partner high schools during school
days.
- Assist in the assessment and long-term sustainability of the
program
- Assist the program director and evaluation staff to identify,
collect and interpret key progress and outcome variables to
evaluate the effectiveness of College Advising Corps.
- Record up-to-date service activity data and submit monthly
progress reports to the program director documenting progress and
outcome data.
- Assist the program director and evaluation staff to identify,
collect and interpret key progress and outcome variables to
evaluate the effectiveness of College Advising Corps.
- Maintain expertise in admissions and financial aid
advising
- Participate fully in pre-and in-service training.
- In consultation with the program director, seek out and
participate in other activities as instructed.
- Participate fully in pre-and in-service training.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and one year of related experience; or a
combination of education and experience in a related field.
