Student Success Coach: Master Academic Skills

Johnson School of Business; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

McMurry University seeks an Academic Success Coach to support the Warhawk Success Center in Abilene, TX. The role provides direct services to students, helping them set academic and career goals, develop learning strategies, and improve time management and organization to achieve academic success.

The coach will conduct individual and group sessions, track progress, document meetings, and coordinate with faculty and staff to address students' needs, while maintaining ongoing communications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2-3 years in higher education, student affairs, counseling, or related field.
• Strong time management and problem solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with a variety of campus constituencies.

Responsibilities

• Fosters persistence and completion of a caseload of students
• Monitors progress of students with check-ins, meetings, or outreach
• Conducts academic coaching through individual or group sessions
• Helps students develop self-efficacy and study skills
• Identifies and implements learning strategies and study skills
• Refers students to appropriate academic resources and collaborates to monitor progress
• Evaluate academic progress of students on Academic Success Plan
• Maintain documentation of meetings with students
• Regular communication with students throughout the semester
• Interventions during-term and end-of-term as needed
• Coordinate with faculty to meet students' academic needs
• Connect at-risk students with appropriate academic support
• Collect and provide reports related to departmental goals
• Other duties as assigned by the Director

Skills

Time management

Problem solving

Excellent written and verbal comm.

Campus communications

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

McMurry University seeks an Academic Success Coach to support the Warhawk Success Center in Abilene, TX. The role provides direct services to students, helping them set academic and career goals, develop learning strategies, and improve time management and organization to achieve academic success.

The coach will conduct individual and group sessions, track progress, document meetings, and coordinate with faculty and staff to address students' needs, while maintaining ongoing communications