College and Career Coordinator

Primary Function: The Advisor is a full-time position responsible for providing comprehensive services and information resources that enable students to take active responsibility for their college/workforce/career decisions. The Advisor delivers impartial and independent advice and guidance to students in the centers on a daily/weekly basis. The Advisor also works directly with Center Directors to assist them in navigating the connections to the local workforce opportunities. The Advisor will make connections in the work community and the centers in that community to help with a “pipeline” of opportunity for Success Students.

Qualifications:

• State of Michigan Secondary Education Teacher certification required*
• State of Michigan School Administrator certificate preferred
• Excellent analytical and project management skills.
• Understand the use of technology in both instructional and operational settings.
• Strong interpersonal and public relations skills including the ability to speak clearly and concisely both in oral and written communications.
• Ability to initiate and complete tasks with self-direction in a timely manner.
• Such alternatives qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

* Or Bachelor’s/Master’s degree with Administrative Michigan Certification (must be enrolled in an approved administrative certification program within one year of hire - completed within two years).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Work collaboratively with Success VLCM Colleagues in the Success VLCM, as well as with local work-force opportunities.

2. Maintain current knowledge of local opportunities for Success students and communicate those opportunities weekly in centers.

3. Utilize information available from sources such as Michigan Works!, Department of Labor, MiCan and other providers.

4. Develop and execute a plan for providing career services to the Success VLCM students in our local communities.

5. Provide individual and group career counseling in conjunction with Center Directors, also be comfortable working individually with students and families as needed, to assist them in assessing their interests, abilities and achievements, reviewing their options and developing a realistic plan for action.

6. Organize and deliver career-related events, drop-in or other relevant activities throughout the academic year, as well as assisting Success students to acquire opportunities for work over the “summer”.

7. Monitor any student enrolled in such programs and report successes and challenges to the Executive Director.

8. Document results of career-related advising and work efforts.

9. Establish benchmarks and targets for assistance to Success VLCM students, in conjunction with Supervisor and Executive Director.

10. Other duties as assigned by Supervisor and Executive Director.

Contract will be for 240 days and pay will be based on experience.

College and Career Coach will be eligible for health insurance.

Goals, Objectives, Outcomes, Career and College Readiness Program SVLC

I. Goals:

The Goals of the program are threefold:

1. For students to gain employment while students with SVLC

2. For students to gain awareness and readiness for post secondary education options

3. For students to gain technical and career guidance/training while students with SVLC

Goal 1: For students to gain employment while students they will need the following:

• Approval from CD that student is making adequate progress, work permit if applicable
• Adequate and basic English Language, literacy, and Math skills
• Knowledge of soft skills and job retention behavior
• Basic resume writing and interview skills
• Ability to do online job searches and create profiles on Industry sites
• Technological competence and knowledge of how to use Google tools and current software.

College/Career Advisor will:

• Grow and maintain relationships with local MIworks and local employers
• Assist students with writing and maintaining a resume and online applications
• Advise students on interview skills and job retention behaviors
• Connect students with employment opportunities within their communities

Additional resources:

• Indeed.com
• Employer websites

Goal 2: For students to gain awareness of and readiness for post secondary education options:

• Connect EDP statements with real life examples and opportunities
• College visits start as early as grade 9 so students achieve a level of comfort.
• Lunch and learns with professionals of interest to students (day in the life series)
• Help student identify the program and school which would be best choice
• Awareness of Merit Aid and how it is tied to SAT/ACT
• Awareness of FAFSA, what it is/means/how to do it
• Awareness of common application and how to write college application essays
• Identification of summer enrichment programs and scholarships for them to attend (ramp up)

College Career Advisor will:

• Grow and maintain relationships with local 2 and 4 year post-secondary institutions
• Organize field trips to post secondary institutions
• Grow and maintain relationships with professionals within centers’ communities for the purpose of providing interested students with informational interviews or more in depth information about the careers that interest them.
• Identify summer enrichment programs and scholarships
• Provide guided research on programs of study and career options for the purpose of devising of short, medium, long-term SMART goals.
• Offer workshops on FAFSA /Common App and test prep in collaboration with centers

Additional resources:

• https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/estimate
• Collegeboard.com
• https://www.commonapp.org/
• Other resources based upon individual

Goal 3: For students to get career preparation and technical training as students:

• Connect EDP statements with real life examples and opportunities
• Resume writing skills so that participants can write and keyword optimize resumes
• Interview skills so participants can be prepared for the industry specific interview process
• Communication skills so that they understand the difference between formal and informal
• Knowledge of soft skills such as time management, task prioritization, and general job retention behavior
• Access opportunities (i.e. summer programs) for students to “shadow” professionals
• Access opportunities for students to learn about different branches of military service

College/Career Advisor will:

• Locate and provide access to internships/apprenticeships/training
• Locate and provide access to opportunities for job shadowing
• Locate and provide career mentors who are active in the fields
• Locate and provide access to Individual Training Accounts through MiWorks
• Locate and provide work experience programs/Internships/on the job training so participants get paid while they learn, and get ready for advancement in their career fields

Additional Resources:

• onetonline.org
• milmi.org
• https://www.usa.gov/join-military
• Michigan talent connect (if funded)
• Pathfinder/mynextmove.org
• Mibrightfuture.org
• Michigan.gov/LEO

II. Objectives and Outcomes

Students must learn and/or demonstrate the following skills to be successful:

Current student employment and job retention:

• Understand the importance of maintaining good progress in class while being employed
• Awareness and identification of personal barriers, then awareness and identification of resources that can help with barrier removal.
• Customer and professional service skills- How to relate to customers and fellow co-workers
• Know to write and maintain a high quality resume
• Know how to have a successful interview including how to answer the questions, how to behave, and how to present oneself physically. (Dress and body language)
• Know to communicate professionally, including both spoken and written language.

College preparation:

• Students showing gains in state mandated testing in pursuit of merit aid
• Students accessing the aid they require to pursue the college program they have chosen
• Students successfully completing the common application to college or individual applications
• Students have a working knowledge of college expectations and the tools to meet them

Career preparation for after graduation:

• Students demonstrate awareness of career paths and the levels within them
• Students demonstrate awareness of training and credentials required for success in chosen careers
• Students accessing “next step” programs such as training through ITAs, enlistment, or other vocational programs
• Students demonstrate awareness off career specific skills/technology
• Students will be able to build and maintain a professional social media presence including online profile creations and online job applications. (Linkedin)
• Students will demonstrate customer and professional service skills- How to relate to customers and fellow co-workers including cultural sensitivity, conflict resolution skills, judgment and critical thinking, as well as following company , industry, or professional protocol.

III. Program Format:

In coordination with Center needs:

• Will include a blend of one-on-one sessions and group instruction
• Free-standing modules delivered to individuals and groups, in-person and virtually.
• Available on a flexible, rotating schedule / and on demand
• Based upon center needs with an option to join virtually through hangouts
• Any student may attend any module any time

Workshop Facilitation Methodologies:

• Interactive Learning Strategies:
• Role-playing/Mock interviews
• Actual creations of documents/profiles etc. used in job search and job retention
• Learning beyond the classroom through field trips and college/career visits

IV. Workshop Topics:

Resume Writing with Integrated Technology

After brief instruction students will create a resume, understand the concept of keyword optimization, and save their resume to their drive

• https://www.livecareer.com/infographics/worst-resume-blunders-ever

The Interview

After brief instruction on interview question types and general interview expectations, students will participate in mock interviews and receive feedback on their answers.

• http://www.chem.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/15-Toughest-Interview-Questions-and-Answers.pdf
• https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/9-most-common-behavioral-interview-questions-and-a.html
• https://www.glassdoor.com/List/Oddball-Interview-Questions-LST_KQ0,27.htm

Online profile/job application and job screening process

Students will learn how to create online professional profiles and job applications. There will be discussions about other requirements such as screening processes that may be required.

• Indeed.com
• Linkedin.com

What do you want to be when you grow up?

After brief instruction students will complete MI tests, interest inventories, and research career outlooks

• https://www.literacynet.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
• Milmi.org
• Pathfinder
• https://www.mitalent.org/mitc
• https://mat2apprenticeships.com
• https://rocmichigan.org/
• Other industry specific programs per individual

Federal Application For Student Aid

After brief instruction students will know what it is and how to complete it (one-on-one follow up)

• fafsa.gov

The Common Application

After brief instruction students will know what it is and how to complete it (one on one follow-up)

• Commonapp.org

PSAT/SAT test prep

Students will focus on the elements of question types commonly found on the PSAT/SAT

Test taking strategies will also be discussed

• https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/practice

SMART Goals

What they are and how to write them

• https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/Handout 3 - SMART Goal Setting Worksheet.pdf

Communications and Professional Conduct/ Contextual Roleplaying

The “different gears” of speech will be highlighted in this module; i.e. when and how to use formal versus informal speech.

• https://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills/Communication.pdf

Other Workshops/ Events as required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $70,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote

Salary : $70,000