Dual Credit College Readiness Program Coordinator

College of Lake County Grayslake, IL Full-time Education

Posted on April 19, 2024

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Dual Credit College Readiness Program Coordinator

Internal Position Title: Dual Credit College Readiness Program Coordinator

Posting Number: S02647

Department:: P-20 Educational Partnerships

Position Type: Staff

Job Family: Specialist

Summary:
Come join the College of Lake County's P-20 Educational Partnerships Department, a high-functioning team committed to equity-minded practice, student success, and collaborative partnerships. P-20 Educational Partnerships' mission is to create seamless transitions to post-secondary educational opportunities and career pathways for all students, with a special emphasis on advancing equity and closing opportunity gaps for historically marginalized students. Currently, the department is doing this by giving high school students access to CLC's courses and CLC credit through dual credit and articulated credit partnerships.

The Program Coordinator will support this work by facilitating the implementation of dual credit partnerships between the College of Lake County and assigned high school partners. The Program Coordinator is responsible for fostering collaborative relationships with internal and external partners to provide proactive support that increases students' success, college aspirations, career planning, and access to college-credit opportunities and removes barriers to access. The Program Coordinator is the main dual credit point of contact for administrators, teachers, and students at the assigned high schools, and high school assignments may vary year-to-year. The ideal candidate has values that align to the department's commitments; demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail; is a collaborative team member with the ability to work independently; and will bring a diverse perspective and innovative ideas to the team. Previous experience with dual credit or articulated credit programs is not required.

Why choose the College of Lake County for your next opportunity?The College of Lake County (CLC) offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois health, Delta Dental and Superior Vision insurance plans, tuition support for employees and qualified family members, three retirement plans, disability, group and supplemental life insurance, health and dependent care flexible spending account plans, a four-day work week in the summer (Fridays off!), generous vacation, sick and personal time off and 14 paid holidays each year.

CLC is a comprehensive community college located in northeastern Illinois committed to being an innovative educational institution providing life-changing paths for our students by offering exceptional learning experiences. CLC achieved a milestone in 2023 with its designation as a Leader College. This national recognition awarded by the Achieving the Dream Network is the result of improved student outcomes through the CLC's relentless commitment to transformational change and the implementation of innovative practices within the student success model over the past few years.

CLC aspires to be a place where every student succeeds, every employee thrives, so that every business achieves and every community grows. Our mission is to be innovative and value-driven in supporting student success through developing and encouraging employees of all backgrounds on their journey toward achieving personal and professional growth.

Required Qualifications:
1. Bachelor’s degree.2. Minimum of two (2) years of work-related experience.3. Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.4. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.5. Excellent time management and ability to adapt to changing priorities.6. Proven ability to work effectively and constructively with persons of diverse cultures, language groups, and abilities; demonstrate sensitivity to and ability to work with the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.7. Intermediate Microsoft skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive)8. Ability to work autonomously.9. Ability to travel regularly within Lake County.10. Willingness to work flexible hours that may include nights and weekends.11. Bilingual in Spanish and English

Desired Qualifications:

Posting Date: 04/18/2024

Closing Date:

Expected Start Date:

Special Instructions Summary: INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED UNTIL THE POSITION IS FILLED

Pay Rate: $23.77/hr (THIS IS FIRM)

Full-Time/Part-Time: Part Time

Location Grayslake

Total Hours Per Week: 25

Work Schedule:
Flexibility during office hours of M-F 8:00-4:30 with availability for some evenings and weekends and a M-R schedule in summer

Software Testing Required: Excel, MS Word

Interview Process Requirements: Bilingual Testing

EEO Statement:
The College of Lake County is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong commitment to diversity. In that spirit, it seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including minorities, women and people with disabilities.

Summary of Essential Functions:
Student and Customer Service (40%)
1) Develop and maintain positive, professional relationships with students, staff, and families in assigned high schools as well as with CLC colleagues.
2) Serve as the primary dual credit contact for students and parents and act as a liaison between CLC, administrators, and instructors involved in dual credit. Maintain records, correspondence and communication with schools and individuals participating in the department’s initiatives. Maintain records and writes reports for any associated grants or pilot initiatives.
3) Coordinate student enrollment: disseminate information, lead orientations, assist students in completing the CLC application, collect enrollment forms, check prerequisites, and work with Registration Services to enroll students.
4) Develop and implement support activities for dual credit students, including: dual credit overview presentations, student orientations, site visits, Canvas and student account support. Modify activities to meet the needs of the audience and to ensure they remain culturally sensitive.
5) Lead orientations for new instructors and contribute to development of annual meetings for dual credit instructors and CLC departments. Provide training to dual credit adjuncts on faculty accounts, PeopleSoft, and Canvas. Create or modify reference materials related to training.
6) Collaborate with internal departments to support dual credit students, instructors, and schools.
7) Maintain confidentiality and compliance with FERPA when handling confidential student information.

Department Operations and Procedures (25%)
1) Distribute and track dual credit Memorandums of Understanding and Shared Data Agreements between the College of Lake County and assigned high schools.
2) Collaborate with appropriate college departments and high school contacts to ensure required procedures are being followed. Examples include instructor credential reviews; annual submission of syllabi; Memorandums of Understanding; submission of student records, enrollment forms, roster verifications, prerequisite verifications, midterm rosters, final grade reports, course evaluations, and instructor observations and evaluations; and collecting and processing enrollment or grade appeals. Ensure all documentation is created, disseminated, and returned for all courses.
3) Support program evaluation.

Project Leadership (30%)
1) Coordinate the Lake County dual credit partnership between the College of Lake County and assigned high schools. This includes piloting new models, supporting new courses, managing student enrollment, collecting required paperwork from students and instructors, leading orientations for staff and students, and facilitating annual meetings.
2) Explore and propose strategic opportunities for dual credit expansion and evaluate incoming requests from assigned high schools for new dual credit instructors, courses, and models. Provide information and guidance to internal and external departments and divisions seeking to expand programs. Track department approvals of new requests.
3) Analyze research and developments in the field of dual credit, as well as the needs of our diverse high schools, to develop evidence-based models for the delivery of dual credit.
4) Draft, communicate, provide internal and external training on, and implement procedures for dual credit. Align with, and monitor changes to, the Dual Credit Quality Act, ICCB’s Administrative Rules Regarding Dual Credit, and HLC’s guidelines to demonstrate compliance.
5) Represent the department at various events and by sharing information about dual credit verbally and in writing in both English and Spanish.

Other (5%)
1) Other duties as assigned.

To apply, visit https://jobs.clcillinois.edu/postings/25948

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Dual Credit College Readiness Program Coordinator

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