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About the Role

AmeriCorps*Texas Volunteers are sought to serve as College Access/Success Coaches, empowering youth and fostering a passion for higher education. This role involves strategic planning, goal monitoring, and leadership with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Teach college preparatory classes for 40 or more underserved high school students.
• Host occasional student workshops outside of regular school hours.
• Ensure students receive high-quality services and meet program goals.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of all students' interests, needs, and backgrounds.
• Perform follow-up parent/student phone calls.
• Collect, organize, and maintain student and program documents.
• Implement strategies to engage prospective students through classroom presentations, tabling, and school events.
• Organize and conduct student recruitment efforts, including interviewing prospective students.
• Update databases and spreadsheets weekly; maintain student records and statistics.
• Provide mid-year and end-of-year progress reports for all students.
• Conduct research on higher education norms and trends in Texas.
• Grade and provide feedback on classroom assignments, including ACT/SAT diagnostic tests.
• Chaperone students on events such as college visits and the Summer Tour of Colleges.
• Coordinate with the College Success Team to provide college transition services to graduating high school seniors.
• Submit weekly timesheets, periodic reports, and other required documentation.
• Attend required programmatic and community service events.
• Serve on project teams for program events, student communications, financial aid, AmeriCorps recruitment, parent services, curriculum revision, and community service activities.
• Adhere to program and organizational calendars for task completion.
• Coordinate with the supervisor to order, maintain, and inventory program supplies.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with supervisors, fellow AmeriCorps Volunteers, school personnel, students, families, volunteers, donors, and the community.
• Maintain regular contact with students via phone, text, email, online messaging, and virtual/in-person meetings.
• Provide direct high school to college transition coaching and support.
• Conduct research, provide referrals, arrange meetings, and accompany students to appointments as necessary.
• Provide extended support and create personalized action plans for students in critical situations.
• Utilize national college enrollment databases and request school transcripts to confirm enrollment.
• Track, document, and report collegian progress toward college graduation.
• Coordinate campus gatherings and student mentor programs.
• Maintain on-campus visibility and presence.
• Orient high school students to the College Success program and its services.
• Assist the High School Program team in preparing and administering college success and transition curriculum.
• Organize and maintain up-to-date student information in databases and files.
• Monitor success program statistics and produce reports as needed.
• Provide recognition and leadership opportunities to collegians.
• Evaluate college success efforts quantitatively and qualitatively.
• Provide student recruiting support to College Access Coaches.
• Assist and attend events and programs, and assist non-program students on campuses as requested.

Requirements

• Must possess a sincere interest in empowering youth and a passion for higher education.
• Must possess the ability to carefully and strategically plan individual work goals.
• Must possess the ability to closely monitor progress towards goals and take appropriate remedial action.
• Successful applicants are leaders with strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Must serve a minimum of 1200 hours of service.
• Must complete a full contractual term of 10 months.
• Mandatory in-person AmeriCorps training is required.
• Volunteers must wear the AmeriCorps logo, visibly, daily.
• May be asked to assist in disaster response and recovery activities.
• Must submit to and pass a comprehensive criminal background check.
• Must have mobility throughout the office and frequently drive or ride up to 30 miles to service locations.
• May infrequently be required to drive or ride distances of up to 250 miles, with occasional air travel necessary.
• Must be emotionally mature and able to handle difficult and complex situations.
• Must demonstrate an ability to solve practical problems and deal with frequently changing variables.
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal and coaching skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills are essential.
• Must be able to read, analyze, and interpret educational and business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Must exhibit an ability to professionally write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Must be able to interpret a variety of instructions.
• Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions.
• Must demonstrate the ability to understand and apply standard, high school-level mathematical concepts.

Skills

• Organizational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Coaching skills
• English/Spanish bilingualism is strongly preferred

Location

• Austin

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Minimum of one year related experience

Education Level

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited, academically-recognized four-year college or university

Salary/Compensations

• Living stipend total of $20,900 disbursed biweekly

Benefits

• Eli Segal Education Award ($5,176.50*)
• Free medical insurance
• Low-cost dental insurance
• Low-cost vision insurance
• Opportunity to forbear qualified student loans during service

About the Company

• College Possible Texas is a dynamic, progressive and youth-focused working environment.
• College Possible Texas provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and/or applicants for employment or service.

Equal Opportunity

• Without regard to race, color, class, religion/creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, weight, height, disability, political affiliation, marital or familial status, partnership status, citizenship status (except as required by law), veteran status, or status in any group protected by federal law, state law, or local ordinance.
• We provide reasonable accommodations upon request in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• We encourage and support diversity and tolerance in our workplace.