5 Student Services jobs in Evanston

• Assists students with enrollment in the Paths to College and Career Program.
• Responsible for creating user accounts, assisting with general navigation, and providing troubleshooting support for educational systems such as Essential Education, NorthStar Digital Literacy, Upwardly Global, and VMock platforms.
• Offers individualized basic skills (reading, writing, and math) and digital literacy support to students.
• Fosters a supportive and encouraging learning environment, including practices that assist multilingual and non-traditional learners in accessing learning tools.
• Monitor students' progress on the e-learning modules and provide them with feedback to help them achieve their learning goals.
• Maintain records of student participation and progress.
• Assists with maintenance of electronic and hard copy instructional materials and resources.
• Conducts proctored NorthStar Digital Literacy assessments to evaluate student progress and identify areas for improvement and referral.
• Provides monthly and quarterly reports for grant reporting.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Assistant Director of Transfer Student Support is responsible for supporting the Director of the Office of Transfer Student Support in the development and execution of strategies and programs meant to help transfer students transition to the College, thrive upon arrival, build community, and be successful in their curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular endeavors. The dual focus of the role includes offering individual support and developing a comprehensive program to engage, track, and ensure success and community for transfer students. This role involves direct outreach and student support, working with the student advisory board, coordinating with various university offices, and event and program planning, management, and evaluation.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing individualized and group support to transfer students and serving as a point of contact.
• Collaborating with academic advisers, college programming office, campus partners, and various offices across the college to develop and manage programs for transfer students, help build community, and foster transfer student success.
• Developing and managing targeted communications, newsletters, and website for transfer students.
• Developing trainings, workshops, and initiatives to enhance faculty and staff competencies in supporting transfer students.
• Coordinating with the programming and orientation office to develop and participate in transfer student specific orientation activities and onboarding from point of admission, college orientation events, and weeks of welcome in autumn quarter.
• Partnering with Academic and Student Services to lead reporting and data analysis efforts to identify transfer student needs.
• Assisting in the annual credit evaluation process for incoming transfer students as needed.
• Regularly updating the Director and college leadership on transfer facing programs.
• Participating in meetings, committees, and other groups to communicate information regarding services, programs, and other opportunities for student support.
• Participating in Orientation and Commencement activities each year as part of the college core programs.
• Solving problems in areas such as academic and administrative policy, student admissions, curriculum research and development, and budget development.
• Advising various campus-wide and program committees in various aspects of student life.
• Recommending process improvements for programs that relate to critical student-life improvement, including emergency management, accommodations for students with disabilities, and/or the administration of health care services and programs for students.
• Collaborating with academic divisions in educating students on safety issues. Interpreting student disciplinary issues and preparing an annual university summary of disciplinary actions. Counseling students, parents, and staff in response to concerns, and handling complex situations including student crises.
• Performing other related work as needed.

Minimum qualifications include a college or university degree in a related field and 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a bachelors or masters degree in a related field, minimum 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline, background with transfer student retention and success strategies, familiarity with university structures and functions, understanding of intersectional identities and diverse student needs, proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook, and online organizational tools, familiarity with Adobe graphic design/web development environments, and knowledge of best practices in supporting transfer students. Preferred competencies include strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent editing/proofreading, handling multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities, attention to detail and meeting deadlines, a focus on building relationships and community through programming, the ability to work autonomously, strong problem-solving skills, maintaining confidentiality/discretion at all times, handling stressful situations, critical thinking skills, and creativity.

• Sick and Personal Leave
• Teachers Retirement System (TRS) - Standard Board Contribution is .58%
• Medical, Vision and Dental
  • Single - Board Contribution is 80%
  • Single + 1 - Board Contribution is 60%
  • Family - Board Contribution is 50%
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance - Board Contribution is 100%
• LTD Insurance - Board Contribution is 100%

• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• 403(b) and 457(b)

• Fully certified teacher with a current Illinois Professional Educator License (LBS1 Preferred, Type 73 School Psychologist or School Social Worker).
• Successful experience teaching students with disabilities for three (3) or more years.
• Experience developing and implementing Individual Education Plans (IEPs)

• Disseminate information from district office to building level staff regarding IEP compliance, local or district initiatives, and priorities at the federal, state, and regional level as related to special education services.
• Work collaboratively with others to provide clear, consistent and compliant information about instruction to support students with IEPs.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and lead teams
• Ability to facilitate problem solving teams and IEP meetings
• Actively participate in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).
• Serve as the Local Education Agency (LEA) for student meetings related to a student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
• Provide technical assistance and training in IEP implementation and compliance.
• Collaborate with colleagues, parents, school and district regarding least restrictive environment (LRE), student placements and continuum of services.
• Review IEPs for compliance issues and collaborate with staff to make necessary changes.
• Assist teams with analyzing student data to improve student outcomes.
• Support testing accommodation set up for all students that are provided accommodations.
• Assist teams on collaboration with general education teachers to ensure inclusion and success of student in the general education classroom
• Support staff in developing IEPS using data in all areas of decision-making.
• Meets established goals and objectives for allocated projects within designated timeframes.
• Demonstrate flexibility to meet the needs of students and staff
• Support District committees, as needed

• Use the University's content management system to edit and maintain webpages and add tags to pages.
• Assist team members in updating and maintaining the website's information architecture.
• Put together bulk email messages using pre-made templates.
• Conduct research on various web projects.
• Pitch and recommend new ideas during team brainstorms.
• Troubleshoot errors and problems, when necessary.
• Assisting with WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards and caption requirements for documents, forms and webpages.

• Must be an undergraduate student (sophomore, junior or senior) currently pursuing a degree in computer science, marketing or communications.
• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment, accomplish multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Preferred to have some knowledge of scripting languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) or at least an appreciation of and a desire to learn these languages.
• Possess basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and Internet search capability. Additional knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
• Have excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Have strong attention to detail.