Learning Specialist at Jacksonville State University in JACKSONVILLE, Alabama
Posted in Other 6 days ago.
Job Description:
Job no: 497393
Work type: Full Time
Location: Jacksonville, AL (Main Campus)
Categories: Staff
Department:
Student Success Center
Requested Start Date:
February 1, 2025
Normal Work Schedule:
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, some evenings and weekends required
Salary:
Up to $55,290.00, commensurate with experience
Job Summary:
As part of a holistic strategic effort to support at-risk student athletes, this position provides individualized student support programming efforts that centers around learning strategies and academic skills. The Learning Specialist functions to ensure assigned students understand assignments in their courses, help them to develop an organizational system that will facilitate success in their courses, assists students in areas where there are some cognitive deficiencies, and helps coordinate with assigned academic counselors, tutors, and other Student Athlete Academic Support Team members to guarantee at-risk student athletes receive proper academic assistance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary learning specialist for a specific group of student-athletes.
- Provide academic support for academically at-risk student-athletes on an individualized basis with an emphasis on academic skill development.
- Ensure assigned students understand assignments in their courses, help them to develop an organizational system that will facilitate success in their courses, assist students in areas where there are cognitive deficiencies, and help coordinate with assigned assistant learning specialists, mentors and tutors to make sure they are receiving proper academic assistance.
- Implements and develops certain initiatives that promote equitable learning environments for all student-athletes
- Manages a high-impact educational assistant program. Follows best practices and current research regarding strategies around student success, learning resources, and student support.
- After each appointment, the Lead Learning Specialist will log a report in JSU Navigate detailing what took place during each session to ensure compliance with JSU, CUSA, and NCAA rules and regulations.
- Provide quality and report any potential and actual JSU, CUSA, and/or NCAA infractions to the Vice Provost for Student Success and Senior Executive for the Student Athlete Experience
- Ensure compliance with the NCAA, CUSA, and institutional rules and regulations regarding academic advising and support.
- Administer the Nelson Denny and other screening assessments to identified underprepared and/or at risk student athletes.
- If necessary, coordinate psychoeducational assessments for student athletes with identified needs with Vice Provost for Student Success and Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Services
- Performs other duties as assigned
Required Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Education, Psychometry, Psychology, Sports Psychology, English, Math, Linguistics, or related field
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two (2) or more years of experience as a learning specialist with NCAA Division I student athletes.
Required Documents:
Employee Benefits:
JSU strives to provide great quality of life to our employees through an attractive, competitive benefits package for our full-time faculty and staff. These benefits enhance your salary as a JSU employee and are part of your total compensation package. Benefits include:
For additional information regarding benefits, please visit our website.
Clery Notice: In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, https://clerycenter.org/policy-resources/the-clery-act/ the Jacksonville State University Police provide information on crimes statistics, crime prevention, law enforcement, crime reporting, and other related issues for the past three calendar years. The JSU Annual Campus Security and Fire Report is available online at https://www.jsu.edu/police/docs/cleryannualreport.pdf
Equal Employment Opportunity: JSU is an Equal Employment, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Advertised: Dec 13 2024 Central Standard Time
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