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Position Details:

Primary work location is in Wellpinit, WA: 3 days a week, Inchelium, WA: 1 day a week, and remote 1 day a week with occasional travel to WSU Spokane or field trips.

The Opportunity:

Duties & Responsibilities Include:

Upward Bound Program Coordination and Implementation at Wellpinit High School: 45%

Support a caseload of 10-25 Wellpinit HS students toward post-secondary completion by:

• Developing and delivering academic year workshops, student meetings, college access curriculum and college success skills training to students and parent/community outreach events.
• Chaperoning campus visits and other full day and overnight educational field trips.
• Providing one-on-one college access advising to assist high school students in college access and degree completion.
• Monitoring student progress, coordinating and delivering academic tutoring for students as needed.
• Developing and maintaining partnerships with school administrators and staff and collaborate with a wide variety of community partners to support college access for students.
• Documenting all student contacts and maintaining accurate records of expenditures for grant reporting purposes.
• As part of the UB team, designing and supervising a 6-week summer program including full day and residential components both locally and involving travel.

MESA Student Programming and Outreach, Inchelium MS/HS: 20%

• Oversee a cohort of students from grades 6-12 at Inchelium MS/HS, specifically a class per grade, plus high school “at-large” students from the program who are not enrolled in a MESA class.
• Advise and facilitate a MESA/MESA CTSO club after school.
• In support of classroom instruction, this position will schedule, arrange and provide supervision of various academic enrichment and support programs and events including in-class MESA STEM lessons; field trips to regional college campuses; Regional, State, and National MESA Day competitions; and co-facilitating MESA teacher professional development workshops with the Spokane MESA team

Upward Bound Alumni and Mentorship Project Development for Mary Walker, Wellpinit, and Columbia High Schools: 10%

With support from the team, research and design an Upward Bound Alumni and Mentorship Project by:

• Managing social media, outreach, and resources for UB alumni.
• Creating both virtual and in-person events and activities that bring alumni and current UB high school students together for mentorship opportunities and to build college going culture in all three target schools.
• Creating and maintain assessment and evaluation for the project for reporting and development.

MESA Coordination: 10%

• Organize and implement the Spokane MESA program in accordance with the local and statewide curriculum guidelines.
• Develop and maintain relationships with school personnel and community groups etc. to facilitate communication and cooperative efforts which ensure optimal success for student participants.
• Collaborate with and advise area professionals who are recruited to mentor student participants and assist with events.
• Work in partnership with college support programs and community partners to educate students on their post-secondary opportunities in STEM.
• Under direction, and working collaboratively with team members, collect and disseminate data needed for reports, proposals, budgets, and grants pertaining to program goals, achievements, and evaluations.
• Assist in the development of program evaluations to enhance program and participant opportunities and outcomes.

Training & Collaboration: 10%

• Develop and maintain big picture understanding of the TRIO family of college access programs and collaborate with state, regional, and/or national organization activities.
• Attend annual TRIO conferences.
• Participate in virtual and in-person training.
• Engage in personal professional development and training in the aspects of the MESA program and the platforms used in the National Engineering Design Challenge, as well as MESA STEM Curriculum.
• In collaboration with other staff, compile alumni data and connect with alumni as well as the volunteer corps through newsletters, social media, LinkedIn, and email.
• Collaborate with the MESA team on Teacher Professional Development and whole staff site visits to Inchelium.

Other: 5%

• Upward Bound and MESA staff meetings and one-on-one meetings with the Directors.
• Serve on committees as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned by Upward Bound or MESA

Required Qualifications:

Positions require a Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of professional work experience in student services or related education/experience. A Master’s degree in a related field may substitute for one (1) year of professional work experience. Any combination of relevant education and professional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year‐for‐year basis.