Academic Coach & Tutor Coordinator

Summary:

The Student-Athlete Coach and Tutor Coordinator counsels and guides VCU's student-athletes to help them achieve educational success. This position optimizes the academic experience of student-athletes throughout their entire educational career at VCU through a combination of teaching, tutoring, and individualized academic coaching.

Typical Duties

• Teach a minimum of one section in the fall and one in the spring of UNIV 1XX or 2XX courses;
• Create and teach monthly study skills seminar series;
• Collaborate with other academic coaches on campus to provide academic support programming;
• Meet individually with student-athletes to help them develop learning strategies, goal setting and time management skills;
• Provide tutoring services when appropriate;
• Maintain accurate and detailed written documentation for each student-athlete during their course of stay at VCU, as required by the NCAA;
• Inform and train tutors on NCAA and VCU Honor Code guidelines through mandatory monthly training sessions;
• Conduct ongoing needs assessments to identify areas and courses in which tutoring should be offered;
• Continue to develop plans for improving individual and group tutoring programs;
• Hire, train, and supervise a qualified pool of undergraduate and graduate tutors;
• Utilize the tracking system to monitor usage of tutorial services and make adjustments in services according to demand;
• Monitor tutoring and computer use in the lab, which includes ongoing documentation of these activities;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the tutoring program through the implementation of an assessment plan and provide end of the semester data reports to the supervisor;
• Maintain national certifications for the tutorial program;
• Supervise and create drop-in tutoring sessions; and
• Handle other relevant academic and administrative duties, as assigned. Some work assignments and/or event participation will require weekend and/or evening hours.

Typical Education and Experience

• An advanced degree or education and relevant work experience equating to an advanced degree;
• Experience working with student-athletes at a large, diverse, urban, NCAA Division l university;
• Knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations;
• Demonstrated ability to motivate student-athletes toward academic achievement;
• Tutoring experience in a culturally diverse university environment with student-athletes of varying academic ability level;
• Excellent written, interpersonal, and oral communication skills;
• Must be available to work some evening and/or weekend hours, as needed; and
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.

Preferred Hiring Standards:

• A Master's degree in social work, counseling, higher education administration, sport leadership, humanities, or a related field;
• Personal student-athlete collegiate experience;
• Experience working in a University learning center or other related support activity; and
• Experience teaching or leading workshops.

Job Specific Physical and Cognitive Requirements

Light lifting; pulling/pushing; standing; sitting; repetitive motion; walking; reaching; bending.

Fast pace; multiple stimuli; intense customer interaction; frequent change.

Memory; reasoning; hearing; reading; analyzing; logic; verbal communications; written communications.

Salary Range: up to $45,000



Position Details:

Department: Athletics
Employment Type: UF - University Employee FT
Restricted Status: No
FTE: 1
Exemption Status: Exempt



Contact Information:

Contact Name: Kasey Mattison

Contact Email: ksmattison@vcu.edu

Contact Phone: 804-828-1654