Job description
Throughout the academic year, participants receive individual peer-led tutoring, academic performance stipends, college campus visits, fine arts enrichment activities, cultural field trips, a financial aid seminar, leadership training, and ACT preparation instruction.
During the summer, participants take part in a college immersion experience. While living in the SFCC residence hall, students have the opportunity to attend classes in Math, Literature and Composition, Foreign Language and Culture, Laboratory Science, Computer Technology, Weight Training, Aerobics, Study Skills, Studio Art, and Theatre. After completing the summer component, participants may receive 1 elective credit and/or a ½ P.E. credit, and the opportunity to enjoy an out-of-state cultural reward trip.
Academic performance and college readiness are key aspects of the SFCC Upward Bound program. SFCC Upward Bound students, on average achieve ACT scores 15% above the state-wide average, resulting in an average Upward Bound participants ACT score of 25. The program has visited over 30 colleges, allowing students the opportunity to attain an on-the-ground experience at major colleges throughout the Midwest. SFCC Upward Bound graduates are currently attending colleges across the country.
Upward Bound provides service to 110+ students attending Smith-Cotton High School, Camdenton High School, and Eldon High School. There is no cost to the participant or to the family. To qualify, applicants must meet one of the following criteria: be a first-generation college student (cannot reside with a natural/adoptive parent who has a bachelor’s degree)-or- be at-risk for academic failure -or- must meet a federally regulated income guideline set annually by the federal government. Upward Bound recruits new participants each year.
Since UB students are minors, the program staff has the responsibility for constant and close supervision to ensure students' well-being. Beyond supervision, staff are required to do planning and preparation, to lead or actively participate in tutoring, and all extra-curricular activities. Unlike the position of a college RA, this job requires continuous interaction with students and allows little to no personal time Monday-Friday. To be most successful, resident assistant/tutors must be selflessly dedicated to working with the young people in their charge and have extraordinary patience and stamina.
A. Residence Hall
Work in conjunction with other residential staff to provide personal, social, or skill development programming for 50 program participants.- Monitor conditions of the residence hall rooms and report any problems.
- Regulate student behavior and take disciplinary action according to the program Student Handbook. Communicate all problems promptly to the Program Director and/or Academic Coordinator.
- Ensure that there is no traffic between the girls' and boys' floors.
B. Supplemental Instruction / Tutoring
- Work with other residential staff to organize and provide Supplemental Instruction/tutoring for supervised study 1.5 hours each evening.
- Communicate regularly with faculty concerning Supplemental Instruction/tutoring needs and academic progress of students.
C. Activities
- Attend daily and weekly RA staff meetings.
- Provide or assist with an elective activity and an athletic activity.
- Supervise students during all meal times, free times, elective activities, athletic activities, study hours, and weekly reward trips.
- Assist instructors as needed.
- Be on call to assist with classes or emergencies.
- Transport students as needed in SFCC cars or vans.
- Be responsible for gathering and returning equipment, vehicles, or supplies used in program activities.
- Run errands and shop for supplies.
- Attend Resident Assistant Training, June 5 - 9, 2023.
- Work the entirety of the Summer Academy, June 11 – July 21, 2023.
- Attend the End of Summer Cultural Reward Trip, July 23 – 28, 2023.
D. Expectation for Participation
- Maintain appropriate physical proximity to students; interact with students.
- Model appropriate behavior; model participation in activities.
- Positively reinforce appropriate behavior and restrict student behaviors, which are inappropriate; respond to any student's gross motor, verbal, or emotional behaviors, which may jeopardize the safety of the student or others.
- Memorize, follow, and enforce all program and State Fair Community College policies.
- Promptly communicate needs and concerns to appropriate staff.
The preceding duties have been provided as examples of the essential types of work performed by positions within this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments as needed.
- Undergraduate student currently attending a college/university; strong academic record.
- Valid driver's license.
- Prefer experience working with economically and educationally disadvantaged youth.
- Prefer experience of overcoming barriers similar to those faced by program participants.
- Prefer prior campus leadership, residential advisor, or camp advisor experience.
Employment will require a criminal background check at College Expense
AA Statement: SFCC is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of State Fair Community College not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry, national origin, or veteran status in its educational programs, activities or employment as required by law in regard to admissions, awarding financial aid, access to courses and programs, and all student services as well as the recruitment, admission and retention of students.
As part of our enduring commitment to inclusive excellence on our campus, State Fair Community College, is a member of the Greater Missouri Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC). HERC supports job seekers through the higher education job search process and it supports institutions in their efforts to create inclusive recruitment, hiring, and retention practices for staff and faculty.
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