SUMMARY Provides personal, academic, and career advising to potential and current program participants/ students. Conducts individual and group workshops. Collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure optimum support. Generates and coordinates outreach activities. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provides academic, career, and personal advising to potential and current program participants/students Assists with identifying and selecting new participants Develops Educational Plans, monitors participants’ progress, refers participants to counseling as needed Assists students with completing financial aid and scholarship applications, writing essays, and forming attainable academic and career plans Maintains accurate and timely documentation of all necessary data to ensure compliance with the U.S. Department of Education Conducts individual and group program-engagement sessions Meets regularly with staff for participant and program evaluations Meets with faculty regarding participants’ progress and course content/material, as needed Works collaboratively with the Student Counseling department to ensure attentive and efficient student referrals when needed Assists with the development of the departmental newsletters and other correspondence as needed May attend College-wide meetings, workshops, and conferences as directed Assists with metric tracking and report preparation Performs other duties as assigned