Director of Student Success Initiatives

6 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States City Colleges of Chicago Full time

Unlock Your Potential in Education

As the Director of Student Success Initiatives at City Colleges of Chicago, you will play a vital role in promoting student retention, success, development, and enhanced learning opportunities. This dynamic position requires collaboration with key stakeholders to support district-wide initiatives that address the challenges hindering student success.

The successful candidate will work closely with college administrators across campuses to ensure equitable tutoring resources district-wide, leading to increased student-success rates across the district. Key responsibilities include:

  1. Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategies for academic student support projects designed to address foundational or developmental educational level needs.
  2. Campus Collaboration: Collaborate with college departments, faculty, and administrators to support Adult Education bridge programming and developmental education efforts.
  3. Process Development: Work closely with Faculty Developmental Education committees to establish and maintain college-level processes supporting developmental education students in successfully completing college-level coursework.
  4. Tutoring Implementation: Implement initiatives to ensure the provision of academic support services across campuses equitably, including embedded tutoring for developmental education coursework and test prep for early college placement exams.
  5. Reporting and Analysis: Develop and implement standardized reporting practices district-wide to ensure accurate and consistent monitoring and tracking of student tutoring usage.

About You: We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a Master's degree in a relevant academic field and five years of work experience in higher education, preferably in a role supporting student success. The ideal candidate should have three years of experience in tutoring at the undergraduate level, with at least one year managing tutors and/or tutoring processes. Bilingual candidates are preferred. Experience in developing or implementing programs providing academic support to students with foundational or developmental educational level needs is highly desirable.

What We Offer: As a valued member of our team, you will receive an excellent health and welfare benefit package, long-term savings and investment programs, generous vacation, holiday, personal, and sick days, and tuition reimbursement. A salary range of $73,000 - $93,000 per annum is expected based on qualifications and experience. Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire.



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