Several Positions with College Track, Oakland

College Track, Oakland is hiring!

Who we are:
College Track is an after-school, college preparatory program that helps students from under-resourced communities nationwide graduate from high school and succeed in college. College Track does this by setting high expectations for student achievement
and offering a variety of programs in our three core service areas: Academic Affairs, Student Life, and College Affairs. Currently, College Track serves over 900 high school students at five centers: East Palo Alto, Downtown Oakland, San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood, New Orleans, LA and Aurora, CO. In addition, College Track’s 275 college students attend more than 60 colleges and universities throughout California and across the country.

Core Services:
College Track aims to be the catalyst for change for under-resourced high school students who are motivated to earn a college degree. Our students are primarily low-income, ethnically diverse students who reflect the communities in which they live and who are drastically underrepresented at colleges and universities across the country. All of College Track’s programs for high school and college students are designed to ensure that each student graduates from high school eligible to attend and prepared to succeed in the college of choice. To learn more about us, please visit www.collegetrack.org.

Advisory Leader
Position Summary:
The goal of the College Affairs Program is to help our students gain admission to the college or university of their choice. Advisory is a 70 minute workshop designed to introduce students to the college system and expose them to all aspects of the admissions process. Advisory is an informal class of no more than 14 high school students that meets about 11 times each semester. Advisory Curriculum is taught by the AL and uses a variety of interactive teaching styles to cover themes of making good choices, the college system, financial awareness & paying for college, and
career exploration. ALs meet with the same student cohort all semester and will receive an Advisory Curriculum binder with clear objectives and complete lesson plans for each session. ALs are welcomed to modify and personalize curriculum for their class with prior approval from the College Affairs Director.

Key Responsibilities Include:
• Facilitate weekly advisory workshop(s)
• Compile, prepare and maintain workshop curriculum and materials
• Track and report student attendance in activities to ensure that student requirements are met.
Salary: $14.00-20.00/hr. DOE
To apply: Submit cover letter and resume to caoakintern@collegetrack.org, CC: shria@collegetrack.org

Senior Advisor
Positon Summary:
The ideal Senior Advisor is a reliable, patient, flexible, and persistent college graduate. Our high school seniors are great kids motivated to succeed and still learning adult behaviors like time management and professionalism. We are
looking for Advisors who can model these behaviors while guiding students through the college application and financial aid process. Advisors should also be skilled in working with diverse populations; persons of color are encouraged to apply. This is a year-long commitment that requires 2 or more hours every week or two, depending on need.

Key Responsibilities include:
-­‐ helping their assigned student to:
o edit his/her college essay
o create a smart college list,
o apply for scholarships and financial aid
o complete college applications.

This is a volunteer position.
To apply: Submit cover letter and resume to caoakintern@collegetrack.org, CC: shria@collegetrack.org

College Affairs Help Desk Counselor
Position Summary:
The goal of the College Affairs Program is to help our students gain admission to the college or university of their choice. The Help Desk Counselor will meet with students to help them complete scholarship applications, complete various online applications, and work on essays. In addition, the counselor will edit students' work for clarity, content and correctness. Volunteers must demonstrate strong written and verbal skills, pay close attention to detail, be well organized and have excellent command of spelling, English grammar and punctuation.

Key Responsibilities Include:
- Support and guide students in researching scholarships.
- Create and Update online college profiles.
- Edit students’ essays.
- Record student interaction on online database.

This is a volunteer position
To apply: Submit cover letter and resume to caoakintern@collegetrack.org, CC: shria@collegetrack.org

Volunteer Academic Tutor
Position Summary:
We count a dedicated group of volunteers to help us achieve our mission of expanding educational opportunities and college access to all students. Academic tutors generally commit to volunteering at least one day a week between the hours of 4 and 7pm, or on Saturdays between the hours of 9am and 12pm. Tutors coach students in math, English, and other core subjects. There is a high demand for upper level math tutors, science tutors, and Mandarin, Cantonese, and French language tutors.

Key Responsibilities include:
- Attend the bi-annual tutor orientation sessions prior to the start of the Fall and Spring semesters.
- Attend quarterly tutor meetings with the Director of Academic Affairs.
- Conduct one-on-one tutoring sessions with students on Academic Probation.
- Participate in at least one self-evaluation per semester.
- Assist in creating a safe and conducive environment for students to learn and study.
- Refer to the Academic Affairs Director or Tutoring Coordinator with issues related to students’ academic,
personal and/or behavioral performance.
- Monitor assigned students in areas of productivity and attendance. Report concerns to the Academic
Affairs Director or Tutoring Coordinator.
Qualifications
- Experience working with high school students preferred but not required.
- Previous tutoring experience.
- Specialized in one or more core high school subject areas. (Dual subject strengths preferred.)
- Familiarity with effective study skills strategies highly desirable.
- Experience working with and an understanding of issues related to racial, ethnic, class, and gender equity
in education for students at the secondary and post secondary levels.
- Clear criminal record check and TB test

This is a volunteer position.
To apply, submit cover letter and resume to cborbon@collegetrack.org