DescriptionSierra College is committed to ensuring equitable outcomes for students. Under the administrative direction of the Dean of Student Services or assigned administrator, the Supervisor of Rising Scholars supervises, provides support, and coordinates the development, implementation, and evaluation of activities designed to increase juvenile justice-involved students’ access, retention, persistence, and completion. Rising Scholars to strengthen K-12 pathways to Sierra College for juvenile justice-impacted students, as well as increase student transfer to the University of California, the California State University systems, or other four-year independent colleges/universities.
The Supervisor of Rising Scholars performs a full range of administrative, programmatic, and technical duties and services supporting justice-impacted students interested in or attending Sierra College.
The Supervisor oversees and coordinates assigned functions, activities, and services of the Rising Scholars Program, as well as participates in the daily activities of providing juvenile justice-impacted students with specialized information, assistance, support, connections, referrals, and training. The Supervisor also partners with campus stakeholders and community organizations to provide resources and deliver services for justice-impacted students; effect a student-centered support ecosystem; maximize justice-impacted students’ access to all available support services; and promote student equity, success, retention, and completion by removing structural and systemic barriers to degree and credential attainment. The Supervisor effectively engages in partnership development, grant management, and reporting duties in support of the Rising Scholars Program, and the position requires maintaining currency regarding topical issues, emerging strategies, best practices, and local, state, and federal policies related to justice-impacted students.
Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty, staff, and students and values the rich, diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. The Supervisor of Rising Scholars must demonstrate a profound understanding of successfully supporting individuals with varying and diverse backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, various gender identities and sexual orientations, individuals from historically underrepresented communities, and other groups. The Supervisor of Rising Scholars will effectively ensure the district develops and provides strategies for justice-impacted student success, as well as proactive, student-centered practices and policies committed to eliminating equity gaps.
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Examples Of Functions and Tasks REPRESENTATIVE FUNCTIONS: 1. Coordinates and provides critical resources, essential activities, proactive support, and holistic services associated with the entire student journey for juvenile justice-impacted students.
2. Work with faculty and staff to potentially develop clearly structured, coherent course-specific cohorts and/or educational pathways and dual enrollment courses inside juvenile detention facilities including UC and CSU transferable coursework.
3. Develop and implement methods to identify and serve students who meet Rising Scholars project guidelines, assessing their needs and providing programming to address them
4. Ensure prospective Rising Scholars students complete the onboarding experience, including completing admissions/financial aid applications, navigating campus technology platforms, and enrollment processes.
5. Collaborates with Admissions and Records and other Student Services areas to assist with the onboarding and continued enrollment and support of Rising Scholars students.
6. Develops, implements, supervises, and performs the daily functions and programming for Rising Scholar students in partnership with campus departments.
7. Establishes, maintains, and further develops local and regional partnerships with community agencies, especially to improve and offer service delivery; develops and implements culturally inclusive communication protocols, services, and programs that support the success of juvenile justice-impacted students.
8. Work closely with Basic Needs Center and external partners to ensure a range of academic and non-academic student supports as described in the Rising Scholars Grant, including but not limited to books and supplies, tuition, fees, stipends, food, transportation, and potentially housing.
9. Develops, coordinates, and delivers training, professional development activities, and related workshops for District employees, student ambassadors, and external partners to work with juvenile justice-impacted students in a trauma-informed manner.
10. Coordinates and procures trauma and culturally informed mental health and basic needs support services for juvenile justice-impacted students, including through partnerships on campus or through external agencies.
11. Maintains clear, consistent, and effective coordination and communication, as well as cohesive and substantial partnerships, with district faculty, staff, students, and external organizations to successfully coordinate activities and programs, improve services, resolve issues, and exchange information; advises, provides guidance, and prepares and delivers presentations on issues pertaining to juvenile justice-impacted students.
12. Provide proactive, personalized support to juvenile justice-impacted students by connecting and meeting with them and their families on a regular basis at all District locations (Rocklin, Roseville, Nevada County, and Tahoe-Truckee), as well as off-campus as needed.
13. Creates, authors, and develops culturally-inclusive outreach and recruitment communications in print, electronic, web and social media formats; maintains a virtual presence and online services for juvenile justice-impacted students; develops and provides comprehensive recruitment strategies and services, especially in partnership with external educational, nonprofit organizations, Placer County Office of Education, and Placer County probation, for juvenile justice-impacted students.
14. Provides comprehensive, in-depth program information through individual meetings, group information sessions, admissions workshops, and panel discussions to diverse populations; maintains an equity-minded and intersectional focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity towards disproportionately impacted communities.
15. In consultation with the assigned Administrator, manages administrative, compliance, development, and reporting aspects of assigned budgets, grants, and subgrants from program agencies and cooperative educational partners, including procurement and contracting processes; analyzes and reviews assigned budgetary and financial data; authorizes expenditures in accordance with established limitations and institutional timelines.
16. Plans, facilitates, and coordinates events, including relevant conferences, educational summits, and outreach activities with K-12 districts and other on campus and external partners.
17. Participates in the development and implementation of equity-informed goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for juvenile justice-impacted students; develops and standardizes procedures and methods to improve and continuously monitor and assess the effectiveness of services provided; identifies opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations to assigned administrative supervisor; initiates, oversees, and directs the collection of student data to measure and evaluate
student success juvenile justice-impacted students; prepares and maintains assigned narrative, financial, and statistical reports.
18. Develop, implement, and maintain systems to ensure compliance with program eligibility standards.
19. Establishes partnerships and maintains relationships with school district officials, community leaders, various organizations, and public agencies to encourage participation, coordinate campus projects with assigned center activities, and improve service delivery.
20. Trains, supervises, and evaluates the performance of assigned staff or student workers; interviews and selects employees and student workers utilizing an equity-minded lens.
21. May chaperone Rising Scholars students during travel to conferences and other professional and para-professional development activities.
22. Establishes and maintains confidential and sensitive records (including student records); maintains complex, interrelated filing systems; and ensures confidentiality of information.
23. Develops yearly calendar of collaborative events, workshops, and other schedules related to assigned activities and services; reviews, updates, and informs others of essential timelines; coordinates, facilitates, and delivers assigned activities; ensures the timely completion of work in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards.
24. Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: The following describes the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to enter the job and successfully perform the assigned duties.
Education and Experience Guidelines: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: Three years of experience working in a social service environment, a community service organization, a community college or educational institution, or related position.
Education: An Associate’s degree or higher from an accredited college of university
Knowledge of:• The needs of historically underrepresented and disproportionately impacted students in higher education, and more specifically, justice-impacted students.
• Current best practices and trends for providing justice-impacted support services, including equity-focused, trauma-informed, and culturally-responsive practices, in a community college or similar setting.
• Strategies, processes, and practices in case management techniques in higher education, especially in facilitating equity-minded services, support of basic needs, and financial aid.
• Role of higher education, and specifically community colleges, in supporting marginalized populations.
• Methods to successfully support individuals with varying backgrounds, which include persons with disabilities, various gender identities, various sexual orientations, individuals from historically underrepresented communities, and other groups.
• Personnel management practices and techniques of supervision and staff evaluation.
• Current higher education equity-based retention and success trends.
• Database management, student information systems, statistical data interpretation, and the application of information technology to student success.
• Collaborative problem-solving and conflict resolution techniques.
• Accounting and budgeting methods, audit procedures, statistics, and data interpretation.
• Management and leadership concepts and practices, including change management and organizational and motivational techniques.
• Employment processes, collective bargaining processes, data collection, and report writing.
• Safety practices.
Ability to:• Coordinate, oversee, and facilitate the daily operations and activities of the Rising Scholars Program.
• Envision, develop and maintain short and long-term strategic plans for increasing access and success of juvenile justice-impacted students.
• Work directly with juvenile justice-impacted students to support their unique needs and educational journey.
• Perform specialized, technical, and complex programmatic and administrative duties that require independent judgment and personal initiative.
• Understand the organization and operation of the District and outside agencies as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities.
• Apply an equity-minded framework and ensure programs, services, and processes are designed and delivered to meet the varying needs of all students.
• Understand, interpret, apply, explain, and ensure compliance with administrative and office policies and procedures as well as pertinent laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Use technical concepts and basic program management tools and techniques to coordinate the Rising Scholars Program and solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.
• Develop recommendations for problematic areas and implement and monitor changes.
• Participate in the development and administration of policies and procedures.
• Provide specialized assistance, training, and information to students, faculty, administrators, staff, and the public concerning international, undocumented, and immigration-impacted students;
• Coordinate and conduct workshops, seminars, special events, class presentations, orientations, and tours in a culturally inclusive manner.
• Determine the best connection, referral, and support plan for students.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with local and regional businesses and community organizations.
• Participate in the preparation and administration of assigned budgets.
• Exercise skills that emphasize collaboration, consensus building, conflict resolution, and problem-solving.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Research, compile, analyze, and interpret data and information.
• Compose and prepare correspondence and written materials related to assigned activities.
• Exercise good judgment and discretion in analyzing and resolving confidential, difficult, and sensitive situations.
• Train and provide work guidance to others.
• Plan, organize, and assign work to meet schedules and changing deadlines.
• Adapt to changing technologies and learn the functionality of new equipment and systems.
• Operate office equipment, including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Work independently and effectively in the absence of supervision.
• Work under steady pressure with frequent interruptions and a high degree of public contact by phone or in person.
• Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse racial, ethnic, ability status, sexual orientation, and cultural populations of community college students.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing to meet the needs of the supported programs.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Supplemental InformationWHY SIERRA? - One of Aspen Institute’s Top 150 Community Colleges in the nation
- The Accrediting Commission recognized Sierra “for its exemplary practice of providing personnel with opportunities for continued professional development in order to meet its mission.” This includes providing students and employees with a robust set of programs, events, and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our students, etc.
- Public Employee’s Retirement System (PERS)
- 18 paid holidays (including extended time off during the winter break)
- 22 accrued paid vacation days per year (vacation accrual increases over time)
- Competitive benefits package
- Currently during summers, some employee groups participate in 4x10 schedules
- Qualifying Employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (in most cases)
Sierra College is a Community College located near Sacramento, California where a heavy emphasis is placed on academic excellence and student success. Since its founding in 1936, Sierra College has focused on quality instruction and meeting the evolving needs of the students and communities that it serves. The Sierra Community College District covers more than 3,200 square miles and serves the Northern California foothill counties of Placer and Nevada, as well as parts of El Dorado and Sacramento. We serve over 17,000 students throughout the region in both on-ground and online courses, including students at our main Rocklin Campus as well as at three centers located in Grass Valley, Tahoe/Truckee, and Roseville. Our District prides itself on academic excellence.
Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty, staff, and students and values the rich, diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. A strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds. This includes persons with disabilities, various gender identities and sexual orientations, as well as individuals from historically underrepresented communities and other groups. Our District is committed to providing strategies for success and proactive student-centered practices and policies focused on eliminating equity gaps to ensure the District provides an inclusive educational and employment environment focused on strategies for success and equitable outcomes for all.
As an institution, Sierra College is committed to eliminating the equity gap in all student populations with dynamic, learner-centered practices and policies that fully engage the college community. The ideal candidate will share the College’s commitment to helping its racially and socioeconomically diverse students succeed in their degree and career objectives. Currently, Sierra College enrolls 17,800 students per term, where approximately: 23% of Sierra College’s students are Latin(o)(a)(x)(e), 3% are African-American/Black, 2% are Filipino, 6% are Asian, 1% are American Indian/Alaskan Native, 8% are Multiethnic and 55% are White.
The successful candidate will join a College dedicated to the use of culturally responsive strategies and methods that meet the varying needs of our students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community. Sierra College demonstrates its commitment to equity by supporting ongoing professional development for students, faculty, and staff. These opportunities include trainings and workshops on equity and inclusion, active Academic Senate standing committees concerned with student success and equity, a Presidential Equity Advisory Committee (PEAC), culturally responsive student engagement centers, support for our undocumented and AB540 students, campus-wide equity summits, a robust set of programs, events, and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our diverse students.
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- Applicant Support is available between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.
Helpful Tip:Please note that as described above a strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds; and therefore, hiring committees assess candidates for these knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Applicants may want to consider incorporating culturally-inclusive/equity-minded strategies practiced and/or evidence of the responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, socioeconomic, and cultural diversity of community college student populations throughout their application materials (including application and documents uploaded, if any).
Please see the Sierra College website for additional helpful tips and tools for prospective applicants .
Travel expenses may be partially reimbursed for candidates traveling beyond a 150 mile radius for second round interviews. All other travel expenses will be borne by the candidate (if in person interviews).Terms and Conditions of Employment: Other terms and conditions of employment are specified in the applicable collective bargaining agreements on file in the District Human Resources Department. Position description of record on file in the Human Resources Department.
*Sierra Community College District currently operates campuses in Rocklin, Roseville, Truckee and Grass Valley. In its management of a multi-campus environment, the District reserves right of assignment including the right to change assignment locations and shift assignments based on District need. Although this position may currently reside at the Rocklin campus, the assignment location may be subject to change as needed. Additionally, the district reserves the right to cancel, revise or re-announce this position as well as any and all positions at any time.
EEO / TITLE IX EMPLOYERSierra College is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to nondiscrimination and the achievement of diversity and equity among its faculty, staff, and students. Persons with inquiries about the application of Title IX and/or EEO may contact the Director of Diversity, EEO & Title IX (Title IX Coordinator) at the address below, at (916) 660-7006 or via email at EEOT9@sierracollege.edu .
Persons with questions regarding reasonable accommodation of physical and other disabilities should contact the Sierra College Human Resources Department at (916) 660-7105.
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Sierra Community College offers benefit packages to full-time employees including: family coverage health, dental and vision insurance, Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS) OR State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) retirement, income protection, life insurance, sick leave, vacation, and holidays as provided according to District policy.
Closing Date/Time: 9/15/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
