Academic Coach

Details:
Posted: October 10, 2025
Level: Educational Assistant
Hours:
Part-time up to 17 hours per week
Closing Date: Open until filled, with priority consideration given to applicants who submit materials
by October 22, 2025.

Location:
CT State Naugatuck Valley
750 Chase Pkwy, Waterbury,
CT06708
This position is not remote
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CT State
Community College Mission:
Connecticut State Community College provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and
training focused on student success. The college supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes
equity, and advances positive change for the students, communities and industries it serves.

CT State Community College
Vision:
Connecticut State Community College is recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership and transformative
collaboration with business and industry, government, educational and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for
Connecticut’s citizens and communities.

CT State Community Equity Statement:
Connecticut State Community College commits to
bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers;
establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance
racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the
world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date:
November 2025

Position
Summary:
Academic Coach provides academic, as well as social and emotional learning, curriculum to our Upward Bound scholars. The
Academic Coach’s main function is to work with students to guide them towards the knowledge and personal resilience that they will need to
successfully navigate their high school career and then to matriculate to an institution of higher learning.

Example of Job
Duties:
Under the direction of the Upward Bound Director, the Academic Coach is responsible for effective performance in these
essential duties:

• Provide academic coaching through individual or group sessions
• Assess students’ learning needs and develop
  academic success plans to help students
• achieve their academic goals.
• Instruct students on individualized academic
  strategies including recommending and modeling effective time management and organization skills, goal setting, note-taking, test
  taking/studying, and effective reading and writing strategies
• Monitor students’ progress with regular check-ins, scheduled meetings,
  and proactive outreach and communication.
• Motivate students to practice self-regulation, self-advocacy, and taking ownership of
  their academic success.
• Help students identify, develop, and implement learning strategies and study skills customized to specific
  disciplines and course materials.

This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full
specifications stated in the job description.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a related
field.

Incumbents are required to have demonstrated advanced knowledge and abilities in the following:

• Experience in the Educational field.

Candidates must possess proven ability to effectively work with culturally,
linguistically, and ethnically diverse faculty, staff, and students. They are expected to have excellent interpersonal oral and written
communication skills along with strong Information technology literacy skills such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,
Teams etc.).

Salary:
$39.44 hourly.

Application Instructions:
To apply you must submit a cover
letter and resume. The cover letter may be entered as text in the corresponding box, or it can be uploaded as a combined file with
the resume.

Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to
view resumes are not acceptable. To apply via our website, visit www.ct.edu/hr/jobs.

Background
Screening:
All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the
Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and
previous employers for verification. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference
checks, a criminal history record check and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.

Continuing
Notice of Nondiscrimination
CT State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, national origin,
gender identity or expression, genetic information, learning disability, marital status, intellectual disability, physical disability
(including but not limited to blindness), present or past history of mental disability, prior criminal record, race, religious creed, sex
(including pregnancy and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, retaliation for previously opposed discrimination or coercion, veteran
status, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or trafficking or any other federal or state protected class in its employment,
programs, and activities, unless the provisions of Section 46a-80(b) or 46a-81(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes are controlling or
there are bona fide occupational qualifications excluding persons in one of the above protected groups.

For information regarding
the nondiscrimination, disability, and Title IX policies/procedures, contact: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, Vice President for Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion, CT State Community College, 185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051, 860-612-7056 or [email protected].

CSCC IS AN
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

To apply, visit https://ctstatecommunitycollege.applytojob.com/apply/8zcCv1uNeO

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