COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS

College Advising Corps (CAC) seeks recent college graduates to serve as full-time DCAC Members in low-income high schools. As a DCAC member part of a national access movement, they will help students in underserved communities realize their dream of attending college.  DCAC Members will be expected to tailor programs and activities to meet the specific needs of their assigned schools and perform the following primary essential functions: 

Provide one-on-one admissions and financial-aid advice to any student or family seeking assistance. 

• Encourage each student to consider a broad range of appropriate college choices 

• Develop for each student a comprehensive college timeline, including application deadlines for admission and financial aid 

• Help each student complete and submit admissions and financial-aid applications 

• Assist each student in interpreting correspondence from colleges, including offers of admission and financial aid 

Organize group events that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for, and apply to colleges and universities. 

• Visit classrooms, assemblies, and club meetings to offer CAC services and emphasize the importance of college 

• Work with local community groups—churches, boys’ and girls’ clubs, social-service providers—to offer group events outside school setting and hours 

Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in each assigned high school. 

• Assess, in consultation with the CAC program director and school personnel, the needs of each school, and adapt programs and activities to meet these needs 

• Actively seek the advice and counsel of the on-site supervisor at each partner high school 

Assist in the assessment and long-term sustainability of the program. 

• Assist the program director and evaluation staff to identify, collect, and interpret key progress and outcome variables to evaluate the effectiveness of the CAC program 

• Submit monthly progress reports to the program director documenting progress and outcome data 

• Meet, as appropriate, with evaluators 

• Represent CAC, as requested by the program director, to potential supporters and to other interested parties 

Maintain expertise in admissions and financial aid advising.     

• Participate fully in training  

• In consultation with the program director, seek out and participate in other opportunities for professional development 

Required Qualifications 

Bachelor’s Degree and experience working with youth or volunteering. Preferred Qualifications 

Strong written and oral communication skills, experience using Canva, and/or experience planning events.   

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree earned by date of hire.

Experience

Preferred work or volunteer service experience in educational outreach to youth and families from diverse backgrounds, near peer advising and counseling to adolescents, or event planning.

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