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POSITION SPECIFICS​

The Morgan Academic Center is seeking a Student Athlete Learning Specialist with excellent interpersonal, organizational, and technology skills. This position will work in support of the Morgan Academic Center's mission: to provide comprehensive learning services that support all student-athletes in reaching their potential while achieving academic and athletic excellence.

The Student Athlete Learning Specialist provides resources to student athletes; monitor student growth and aid in building intervention and learning strategies in areas of time management, planning academic work, writing development, and address motivational barriers; facilitate trainings to comply with the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) certification requirements for ongoing professional development of our tutorial staff; interacts with students and parents to address academic, educational or personal needs; assist in creating a supportive environment and offering high quality services on behalf of a diverse student population in collaboration with others in the work unit and University community.

Additional duties include:

• Develop individualized academic support plans tailored to the needs of each student
• Support an assigned caseload of student-athletes and participate in ongoing projects to enhance the overall learning services
• Review reports/records to determine need for specialized services for at-risk students and students with diagnosed disabilities in seeking appropriate resources
• Review and evaluate incoming and returning student-athlete documentation, and identify at-risk student-athletes
• Provide coaching staff information regarding potential academic services and support to prospective incoming student-athletes and their families
• Organize tutorial support for student-athletes, and monitor compliance of program policies and procedures
• Coordinate and oversee services and programs provided by a campus or unit learning center including tutoring services, academic skills workshops, and peer study groups
• Participate in ongoing projects to enhance the overall learning services
• Communicate with disability services and academic staff to continually monitor student academic progress and concerns
• Recruit, hire, tr