College Success Manager

POSITION
College Success Manager 

OUR MISSION
To empower the youth in our community with equitable access to social, academic, and career opportunities to thrive

OUR VISION
All youth grow up to lead fulfilling lives fueled by their passions, talents, and a love of learning

OUR CORE VALUES
Curiosity, Respect, Ownership, Ganas, Unity, Equity

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) proudly stands as the largest expanded learning provider in San Mateo County, dedicated to empowering 5,400 TK-College students across 29 sites from East Palo Alto to Daly City. We believe that talent is equally distributed across Silicon Valley, but opportunity is not, so we are committed to ensuring that socio-economically disadvantaged students have equitable access to the opportunities that will help them thrive in school and beyond. Students benefit from high-quality academic programs, captivating enrichment activities, and access to critical mental health services. With support from our staff, Board, and broader Team BGCP community, we strive to make our community a great place for all kids to grow up.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Future Grads Program is a college success program that equips first-generation students with the non-academic skills they need to overcome obstacles on their way to college graduation. The program began at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) in 2016 and is modeled after the Bright Prospect program in Pomona, CA—which has shown strong results since 2002. While our program includes counseling on how to apply, complete financial aid forms and choose the right college, we also develop our students’ social and emotional skills, including how to ask for help, access resources, build support networks and maintain confidence. Future Grads supports its students to and through college graduation. 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The College Success Manager will work with the high school team to provide the resources, support, tools and navigational skills students need to successfully pursue and complete higher education. The College Success Manager will work with a caseload of high school students from partner schools in the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD).  Future Grads staff will support students with the college application process and play a key role in ensuring seamless implementation of the Future Grads program. This program addresses the need for quality college advising in a community where few parents have historically attended college and where first-generation youth are not receiving the services they need to achieve their postsecondary goals. 

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement Future Grads junior programming: program goals, activities, and schedules at all our SUHSD and Clubhouse partner campuses and virtually as needed in collaboration with North County Future Grads team and the greater High School and Post Secondary Success Department 
• Execute Future Grads monthly and semester-based programming included but not limited to college readiness after-school workshops, personal narrative writing sessions, caregiver meetings, team-building events and college tours   
• Support recruitment and enrollment to grow program participants to meet program goals 
• Build relationships with students and understand their post-secondary interests 
• Establish and hold your students accountable to action plans 
• Maintain organized student records and tracking of program activities, including logging services on Salesforce database accurately and on time 
• Develop & cultivate partnerships with our partner high school campuses in SUHSD district  
• Manage communication with students, families, school staff, volunteer coaches, and other partners 
• Support collaborative college success efforts across Future Grads program and other high school programs at BGCP 

WHAT WILL SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?

• Demonstrate strong leadership qualities including the ability to coordinate, inspire and motivate others 
• Successful implementation of Future Grads junior program activities resulting in actively engaged students who maintain participation all year, successfully complete program goals, and commit to postsecondary education (strong student recruitment & retention all year) 
• Development of junior year curriculum in collaboration with North County team 
• Ability to manage and engage groups of students through strong after-school workshops grounded in the HSPS standard of excellence 
• Effectively collaborate with the whole Future Grads & BGCP High School teams to elevate programming