Employment Status/hours: Hybrid; Full-time; Monday - Friday (during traditional school hours)
Start Date: July 1, 2024
End Date: Mid-August 2024

Compensation:

• Living Stipend $4,476; paid in bi-weekly installments
• Segal Education Award valued at $1459.26
• 100% Employer Paid Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits

Who We Are

As one of the largest and most successful college access and success programs in the country, since 2000 College Possible has helped more than 85,700 students from under-represented communities get into and through college through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support. Its pioneering model matches students with a near-peer coach and an evidence-based curriculum designed to help students overcome the most common barriers to getting into college and completing their degree - all at no cost to students or their families. Nationwide, College Possible students are three times more likely to earn a bachelor's degree within six years than their peers from similar backgrounds.

College Possible is a proud AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps is a federal agency that brings people together to tackle the country's most pressing challenges through national service. Our AmeriCorps members commit to a year of service as a College Possible coach in communities throughout the country. Many coaches represent the identities of the students they serve, and each brings a commitment to social justice and closing the college equity divide.

Our near-peer coaching model has earned national recognition: the inaugural Evergreen National Education Award recognized our leadership in increasing access to and success in college for students from low-income backgrounds. It also earns top-of-field results: a Harvard study found that the program more than doubles a student's chance of enrolling in a four-year college, and our students are four times more likely to become college graduates than their low-income peers. College Possible has an annual operating budget of ~$33.5 million, more than 190 full-time employees and more than 245 AmeriCorps and VISTA service members. During the 2021-2022 school year, we reached an estimated 25,700 students nationwide.

Headquartered in Saint Paul, MN, College Possible operates: regional sites in Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; Milwaukee, WI; Omaha, NE; Philadelphia, PA; Portland, OR; Saint Paul, MN; and Seattle, WA; as well as Catalyze partnerships in California, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.

Our Coaches

College Possible Coaches are selected from a diverse group of individuals from various backgrounds across the United States to serve our students as college access and success mentors; each Coach brings their unique skill set to assist students' success. We are seeking talented, caring, and capable people committed to supporting our students in their path to achieving a college degree. Through this service year opportunity, our Coaches develop leadership skills, participate in professional development workshops, engage in public speaking and much more. This is not only a positive learning experience for our students but for our Coaches as well!

What You'll Do

The AmeriCorps Transition Coach supports high school seniors through high school graduation and the summer transition period to ensure fall enrollment. Transition Coaches assist in presenting college workshops to high school students, serve as additional support in teaching College Possible sessions and help engage unenrolled College Possible students to better determine their future college and career goals.

AmeriCorps Transition Coach:

• Communicate with program participants, College Possible members and staff in person and via email, phone, and other technology tools
• Track and record program participants information using Salesforce and Microsoft excel
• Work individually with students on their transition from high school to college
• Support programming for high academic achieving students
• Participate in weekly meetings and group planning sessions/trainings
• Research colleges and universities to provide supplemental resources for student enrollment

Marginal Functions:

• Assist with AmeriCorps recruitment (generating visibility on college campuses, tabling, speaking to college classes)
• Chaperone campus visits, college fairs, and other events for students
• Help with other organizational tasks as requested; ie. working with the media, leading training for other AmeriCorps Members, etc.

Qualifications

• You are a U.S. citizen; AmeriCorps members are required to be U.S. citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents
• You have obtained a bachelor's degree
• You must clear a National Service Criminal History Check and all other security set forth by College Possible and the school district in which you serve before the start of training

Required

• Strong leadership, academics, and communication skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and be detailed oriented.
• Willing to relocate to Philadelphia.
• Ability to work 40+ hours per week
• Commitment beginning in July 2024

College Possible Coach Benefits & Perks

• Pre-Service Training
• Consistent Professional & Leadership Development Trainings
• Employee Assistance Program Access, with Mental, Physical, & Financial Wellness Benefits
• Company Provided Technology
• Company Provided Gear & Apparel
• Access to College Possible Alumni Network

AmeriCorps Eligible Benefits

• Student Loan Deferment and Interest Forbearance
• Child Care Benefits Program
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits
• Department of Education's Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Access to Schools of National Service Network for Additional Education Benefits
• Access of AmeriCorps Alumni & Employers of National Service Network

College Possible is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and seeks to build a diverse workforce to create impact in partnership with the communities we serve. We welcome a diverse pool of qualified applicants. For each of its positions, College Possible is mindful about what best serves our students, and seeks to hire staff with relevant experience, skills and aptitude, and a commitment to the power of education.