(NAME-MCE) Job Posting-Southwest indiana College Access Executive Director

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This is my first posting to the site, so please forgive any lack of proper protocol. Below is an announcement for a newly created College Access position in Evansville, Indiana.  Please follow this link, read the text below:  http://www.sicollegeaccessnetwork.org/sicollegeaccessnetwork/default.asp
 
Executive Director



Job Number : 1119441

Job Location :  EVANSVILLE, IN 

Job Category : Executive

Job Type : Full Time



 

Summary: Provides overall leadership and management for the comprehensive Southwest Indiana College Access Network (SICAN), a not-for-profit organization to serve youth, adults and families in the Evansville, Indiana, area. Programs and services include a walk-in information and advising center, a wide variety of outreach activities to encourage postsecondary education participation, and the development of informational materials to assist students and parents with postsecondary planning and enrollment.Responsibilities: 1. Establishes and secures endorsement from the Advisory Body for annual program objectives, with appropriate metrics supportive of the SICAN mission and goals. 2. Provides overall direction and management for SICAN programs and services. 3. Establishes and maintains relationships with school, community, government, public library, corporate, and higher education staff. Represents SICAN and its advisory body at external functions and serves on local and regional committees that focus on postsecondary issues. 4. Seeks sources of funding and support for SICAN core services and program expansion; identifies funding sources, develops proposals, and ensures cost-effective use of funds. 5. Oversees data gathering systems to assess progress toward objectives and services provided. Prepares specific reports as required by funding sources as well as ongoing reports to evaluate services and activities. Makes modifications to programs and services as indicated. 6. Oversees progress toward SICAN objectives; establishes and maintains relationships with target schools, develops systems for record-keeping and service delivery, participates in professional activities that promote educational opportunities for under-represented students and families, and ensures that program staff works cooperatively within target schools. 7. Supervises staff and manages personnel issues, including recruitment, training, performance evaluations and ongoing supervision of paid and volunteer staff. 8. Maintains relationships with advisory body and staff to ensure coordination of SICAN activities with efforts of sponsor and host organizations. 9. Oversees development of print and electronic publications for the SICAN, including informational hand-outs, public relations materials, a website, newsletters and other materials that increase visibility and awareness of services and promote postsecondary education. 10. Facilitates workshops, information sessions and other activities to inform students and parents about postsecondary and financial aid opportunities. Provides individual advising as needed. 11. Provides overall management for technical operations within SICAN. 12. Keeps informed of current issues related to postsecondary education, especially for under-represented populations, and with city and regional initiatives that impact SICAN services and programs. Develops mechanisms to ensure that SICAN staff and volunteers are aware of issues and their impact on SICAN operations. 13. Provides administrative support for SICAN advisory body; works with head of advisory body to determine membership, meeting agendas, and activities. 14. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Required: Bachelor’s degree; at least three years experience with program management, staff supervision and budget management. Must have very strong organizational, communication and technical skills. Demonstrated leadership in building organizations and leading groups to create results. Demonstrated ability to recruit, train and lead volunteers in support of a mission. Preferred: Knowledge of and experience with a variety of funding sources. Knowledge of financial aid sources, college admissions practices, higher education programs and resources. 

 

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Secretary Spellings Names Cathie Carothers Director of the> Office of Indian Education (Anselmo Villanueva)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:13:51 -0800> From: "Anselmo Villanueva" <anselmo.villanueva at gmail.com>> Subject: (NAME-MCE) World Indigenous Peoples Conference December 7-11> Melbourne> To: name-mce at nameorg.org> Message-ID:> <88024d6b0801251613x56821d84nc22a64e995a076c0 at mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > 2008 World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education (WIPC:E)> > December 7-11, 2008 Melbourne, Australia> > A triennial conference of international significance that attracts> peoples from around> the globe to celebrate and share diverse cultures, traditions and knowledge> with a focus on world Indigenous education.> > The purpose of WIPC:E is to provide a forum to come together, share and> learn and promote best practice in Indigenous education policies, programs> and practice.> > http://www.wipce2008.com/> > Abstracts still being accepted until February 11, 2008.> > To be held on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, Melbourne,> Australia from 7th - 11th December 2008, WIPC:E 2008 will be a> celebration of our diverse cultures, traditions and knowledge. It will> provide us with the opportunity to showcase our efforts to provide> educational experiences suitable to our individual and unique> communities and will be a time to rejoice in our strengths and> capacity to uphold our traditions and knowledge systems. It will also> be a chance to consider how we, as Indigenous people, would like to> see education shaped into the future to meet our needs. It is> Australia's Indigenous peoples' vision that WIPC:E 2008 will be> solidly embedded in community knowledge.> > WIPC:E 2008 has the potential to impact positively on the educational> outcomes and lives of Indigenous people across the planet. Formal> education provides us with a broad set of options to shape our own> futures and with tools to tell our own stories to the wider community;> our challenge is to balance the learnings from formal systems within> our own traditions. WIPC:E 2008 hopes to explore some of the questions> raised by living within competing knowledge systems and look beyond> the horizon where complementary knowledge can be used to shape our own> futures.> > The Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc is proud to be> hosting this prestigious event. We look forward to welcoming you to> our beautiful country and making your time in Melbourne an educative> and memorable experience.> > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:39:16 -0800> From: "Anselmo Villanueva" <anselmo.villanueva at gmail.com>> Subject: (NAME-MCE) Secretary Spellings Names Cathie Carothers> Director of the Office of Indian Education> To: name-mce at nameorg.org> Message-ID:> <88024d6b0801260639q5b997deayaa204ed089cd38f2 at mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > January 25, 2008> > Secretary Spellings Names Cathie Carothers Director of the Office of Indian> Education> > U.S. Department of Education> > [Source: USDE press release]> U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has named Cathie Carothers> Director of the Office of Indian Education within the U.S. Department of> Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.> > A member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Carothers earned her Bachelor> of Science and Master's degree in Education from Northeastern Oklahoma State> University. She has been with the U.S. Department of Education since 1990> and has over thirty years of experience as an educator and manager of> national programs for Indian students and adults. Carothers began her> federal career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as a teacher of> learning disabled students in an off-reservation K-8 boarding school in> Oklahoma. Carothers has been serving as Acting Director of the Office of> Indian Education since October 2007.> > The Office of Indian Education supports the efforts of local educational> agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary institutions, and> other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related> academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives so that these students> can achieve to the same challenging standards as all students.> > > http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/01/01222008.html> > PRESS RELEASE> > Secretary Spellings Names Cathie Carothers Director of the Office of Indian> Education> > FOR RELEASE:> January 22, 2008> > Contact: Gregg Wiggins> (202) 401-1576> > U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has named Cathie Carothers> Director of the Office of Indian Education within the U.S. Department of> Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.> > A member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Carothers earned her Bachelor> of Science and Master's degree in Education from Northeastern Oklahoma State> University. She has been with the U.S. Department of Education since 1990> and has over thirty years of experience as an educator and manager of> national programs for Indian students and adults. Carothers began her> federal career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as a teacher of> learning disabled students in an off-reservation K-8 boarding school in> Oklahoma. Carothers has been serving as Acting Director of the Office of> Indian Education since October 2007.> > The Office of Indian Education supports the efforts of local educational> agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary institutions, and> other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related> academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives so that these students> can achieve to the same challenging standards as all students.> > > ------------------------------> > _______________________________________________> This is a mailing of the National Association for Multicultural Education -> (NAME) Listserv. The materials included reflect diverse perspectives of NAME Listserv participants and do not necessarily reflect a position of the National Association for Multicultural Education. If you would like to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to this listserv go to http://mail.nameorg.org/mailman/listinfo/name-mce_nameorg.org. 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