College Transition Advisor (25-26)

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more fair world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. KIPP Texas is a team and family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students.

Job Description

Counseling services can transform college and career dreams into a reality. Evidence has shown that the lack of access to information and guidance on college admissions and financial aid is a prohibitive barrier for many low-income families. In the absence of good information, many families develop misconceptions about what it takes to get into and graduate from college or vocational schools. By employing a diverse range of outreach efforts – from individualized, one-on-one meetings to large-group workshops and seminars – the KIPP Forward program closes the information divide for KIPP Texas students and families, breaking down the barriers to career success. The goal of the College Transition Advisor is to help students transition successfully from high school to college or their postsecondary pathway of highest rigor and aims to ensure that all of our students are provided with the necessary information, guidance and coaching needed to reach their post-secondary goals. The College Transition Advisor will work closely with KIPP high school seniors and the college and career counseling team throughout the school year, to ensure KIPPsters have completed all of the necessary and critical tasks through completion of their first semester after high school. This role includes significant student outreach to schedule advising sessions, monitor progress towards goals, and promote enrichment opportunities. Once KIPPsters enroll in their postsecondary program, the College Transition Advisor will provide summer enrollment support and resources for KIPPsters as well as targeted outreach throughout their first semester of college. The College Transition Advisor will be responsible for collecting data, maintaining a student caseload and preventing summer melt as KIPPsters matriculate to and enroll in their first semester of college.

Duties and Essential Job Functions :

• Oversee the successful transition of high school seniors into college, training, and careers

○ Develop positive, appropriate, meaningful relationships with students, parents, college and financial aid

advisors, and fellow staff members and teachers.

○ Support in building college going culture with students during the fall of senior year through small group pull-

outs and Passion, Purpose and Planning advising.

○ Engage in one-on-one conversations with current KIPP high school seniors about their postsecondary plans

and assist each student with postsecondary enrollment, orientation, financial aid verification (review and

accept awards, loan counseling, SAP eligibility, graduation requirements, etc.), and ensure student

registration.

○ Planning and execution of College Exposure visits for juniors and seniors.

○ Planning and execution of Parent and Family Education Nights in the fall and spring.

○ Develop and deliver college and career transition lessons to high school seniors during senior seminar class

○ Collect and track matriculation steps and critical forms (financial aid award letters, final high school

transcripts, FERPA forms, DD4, etc.)

○ Engage in consistent outreach to students and alumni to confirm and verify fall enrollment.

○ One college campus visit per week in the fall semester to check-in on alumni in person.

○ Provide advising and coaching to help alumni navigate the critical challenges often faced by underserved

communities when enrolling into college and training programs.

Update and maintain the alumni database

○ Track and maintain records of student contact information changes, coaching calls, pulse-checks,

matriculation steps, and verification of enrollments of alumni in college using the Alumni Database

○ Assist with data collection for annual report and program evaluation;

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience :

partners, is essential

and meet agreed upon deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

alumni, corporate partners, vendors and admissions personnel

Required Licensure / Certification / Specialized Training :

Strong command in using the internet and social media websites

Physical Requirements :

and computer printer.

Work Environment :

○ College Campuses

○ SSP offices

○ High School as requested

○ High School 3 days per week

○ SSP office 1 day per week

○ College Campus 1 day per week (fall only)

Travel Requirements :

needed.

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

Salary is based on years of experience, degree of education, and level of expertise.

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, plans starting as low as $25 / month.

Some positions might be temporary and only available for the 2025-2026 school year.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.