Director for Student Success Resume Example

• Responsible for developing, planning and implementing a 5 day new student orientation for all incoming freshmen and transfer students and their families.
• Recruit and train faculty and student orientation leaders.
• Supervise student orientation leaders throughout the semester
• Chair the New Student Institute campus committee.
• Partner with admissions, athletics, and academics to ensure a holistic approach for orientation programs.
• Partner with the General Education Director to develop and implement the First Year Experience at SNU.

• Responsible for the holistic development and residential needs of freshmen and upperclassmen students.
• Managed a residence life staff.
• Assessed and developed best practices regarding residential student programs and services.
• Conducted judicial hearings and implemented judicial sanctions for residents.
• Contributed to professional residential life training, continuing education, and development.

• Provided academic planning and advising services and conducted advising programming for program participants.
• Recruited and interviewed prospective project applicants.
• Implemented entrance, transition, and referral process for new participants to use services effectively and appropriately.
• Assessed services and intervention effectiveness
• Identified individual participant needs through SSS Individual Service Plans.
• Prepared and maintained participant academic advising records.
• Contacted SSS participants for Academic Performance Interventions.
• Initiated internal referral system for students needing services beyond SSS, including but not limited to the ACE, Disability Services, external counseling services, Financial Aid and other campus and community offices.
• Advised participants on career goals and graduate school preparation.
• Provided individual academic skills workshops.
• Maintained project records relevant to participants' academic progress, academic advising and class registration.

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• Facilitated placement of children in foster and adoptive homes.
• Assisted and monitored families in the compliance of licensing/regulatory standards.
• Implemented Intake Studies and Individual Service Plans in conjunction with foster parents and clients, as well as other professionals involved in the case.
• Participated in case planning conferences, Professional Consulting Team, school meetings, court hearings, staffing, etc.
• Maintained regular contact with family and child and monitored psychological, mental, emotional, physical, and environmental well-being through phone contacts, email, and home visits.
• Provided resource information and referrals to community organizations for therapeutic treatment such as behavior modification, stress management, and therapy to assist client in controlling disorders and other problems.
• Provided crisis intervention as needed to prevent escalation of high-risk behavior, relapse, hospitalization, placement disruption, and other negative outcomes on a 24-hour on-call basis.