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Casual Site Director, Raymond Laborde Correctional Center (LA) - Correctional Education

Position Title: Casual Site Director, Raymond Laborde Correctional Center (LA) - Correctional Education

Job Description:

The Site Director provides administrative support for the Ashland University Correctional Department for individuals who are incarcerated at these facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the liaison between the facility and Ashland University.
• Work with the Associate Director of Programs to ensure the identification, screening, and recruiting of students aligns with the Department goals.
• Assist students with completion of admissions documents.
• Assist students with financial aid processes, including FAFSA, etc.
• Assist students with course registrations each semester.
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Programs on projects enrollment goals and class sizes each semester.
• Maintain site inventory of tablets, student textbooks, and instructional supplies.
• Distribute equipment and materials to students and maintain a record of what has been provisioned.
• Maintain student privacy and record keeping according to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Monitor attendance and faculty interaction with students.
• Conduct and document weekly meetings with individual students to review attendance, GPA, academic standards, and academic progress.
• Assist students with accessing extracurricular activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or a minimum of five (5) years relevant work experience.
• Ability to use Learning Management System Software.
• Computer skills with ability to troubleshoot as well as operate most office programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in advising and/or training others.
• Adherence to deadlines.
• Organization and management skills, with attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in correctional education preferred.
• Experience working in higher education strongly preferred.

Physical Demands:

• Work site is within the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center (Louisiana) prison facility; Site Director is required to work both at the facility and remotely when necessary.
• Some evening and weekend hours at the facility as necessary.
• Site Director will be required to lift and transport course materials, textbooks, and tablets as needed.
• Local travel required with some occasional non-local travel involved.

Anticipated Start Date of New Hire: 02/03/2025

Documents Needed to Apply:

Required Documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• References

Optional Documents: