The ECU, College of Nursing is seeking a part-time RN to BSN Transition Coach. The RN to BSN Transition Coach will have a primary focus on working with our first semester RN to BSN students. In collaboration with the Academic Counselor, they will provide targeted services to our RN to BSN students to ease the transition from working nurse, or community college student (RIBN, aRIBN), to enrolled online RN to BSN students. The overall goal is to increase student retention, on-time graduation, and the number of baccalaureate nurses. This grant funded project will provide services to support the academic success of RN to BSN, RIBN, and aRIBN students in Eastern North Carolina. The RN to BSN Transition Coach duties and responsibilities will include the following:
20% Manage student support resources and develop psycho-educational programs.
20% Create and deliver structured presentations that focus on the following topics: Time management, financial aid, how to write discussion board responses, Moodle, Canvas, College Transition, Campus Resources, Academic Rules and Regulations, Study Skills, Test taking, Note taking, Reading, Memory, Learning Styles, Registration, Diversity, Life Skills, Money management, Stress management, Relationships, Sleep, Safety, Technology, Leadership.
30% Collaborate with CON Student Services and advisors, and University resources to assist in the successful transition of all students in an effort to develop a sense of belonging, develop academic skills and develop life skills.
30% Set office hours will be established to facilitate use by students for specific assistance with assignments, guidance in courses and other issues being experienced by the individual student.
The position is contingent upon the availability of grant funding.
Special Instructions To Application:
Official transcripts and two to three original letters of reference are required for employment. Please be aware that if selected as a candidate of choice, an automatic e-mail will be sent to the individuals entered by the applicant in the references section of the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system. Letters of reference submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system will be verified and considered towards meeting this requirement.
Minimum Education/Experience:
Master's degree in Counseling, School Psychology, Education, or related field.
Competency in various computer programs/software, to include MS Excel, MS Word and PowerPoint.
Prior professional experience in higher education or a school setting.
Full time or Part time: Part Time
Position Location (city): Greenville
Position Number: 002221
Organizational Unit Overview:
The mission of the college is to serve as a national model for transforming the health of rural underserved regions through excellence and innovation in nursing education, leadership, research, scholarship, and practice. The ECU, College of Nursing continuously strives to create a learning environment and workplace culture that provides opportunity, support, and consideration for all students, employees, alumni, and other stakeholders.
The objectives of the College of Nursing are to:
Prepare well qualified entry level nurses, nurse educators, advanced practice nurses, nurse leaders, and nurse scientists.
Advance nursing science through engagement in research and clinical scholarship.
Engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary partnerships that improve the health care provided in rural underserved communities.
To be a national model for student success, public service and regional transformation, East Carolina University uses innovative learning strategies and delivery methods to maximize access; prepares students with the knowledge, skills and values to succeed in a global, multicultural society; develops tomorrow's leaders to serve and inspire positive change; discovers new knowledge and innovations to support a thriving future for eastern North Carolina and beyond; transforms health care, promotes wellness, and reduces health disparities; and improves qualify of life through cultural enrichment, academics, the arts, and athletics. We accomplish our mission through education, research, creative activities, and service while being good stewards of the resources entrusted to us. East Carolina University delivers on the promise of opportunity. We open doors. We improve lives. We transform the present, and we discover the future. In these ways and more, we serve our community, our state, our nation and our world as together we reach toward our greatest potential. Tomorrow starts here.