Director, Academic Success Program
The University of Akron · US
Job Summary: Teach relevant law courses to students. Responsible for the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of academic success programs for law st...
Job description
Job Summary: Teach relevant law courses to students. Responsible for the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of academic success programs for law students across all years. Counsel and support students by conducting workshops. Provide strategic leadership in skills-based teaching, support students by counseling and tutoring, and create early intervention initiatives that promote academic excellence, retention, and bar readiness. Demonstrate commitment to student development, and collaborative academic support practices tailored to diverse learning styles and student needs including basic writing and analytic skills. Essential Functions: Develop and manage a comprehensive academic success program spanning first-year through upper-division law students. Teach academic success courses (e.g., Advanced Legal Applications and Foundations of Law) and deliver skills-based workshops (e.g., legal analysis, exam writing, time management). Provide individualized academic counseling and coaching to students, including those identified as at-risk. Supervise and train academic success fellows, student assistants, and peer tutors in delivering effective support. Utilize technology innovat...