academic support officer
Academic support officers provide assistance to students with learning problems and act as the main point of contact for these students. They make sure extra tuition and educational programmes are provided to under-represented students with academic or personal issues. They also organise several social activities throughout the academic year.
Also called: university access coordinator, schools liaison and access officer, higher education access officer, student support officer, university access and outreach officer, university access officer, access officer in university, access and outreach officer
- 20
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- deputy head teacher7 skills in common
- education welfare officer7 skills in common
- primary school head teacher7 skills in common
- secondary school department head7 skills in common
- secondary school head teacher7 skills in common
Essential skills
20- assess students
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- communicate with youth
- cooperate with education professionals
- coordinate educational programmes
- counsel students
- curriculum objectives
- guarantee students' safety
- identify education needs
- listen actively
- manage access programmes
- oversee extra-curricular activities
- project management
- recruit student ambassador
- show consideration for student's situation
- support children's wellbeing
- tackle issues that block academic progress
- tutor students
- write work-related reports
Optional skills
16- communication
- customer service
- education law
- electronic communication
- give constructive feedback
- learning difficulties
- liaise with educational staff
- liaise with educational support staff
- monitor student's behaviour
- promote education course
- promote social awareness
- provide information on study programmes
- school psychology
- teach university class
- university procedures
- work with virtual learning environments
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