Position Summary
The Career & Technical Education (CTE) Advisor will work with CTE faculty and staff to develop innovative pathways and
effectively place students. Specifically, the CTE Advisor will direct day-to-day student advising activities for post-
secondary career and technical education students, support evaluation, create advising guides/training materials,
support advisors throughout the campus community, and work with the CTE Leadership Team to develop and
implement new practices and procedures. This position will be responsible for providing effective communication and
necessary referrals to services to increase student retention and success. This position will provide advising support on
the Neosho campus, as well as the Crowder College ATTC – Joplin campus.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide academic, career, social/personal, financial, and transfer advising to career and technical education

students.

• Serve as the CTE point of contact for Admissions, Records, Financial Aid, and other Student Affairs staff to meet

the needs of students.

• Monitor advisee success and help in the development of students’ educational goals.
• Collaborate with the Student Success Center and other Academic Advisors to implement the Academic Alert

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Associate’s Degree
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, staff, faculty, other professionals,

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 3 years of experience in an educational setting
• Experience advising students in CTE programs or at the college level
• Experience with both transfer-directed and employment-oriented learners
  

Working Environment

• Both indoors in a normal classroom environment and outdoors on a job site with exposure to temperature

changes, noise, dust or chemicals.

• Normal college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work may be required

from time to time.

• A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Positions Supervised
• None

finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision.

• The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the

essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.

Creative and Analytical Skills

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
  

Language/Communication Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to

relate to students, faculty, staff, administrators and the community.

CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY
THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES,
INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION
DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY
ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.