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Job Opportunities at ASA

Rams18 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:20:20 CDT

ASA is committed to hiring faculty, administrators, and staff who have demonstrated leadership abilities and are emerging leaders in their respective discipline or area of expertise.

With over 100 diverse cultures represented in our community, ASA firmly believes in the importance and advantages of education in a multicultural environment.
Current Job Openings
ASA currently has the following job openings:

Applicants should send their resume, cover letter, references and transcripts (if required) to :

ASA Institute
Att: Human Resources
81 Willoughby Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Fax: 718-532-1542
Email: rfaynblut@asa.edu

Please indicate the position of interest and your salary range. Positions are open until filled. AA/EOC
Position: Executive Secretary
Reports to: President
Summary: To provide administrative and secretarial support to the President of the college.
Responsibilities:
· Provide administrative support for the President that includes telephone coverage, mail handling, word processing typing of letters, memos, forms, supplies control and necessary communications internally and externally.
· Assist the President in the management of his schedules and handle calls from both internal and external sources.
· Maintain attendance calendar for key management personnel.
· Ability to interface well with all departments of the company and to represent the President in a highly professional manner.
· Perform special projects as assigned.
Qualifications: Candidate will have a minimum of an Associates Degree in business or related field, Bachelor's degree is a plus. At least two years in an executive secretarial position. Working knowledge of word processing; good spelling and grammar skills; experience in taking minutes.

Position: Director of Human Resources
Reports to: President
Summary: This position is responsible for planning, directing and implementing policies related to all human resource activities. The responsibilities include administering all employee benefits programs, ensuring that employment polices and practices are legally and consistently administered, collaborating with various departments within the institution to implement the performance management system, and coordinating employee training and professional development activities.

Qualifications: Candidates will have a Bachelor's degree, Master's preferred, in Human Resources; 6-8 years of Human Resources generalist experience in Higher Education is a must, which should include compensation and benefits management, employee relations, policy development and administration and training; excellent managerial and communication skills; competency in HRIS; and the ability to interact effectively and professionally with all members of the college community. A PHR or SPHR certificate is a plus. A willingness to commit to the mission and values of ASA is imperative.

Responsibilities:
* Counsel management and staff regarding policies, procedures, disciplinary actions and related staff issues. Manage staff complaints and lay legal actions taken by staff.
* Ensures that all employment policies and practices are legally and consistently administered within the organization.
* Responsible for the administration of company sponsored group insurance plans and voluntary insurance including enrollment in group medical, group dental and life insurance plans. Responsible for premium payments including short term disability claims administration. Responsible for COBRA administration including notifications to ex-employees.
* Responsible for the administration of the 401 (K) plan including enrollments, terminations, loans and hardship withdrawals. Facilities process with insurance carrier, TPA and auditor when required.
* Responsible for compensation practices including salary surveys and the coordination process of annual performance reviews including notification of department managers. Coordinate and ensure that all payroll changes are correct and changes in salary are reflected in HR system.
* Responsible for the maintenance of the HR database including all new hires, salary, changes, transfers and terminations are included in HRIS database.
* Responsible for maintaining and updating employee handbook. Responsible for the ongoing development of sound employment polices. Develop a policies and procedure manual and related training.

Position: Director, Division of Continuing Education
Reports to: Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
Summary: This position is responsible for designing, developing and coordinating continuing education and workforce education for adults. Direct corporate training working with HRA and SBA agencies and will develop short-term programs in different NYC locations.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s Degree preferred. Degree must be from a regionally accredited institution. Three years experience designing and developing continuing education and workforce education programs using alternative methods of delivery (i.e. on-line, compressed video, etc.) preferably for business and industry. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities:
* Designs, develops and coordinates all continuing education and workforce education programs for adults.
* Identifies and designs alternative instructional delivery methods and resources.
* Identifies appropriate resources to support the implementation of new continuing and workforce education programs.
* Conducts community surveys and program reviews.
* Works with community groups and one stop partners to determine client training needs.
* Supervises small staff. Responsible for staff training and development.

Position Title: Director of Distance Learning
Reports to: Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Summary: Director of Distance Learning is responsible for the strategic planning, development, direction and administration of ASA’s Distance Learning Program. This involves advising and collaborating with faculty and academic administrators to plan, develop and coordinate courses and programs that employ various distance learning delivery
strategies. Director will be involved in developing the technical and curricular structure of the Distance Learning program, overseeing the day-to-day operation of the program, serving as liaison with relevant entities within and outside of the institution, and conducting assessment and evaluation of activities relevant to the program, including faculty preparation and course instruction.

Responsibilities:
* Provide sound instructional programs and student support services through a distance learning format;
* Develop and implement a strategic planning process for Distance Learning;
* Work with the faculty and academic leadership of the institution on future programmatic offerings and policy;
* Work closely with the Office of Information Technology to develop and maintain an effective distance learning infrastructure;
* Manage the distance learning courses offered by ASA;
* Collaborate with other departments regarding distance learning activities;
* Ensure compliance with government regulations and accreditation standards;
* Market the DL courses to current and prospective students;
* Evaluate instructors teaching on-line courses.
* Director may teach occasional distance learning courses on-line.

Position: Faculty (various subjects)
Reports to: Academic Chairs, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director – Office of Academic Affairs, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President and the President.
Summary: Faculty members are responsible for assisting the College administration and staff in carrying out the college's mission to provide high-quality career-oriented degree and certificate programs which respond to the needs of both students and employers.
Responsibilities:
* Meeting all assigned classes on time as scheduled.
* Teaching class according to the highest professional standards.
* Being available to students on a regular basis for academic counseling each counseling session.
* Providing a supportive classroom environment and treating all students fairly and impartially.
* Actively monitoring each student’s progress and taking timely action as counseling, arranging for tutoring, or referral to the Academic Chairs for any student who is in danger of failing the course.
* Maintaining current accurate attendance for each student or student advisor and submitting the completed attendance roster on a timely basis.
* Providing timely feedback to student advisors regarding excessive student absenteeism (3 consecutive days).
* Giving students a clear, accurate idea of what will be expected regarding class participation;quizzes and test; projects; and homework assignments for each course.
* Planning an annual professional growth agenda with the academic chair and accomplishing all the items during the year.
* Attending mandatory faculty meetings and any additional departmental meetings where attendance is requested by Academic Administration.
* Adhering to the course curriculum as approved by the Curriculum Review & Development Committees.
* Adhering to the policies and procedures specified in faculty handbook.
* Participating in discussions with the college administration regarding the improvement, updating, and enriching of current programs of study and designing and mplementing strategies to improve student retention.
* Working with college administration in researching, planning and establishing new curricula that meet market needs.
* Maintaining professional competence and keeping knowledge current through continuous reading and research.
* Being available to serve on committees for assessment activities.
* Submitting grade rosters and all records of student counseling activities forty eight hours after the last day of each reminder.

Position: Career Advisor and Job Developer
Under the direction of the VP of Career Services and Alumni Development, assist students and graduates with their transition to employment, assessing needs and ensuring that positive employment outcomes are achieved.

Responsibilities

•Develop and maintain a current job bank of employment opportunities for graduates.

•Assess students/graduates regarding present level vocational skills and employment history and assist them in understanding their various career options in an effort to determine their career goals.

•Provide in-house students and graduates with vocational counseling, assess their placement potential, and prepare them for interviews.

•Maximize Placement opportunities for all graduates, by suggesting additional courses, skills/knowledge to be added to the educational program of study.

•Communicate with counselors, Alumni and hiring managers on an ongoing basis to monitor evolving employment progress and needs.

•Assist in conducting job search workshops to teach graduates various techniques on how to find jobs.

•Conduct one-on-one mentoring sessions and post-placement follow-up for graduates who have been placed.

•Conduct real life simulated mock interviews.

•Assist in the planning and organization of career fairs to assist graduates and students in finding jobs.

•Assist in the development of an Advisory Board and Annual Job Fairs.

•Develop and maintain connections with various external support services.

Qualifications
- Associates Degree required; Bachelors Degree preferred.
- MUST have a current well maintained Job Bank
- Strong interpersonal skills and oral/written communication skills required.
- 3+ years vocational and employment counseling experience required.
- Solid resume writing experience

Salary open - based on experience.

Qualified Candidates please forward your resumes to rfaynblut@asa.edu, on the subject line please write Career Advisor/Job Developer.

Men's Soccer

crossenavency — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:05:20 CDT

Jon Panella is the first Head Men’s Soccer Coach at ASA. Coach Panella brings a wealth of experience to ASA as a Head Coach and Assistant Coach as well as a strong playing background. The last two years he was the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Globe Institute of Technology where he turned a losing program around into a championship program. In his first season they finished with a 9-7 record and made the post season for the first time in three years. In his second season they went on to win the NJCAA Division 1 Region 21 championship and finished 12-4-2.

In 2005 Coach Panella worked as the First Assistant at Drew University where they went 13-5-3 and were ranked as high as 18th in the nation NCAA Division 3. In 2003-2004 Coach Panella was the First Assistant at NCAA Division 1 Manhattan College. Prior to his College Coaching Career Coach Panella was the Head Boys Soccer Coach at Bayley Ellard High School 1999-2003. In his first season they went 20-1 capturing both the Colonial Hills Conference Championship and Morris County Championship. Besides coaching college and high school soccer coach Panella worked as Head NJ State team Olympic Development Coach from 2000-2007 in various age groups as well has a Region 1 National Team evaluator in 2006, 2007. Coach Panella is currently also a U.S Youth Soccer Coaching School Instructor teaching adult Coaching Licenses. Coach Panella holds his United States Soccer Federation “A” License as well as his National Youth License.

As a player Jon led his High School to Three State Championships at Chatham High School, NJ, lettering all four seasons. He was a First Team Group 2 All-State selection his Junior and Seiner Seasons. On the club end he won multiple State Cups with Union County Sports Club where he was a teammate of U.S. World Cup Veterans Claudio Reyna and Greg Berhalter.
In College he played one season at Southern New Hampshire College where they went 15-5 and were ranked as high as 5th in the Country NCAA Division 2. He then transferred to Farleigh Dickinson University Madison Campus where he was a Two year Captain and team MVP.As well as an All-Mac conference selection.

Cheerleading

Rams18 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:04:46 CDT

Anna Corvera joins ASA's AthleticDepartment in its inaugural year as the first Head Cheerleading and DanceCoach. She grew up in St. Louis, MO where she started dancing andperforming at age three. She studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern, tumblingand flamenco and performed in the community as well as competed at the regional and national level. Anna was also a four year member of her high schoolcheerleading squad and achieved the role of captain for two years.

For college, Anna decided to major in dance and was offered a Cheerleading scholarship from the University of Missouri- Kansas City where she attended for two years and was a founding member of their co-ed Division I cheerleading squad. She then decided tofinish her dance degree at the University of Illinois and graduatedfrom there with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance in 2005
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Anna then moved to NYC in the fall of2005 to pursue her professional dance career. She has taught many danceand cheerleading classes at different venues throughout the city. She hasbeen an adjudicator for Footloose International Dance Championship & CUNYCheerleading Championship. Career highlights include choreographing the 2006 Coca Cola Winter Olympics Commercials, performing with Donald Trump infront of an audience of 25,000 at the Jacob Javits Center, andchoreographing a music video for the song "Right Now" by AtlanticRecords artist Ryan Star.

Currently Anna is in her fourth yearworking for New York University's Departmentof Recreation and Athletics as a cheerleading coach and dance instructor. This year, she took the NYU Cheerleading Squad to the NCA CollegiateNational Championship in Daytona Beach, FL where her team ranked 10th inthe nation in their division.

Here at ASA, Coach Corvera's Cheerleading/DanceTeam will perform at all Men's and Women's Home Basketball Games as well as allHome Football Games. When in season, they will practice twice a week nearthe Brooklyn campus. Above is a photo ofthis year’s preliminary squad. Please contact her for more details.

Womens Basketball

Rams18 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:13:33 CDT

Adia Revell joins the ASA Athletic Department as the first ever Head Coach of Women’s basketball. Revell may just be the youngest head coach in NJCAA women’s basketball history, but this Brooklyn-native, has years of experience in the New York City basketball scene as a high school and collegiate player. She has played for some of the city’s top AAU programs for girls. Most notably, under the guidance of Exodus AAU Coach Apache Paschal, she became the first female player from the club to receive a full-athletic Scholarship from a Division I University.

She began her college career at the University of Rhode Island, but the more academically-inclined Revell transferred to Barnard College of Columbia University, and finished off her collegiate basketball career playing in the Ivy League. While at the University of Rhode Island, she was on the Dean’s List, joined the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor society, and made the Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete Honor Roll. Revell graduated with a BA in Psychology from Barnard College of Columbia University. While at Columbia, Revell finished her senior season leading her team in rebounds, steals, while finishing 2nd in points (1 point from 1st) & assists. With the opportunity to play in Puerto Rico upon graduation, she passed on the opportunity to heal a stress fracture in her left leg that she suffered two months into her senior season.

Prior to ASA, Revell became the youngest board member for U WANT GAME, a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring at-risk high school student athletes. She also worked part-time with the NY KNICKS as a camp basketball coach and field-marketing representative. Revell has also volunteered as a basketball coach and consultant for non-profit organizations like her alma mater Exodus and the Jerry McCullough SEA Foundation.

Mens Basketball

Rams18 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:10:06 CDT

Ken Wilcox is the first Athletic Director and Men's Basketball coach at ASA. With the challenge of starting an athletic department from scratch a daunting task, he is no stranger to this challenge. Previously Coach Wilcox built a nationally recognized basketball program as a coach and as an Athletic Director at Globe Institute of Technology. Coach Wilcox started the Globe athletic department back in 1998 with basketball as a club team and over the past 10 years helped develop and grow 15 intercollegiate programs with many teams being nationally ranked in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). As an athletic administrator Coach Wilcox built the only Division One Junior College athletic department in the northeast.

Coach Wilcox, while at Globe, built the Men's Basketball program into a nationally recognized program. The early success of the ASA men’s basketball program has set the tone for even bigger and better results. In fact, just this past season (2008-2009) under his guidance the ASA men’s basketball team was a finalist in the Region 15 Division One Men's Basketball championship game in only the first year of existence. This tremendous first season accomplishment comes on the heels of his last season at Globe (2007-2008) when he coached the team to the Region 15 Division One Men's Basketball regular season and post season championships and helped guide them to the District 3 Championship Game.

Coach Wilcox garnered the 2007-2008 Region 15 Coach of the Year along the way as well as winning the regional coach of the year honors also in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Coach Wilcox success in Region 15 is also shown by 6 regular season or post season regional championship in 8 years including the last 5. Coach Wilcox record over the past 3 years in Division One regional competition is 17-4 while overall he has gone undefeated in regular season conference play 3 times. In 2004-2005 Coach Wilcox led his team to 'Hutch', the NJCAA Division One National Championship Tournament in Hutchinson, KS while earning District 3 Coach of the Year honors. That season solidified the program he built from scratch as a national power.
Overall, Coach Wilcox has helped 24 former players move on to NCAA Division One programs including student athletes transferring to the Big East, Conference USA, Big 12 and Colonial. Over 50 players have moved on to 4-year schools at other levels. He has coached 5 players that have received All-American honors by numerous magazines and athletic associations including back to back NJCAA 2nd team All-Americans in Rob Robinson 06' and Jamual Warren 05'; Rob Robinson (Robert Morris) 2007, Jamual Warren (Cincinnati) Jamal Nichols (Depaul) in 2004, Jimmie Inglis (Rutgers) in 2002 and Mike McKie (St. Peters) in 2001. He also coached one of the few junior college players that had been drafted to the NBA in Victor Sanikidze from the Republic of Georgia. He was drafted #42 of the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks.

College of Excellence Home

asadavis567 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:57:49 CDT

ASA's modest roots began in 1985 with a professor and 12 students in a small Brooklyn classroom. Known then as 'Advanced Software Analysis', the institute focused on computer programming, as New York had a dire shortage of qualified mainframe programmers at that time.

Students Since then, the college has grown to more than 3000 students, 20 programs of study, and 2 large, centrally-located campuses in midtown Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn. Today, in addition to computers, our programs focus on the rapidly-growing industries of healthcare, business and criminal justice.

Over the years, as technology revolutionized how every major industry operates, ASA created and updated programs of study to meet new market needs.

Consistent with the demands and capabilities of our student body, which includes highly motivated and mature immigrants, ASA programs have always featured a "hands-on" training component.

In 1999, ASA received authorization from the New York State Board of Regents to confer degrees in accounting, computer programming and information technology and medical assisting.

Career Service

asadavis567 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:54:23 CDT

Choosing the Right Career

Career Services start from your Day 1 at ASA. Our goal is to assist with your career development first as a student and then as an ASA alumnus. The Placement and Career Services Office offers many services including:

◊ Career counseling
◊ Career-related seminars & events
◊ Lifetime Placement Assistance for all qualified graduates
◊ Job fairs and on-campus recruiting
◊ Resume reviews
◊ Videotaped mock interviewing workshops
◊ Lifetime learning program (refresher courses)
◊ Fax service for students

Plus, as a student, you'll benefit from:

* The freshman skills seminar: As a student, you'll create and maintain an electronic portfolio, which houses your class work, externship projects, resume, cover letters, and specially-created projects. Upon graduation, you'll use this portfolio in the job interview process.

* A guaranteed externship: An important part of your career preparation, an externship provides you with the opportunity to explore your desired career, gain marketable work experience and make professional connections while you're still at ASA.

Athletics

asadavis567 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:34:12 CDT

Students can compete in intercollegiate athletics while attending the college as full-time students. ASA offers 6 intercollegiate programs as a Division One member in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The teams are listed in order of start date: Men's Basketball (08'), Women's Basketball (08'), Men's Soccer (08'), Baseball (08'), Women's Tennis (08'), Football (09').
Students ASA student-athletes know that athletic accomplishments are secondary to academic success. Each student-athlete is expected to meet academic requirements and agree to academic monitoring and study hall. Progress reports are communicated between the athletic department and faculty advisors. The tutoring center and writing workshop center are availCollegeable and student-athletes are offered other support services to help them achieve academic success. College athletics builds self-esteem, school and community spirit, and regional and national recognition. Scholarships are available to those who qualify. You can contact the athletic department at 718-522-9073 ext. 2072or via email at athletics@asa.edu