Retention/Guidance/Teacher Support (RGT) Specialist

The Retention/Guidance/Teacher Support (RGT) Specialist plays a key role in strengthening the pathway from high school dual credit participation to successful matriculation and degree completion at Eastern Oregon University. This position provides proactive advising, academic planning, and retention support to help students make purposeful use of their college credits and connect their early college experiences to future educational goals.

Working closely with the Early College Initiatives (ECI) office, Enrollment Management, school districts, academic advisors, and other university offices, the RGT Specialist supports students throughout their Early College experience. The position provides high-touch guidance at critical milestones, helping students understand their EOU academic records, navigate registration, identify potential barriers to academic progress, and make informed decisions about coursework and degree pathways.

The RGT Specialist serves geographically dispersed and rural school districts within the assigned service region and adapts outreach, advising, and student-support strategies to the unique needs and resources of individual schools and communities. Through intentional advising, student tracking, early intervention, and pathway alignment, this position helps students turn early college credits into meaningful progress toward an EOU degree.

This is a full-time, limited-duration position that is contingent upon continued grant funding.