Bilal Abdallah

Academic Career Counselor @Renton Technical College

Renton, WA, US

Provide leadership to improve access and successful educational outcomes for underrepresented student populations.• Provide effective career and academic counseling to current/ potential Worker Retraining, BFET, Opportunity Grant, and WorkFirst students.• Assist students with admission into college programs.• Consult with Enrollment Services, Financial Aid and other student support services to resolve admission, registration, and graduation problems for the college’s population.• Administer and interpret achievement and counseling-related tests and inventories.• Utilize student records to track academic progress (e.g Academic Alert and Financial Aid Petition process); recommend courses of action for student to address academic progress/ difficulties.• Assist individual with completing application for Commissioner Approved Training and other agency related paperwork.• Understand campus and community resources and serve as referral agent for students needing academic and personal assistance.• Collaborate with Enrollment Services to ensure correct coding of students and compliance with agency reporting requirements. • Collaborate with Financial Aid, the Bookstore, and the Business Office to process Worker Retraining, BFET & Training Completion.• Communicate professionally and effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, college employees, departments and outside agencies.• Develop effective working and consultative relationships with students and staff.• Coordinate college Worker Retraining presentations at WorkSource Centers; develop and conduct workshops, seminars, and presentations to support the needs of a diverse student population.• Coordinate counseling services with designated committees and instructional divisions.• Support the college’s mission by creating a learning environment of mutual respect and fairness, while encouraging creative and critical thinking through an equity lens.

Highline College

Associate of Arts (A.A.), Criminal Justice and Corrections

University of Washington

Master of Education (M.Ed.), Higher Education Administration

University of Washington

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Criminology

Auburn University

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision