Indiana University Northwest Looking for Clinical Assistant Professor/Director of Student Teaching and Field Placement at Gary, Full Time

Appointment Status: Non-Tenure Track

Department: IU Northwest School of Education

Location
Northwest

Position Summary
The Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Student Teaching and Placement is a 10-month faculty position in the School of Education reporting to the Dean. The Director works with university faculty and staff, and school personnel, to carry out this office’s responsibilities.Specific responsibilities include: ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES – Develop and maintain positive university-school partnerships.- Conduct site visits during the semester at participating schools with students, cooperating teachers, supervisors, and principals.- Verify teacher-candidates’ eligibility for student teaching and licensure, with report to the School of Education.- Collect assessment/accreditation data from student teaching and field experiences, and report to the School of Education.- Collaborate with faculty and staff to address student concerns or appeals related to student teaching and field experiences.- Award Professional Growth Points (PGPs) in accordance with Indiana Department of Education policy for cooperating teachers that worked with pre-service teachers in field experiences and student teaching.- Collaborate with faculty/staff to maintain a database on participating teachers to ensure accurate documentation of placements and compensation for supervision.- Verify completion of background checks and liability insurance with course instructors each semester.- Develop and maintain an electronic database of forms related to student teaching and field experiences to be shared with university faculty, supervisors, staff, students, and K-12 school personnel.- Maintain content related to student teaching and field experiences on the School of Education website.- Serve as the university liaison to the State Department of Education on matters related to field experience and student-teaching policies and practices. STUDENT TEACHING – Manage the student teaching application process.- Communicate deadlines, requirements, and procedures related to student teaching to faculty, staff, and students.- Collaborate with K-12 school personnel to recruit and secure student teaching placements.- Recruit and recommend supervisors and cooperating teachers.- Evaluate the effectiveness of supervisors.- Receive feedback from supervisors and cooperating teachers and make recommendations to faculty.- Counsel and mediate with student teachers, supervisors, cooperating teachers regarding issues that arise during student teaching.- Submit final grades for student teachers to Registrar based on formal evaluations and recommendations from supervisors. FIELD EXPERIENCES – Collaborate with K-12 school personnel and university faculty staff to coordinate field experience placements.- Communicate deadlines, requirements, and procedures related to field experiences to faculty, staff, students, and school personnel.- Provide training for field course instructors/supervisors and cooperating teachers.- Oversee all clinical field experiences (pre-student teaching) each semester.- Collaborate with field course instructors/supervisors and faculty to make improvements to field experiences.- Recruit and recommend field instructors/supervisors for hire/retention to the Dean.TEACHING- Teach an equivalent of four 3-credit hour courses each academic year with two being fulfilled by student teaching requirements each Fall/Spring.- Advise students in the Teacher Education Program- Coordinate with faculty to ensure that syllabi are updated for student teaching and field courses.- Develop and maintain Canvas course sites for all sections of student teaching and field experiences.

ABOUT INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
One of seven campuses of Indiana University, IU Northwest is located in metropolitan Northwest Indiana, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago and 10 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Park. The campus has a diverse student population of approximately 3,500 degree-seeking students and 1,800 dual-credit students and has been recognized by the Department of Education as a minority and Hispanic serving institution. The campus offers Associate, Baccalaureate, and Master’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, the School of Business and Economics, the School of the Arts, and the School of Education. The campus is also host to IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary, the region’s only four-year medical doctorate program. As a student-centered campus, IU Northwest is committed to academic excellence characterized by a love of ideas and achievement in learning, discovery, creativity, research, and community engagement. Indiana University Northwest is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to achieving excellence through diversity. The University actively encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, persons with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups.

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

Basic Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS– Master’s Degree in an education-related field- Standard Indiana or Illinois Teaching License- A minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience- Valid Driver’s LicensePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Teaching Administrative License- Demonstrated experience working with diverse cultural groups, especially in urban environments.- Demonstrated experience supervising and/pr mentoring K-12 teachers.- Demonstrated experience supervising student teachers.- Evidence of excellent oral and written communication skills.- Experience collaborating in partnerships with university faculty, schools, and communities.- Strong technology and computer skills, including web-based applications, online course management, and Microsoft Office.

Department Contact for Questions
Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to Sharon Pratt, Associate Professor, Chair of the Search Committee, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, [email protected]

Salary and Rank
Salary is commensurate with experience and education.

Special Instructions
Interested candidates should review and complete the online application that requires uploading curriculum vitae; letter of application; statement of teaching philosophy; list of three references with contact information to include mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone numbers.

For Best Consideration Date: 03/27/2023

Expected Start Date: 08/01/2023

Posting/OAA #
IU-100354-2023