LSEE Fieldwork Coordinator

Liberal Studies Elementary Education (LSEE) Fieldwork Coordinator

Department of Education

Job #548272

Close Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

 

At Cal Poly Humboldt, bold hearts and open minds shape the future.

Founded in 1913, Cal Poly Humboldt began as a small college for teachers. Today Humboldt has grown into a comprehensive university with rigorous science and liberal arts programs. Designated a polytechnic in 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt provides hands-on, impactful educational opportunities that lead to meaningful, measurable outcomes for the individual, for the state, and the world.

Cal Poly Humboldt is proud to have more than 6,000 students of all backgrounds spread across 61 majors, 13 graduate programs, and 4 credential programs — all of whom contribute passion and creativity within their fields and set the stage for a future grounded in equity and sustainability. Hands-on learning, inspired teaching, ground-breaking research, and thought-provoking creative activity happen daily at Humboldt.

Finding a better future is a task for the bold and open, the down-to-earth and visionary. Cal Poly Humboldt strives to cultivate these qualities in leaders, innovators, and scholars in every field.

 

(Job #548272) Student Services Professional II, LSEE Fieldwork Coordinator, Salary Range: $5,083 - $7,228; Hiring Range: $5,083 - $5,337. This is a full-time, benefited, exempt, 12-month pay plan permanent position with a one-year probationary period in the Department of Education. This position comes with a premium benefits package that includes outstanding vacation, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, voluntary pre-tax health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, a fee waiver education program, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and 14 paid holidays per year. Additional benefits information can be found at https://hraps.humboldt.edu/employee-benefits.

 

Position Summary:

The LSEE Fieldwork Coordinator job objectives include participating in student recruitment, advising current and prospective credential candidates, coordinating the admission process, arranging fieldwork practicum and apprentice teaching placements, conducting and maintaining student field placements, and working with university fieldwork supervisors.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Advising – 40%

• Plan, schedule, and conduct orientations and informational sessions for current, incoming, and prospective students to the LSEE major pathways.  Assess and adapt services for programs to the needs of academically and culturally diverse students.
• Explain academic policies and procedures, and act as mentor and advocate.
• Plan, promote, and participate in activities to encourage advisees to be successful in their major. Help students build schedules and construct academic plans that will ensure their successful progress towards meeting their degree objectives Advise assigned students on academic probation to help them return to good academic standing Connect students with appropriate campus resources
• Assist LSEE majors and prospective majors with all manner of questions related to degree completion and career-related experiences, either through drop-in hours or by appointment
• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of academic policies and procedures, withdrawal counseling, retention, and student success initiatives campus wide.  Maintain records on students’ academic progress and persistence and conduct regular needs assessment of assigned students
• Assist students in identifying career and life planning issues and problems, which often entail complex and sensitive personal issues
• Select appropriate techniques and instruments to help students learn about themselves, their aptitudes, their abilities and how these relate to career/life planning
• Advise students on ways to explore occupational fields and to develop needed skills through classes or training programs
• Refer students to potential career-related internships and summer jobs to gain valuable experience in their field of choice
• Maintain LSEE program MAPs in consultation with Program Lead

 

Program Coordinator – 30%

• Conduct community outreach activities in the local region including local high schools and College of the Redwoods.
• Coordinate and participate in the application process for candidate admissions to the ITEP pathway Notify students of