Clinical Practice Director (New Jersey)

Job Title: Clinical Practice Director (New Jersey)  

Type: Full-time

Location: New Jersey (candidate must live in New Jersey and be able to commute to Camden and Newark)

Start Date: May 30, 2023

SUMMARY

Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay) is welcoming applications for faculty and staff positions on the teacher preparation team. Relay’s mission is to ensure that all students are taught by outstanding educators. Our vision is to build a more just world where every student has access to outstanding educators and a clear path to a fulfilling life. Individuals dedicated and well versed in culturally responsive pedagogy, social justice in education, and exceptional teaching practices will have an opportunity to thrive while ensuring licensure and graduate students at Relay fulfill their aspirations of becoming teachers.  

The Clinical Practice Director (New Jersey) sets and implements the clinical experience vision and strategy for the entire state and informs the vision and strategy for the broader team. The Clinical Practice Director (New Jersey) reports to the Department Chair of Clinical Experience. As Relay’s programmatic approach evolves to support Relay students, the scope of this role will evolve to ensure successful program delivery. As teachers of educators, we must evolve our approach to match the times as teaching and learning change. In recent years, Relay has refined and deepened our model in response to research and feedback from our faculty and students. Now, we are rolling out some exciting changes based on our findings. The Clinical Practice Director (New Jersey) will provide critical input to Relay’s overall approach to teacher preparation and must be adaptable and able to navigate change as we work to refine our program to best serve our students. 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

The essential responsibilities of this position, while not limited to the following, will include: 

• State Educator Education Preparation (EPP) Lead: You are responsible for setting the  vision for the state by actively engaging external and internal stakeholders to maintain open lines of communication with local partners in support of student success (ie. providing periodic updates and sharing relevant data for continuous improvement and student support). Responsibilities require you to independently identify systems, programs, courses, or policies that support the success of Relay programs within the state. In addition, you will work across teams to ensure Relay programs in the state are in compliance with institutional policies and state standards, regulations, and/or code. This is done while ensuring that all faculty, staff, and clinical partners servicing candidates in the state-approved EPP understand the requirements and that local policies and processes are carried out with fidelity.
• Student Experience: In collaboration with student advisors, certification officers, and the licensure exam preparation faculty you will ensure each cohort of students enrolled in your state are supported to achieve their clinical experience goals and successfully meet the state educator preparation pathway requirements of the state. 
• Teaching Responsibilities:  While your role impacts all students taking courses or receiving services from Relay across the state. You will teach online foundations of education courses and clinical practice courses throughout the academic year, which include student observations (approximately 50 per term). Teaching schedules vary by term. Faculty should be available to teach virtually throughout the day, 2 nights a week, and one Saturday a month.  Occasional in-person events may be required each term in the host city.
• Programmatic & Design Responsibilities: You will support the design and continuous improvement of the programs and courses offered within the state by providing ongoing feedback on the curriculum design.
• Partnership Responsibilities: You will be responsible for engaging internal and external stakeholders and leading cross-team or cross functional groups to actively maintain open lines of communication with partners in support of student success (ie. providing periodic student progress updates, operating an advisory board, sharing relevant data for continuous improvement and student support, communicating regularly with school-based mentor teachers)
• Management: You will directly supervise full time and part time clinical practice faculty.  As the region grows, via student enrollment, you will be responsible for supporting the department by supervising Professors, Assistant Professors, Field Supervisors and/or part-time clinical practice faculty. Your support wil