Director - Teachers Institute for Tulsa
Director - Teachers Institute for Tulsa
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Over the last four decades the Yale National Initiative to strengthen teaching in public schools has worked to provide teachers in challenging urban areas the opportunity to increase mastery of their content while creating curriculum units for use in their schools and districts and available to teachers around the world. This is done nationally at Yale and locally in urban districts that have created local Institutes or are working to create one. The University of Tulsa and Tulsa Public Schools are partnering to establish such an Institute beginning in Fall 2023 or Spring 2024. In the manner of these Institutes this collaboration between both entities seeks to strengthen teaching among Tulsas public school teachers through seminars in the humanities and sciences led by distinguished University of Tulsa faculty. Such seminars are designed to foster collegial relationships among participants. Teacher leaders play a vital role in coordinating the Institute program guiding the selection of seminar topics and recruiting and selecting Institute Fellows. Approximately 48 teachers in four seminars are admitted to the program in 202324 the first year of operation growing to 5060 teachers annually in subsequent years. The University of Tulsa faculty participate in the Institute as seminar leaders; a University Advisory Council also provides assistance within the University community. The Director reporting to the Office of Provost acts as liaison with the Yale National Initiative. The Director working under limited direction leads and coordinates the Teachers Institute for Tulsa by collaborating and communicating with the school district and university faculty. This partnership between the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Public Schools is committed to the Understandings and Procedures of the Yale National Initiative model for Teachers Institutes upon which it was founded. This model is defined in The Teachers Institute Approach (New Haven 2007. The approach focuses on deepening public school teachers knowledge of their disciplines and increasing their effectiveness in the classroom. Article 3 on pages 1819 defines the role of a League Institute Director. The Directors experience and skills must enable him or her to lead and promote with patience and conviction this schooluniversity partnership designed to strengthen teaching and learning in public schools. CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES : The Director supports the work of the Teacher Steering Committee Fellows Teacher Representatives Seminar Coordinators University Advisory Council and faculty Seminar Leaders in order to organize and assess the annual program. The Director is responsible and accountable for establishing and expanding critical professional relationships to ensure the Institutes success and viability. The Director engages in communication at multiple levels internal and external to the University and directly communicates on a frequent basis with the Office of the Provost about the activities of the Institute. The Director develops policies establishes evaluation and documentation procedures directs studies of the programs results and participates in League of Teachers Institutes documentation assessment/evaluations and studies. The Director solicits ongoing fiscal support for the Institute and works with The University of Tulsa officials including the Office of Institutional Advancement and Tulsa Public School officials to identify and pursue such funding sources as grant agencies corporations foundations and individuals who are prospective donors for funding the Institute. The Director is responsible for maintaining a budget for the Institute made up of direct and indirect costs from The University of Tulsa and the Tulsa Public School District and grants of differing types and duration. The Director plans and develops electronic resources for the Institute including publications schedules and calendars. The Director identifies and recruits university faculty to lead seminars in diverse fields and guides faculty to an understanding of the collegial seminar format. The Director writes annual reports to submit to the League of Teachers Institutes and maintains frequent communication with partners at the Yale National Initiative. The Director performs other duties as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Masters degree or higher in a related field and six years of progressively responsible job related experience.; familiarity with a range of academic disciplines in the humanities and the sciences as taught in the University and curricular issues practices standards and subjects as taught in the Tulsa public schools as well as a knowledge of public education and education reform movements in the United States in general and Oklahoma in particular; the ability to develop plan and implement short and longrange goals to organize resources and establishing priorities and to work in a collegial effective way with individuals of varied backgrounds; skills in writing various types of documents for diverse audiences; skills in grant writing especially helpful; group dynamics consensus building and conflict resolution; knowledge of various methodologies for evaluating and documenting the results of education programs; familiarity with principles of budgeting financial management and cost accounting for federal and nonfederal gifts and grants; administrative organization and management skills; knowledge of computer applications; and effective communication skills in a diverse environment.
Physical Demands
Standard office environment
Required Qualifications
Masters degree or higher in a related field and six years of progressively responsible job related experience.; familiarity with a range of academic disciplines in the humanities and the sciences as taught in the University and curricular issues practices standards and subjects as taught in the Tulsa public schools as well as a knowledge of public education and education reform movements in the United States in general and Oklahoma in particular; the ability to develop plan and implement short and longrange goals to organize resources and establishing priorities and to work in a collegial effective way with individuals of varied backgrounds; skills in writing various types of documents for diverse audiences; skills in grant writing especially helpful; group dynamics consensus building and conflict resolution; knowledge of various methodologies for evaluating and documenting the results of education programs; familiarity with principles of budgeting financial management and cost accounting for federal and nonfederal gifts and grants; administrative organization and management skills; knowledge of computer applications; and effective communication skills in a diverse environment.
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
Over the last four decades the Yale National Initiative to strengthen teaching in public schools has worked to provide teachers in challenging urban areas the opportunity to increase mastery of their content while creating curriculum units for use in their schools and districts and available to teachers around the world. This is done nationally at Yale and locally in urban districts that have created local Institutes or are working to create one. The University of Tulsa and Tulsa Public Schools are partnering to establish such an Institute beginning in Fall 2023 or Spring 2024. In the manner of these Institutes this collaboration between both entities seeks to strengthen teaching among Tulsas public school teachers through seminars in the humanities and sciences led by distinguished University of Tulsa faculty. Such seminars are designed to foster collegial relationships among participants. Teacher leaders play a vital role in coordinating the Institute program guiding the selection of seminar topics and recruiting and selecting Institute Fellows. Approximately 48 teachers in four seminars are admitted to the program in 202324 the first year of operation growing to 5060 teachers annually in subsequent years. The University of Tulsa faculty participate in the Institute as seminar leaders; a University Advisory Council also provides assistance within the University community. The Director reporting to the Office of Provost acts as liaison with the Yale National Initiative. The Director working under limited direction leads and coordinates the Teachers Institute for Tulsa by collaborating and communicating with the school district and university faculty. This partnership between the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Public Schools is committed to the Understandings and Procedures of the Yale National Initiative model for Teachers Institutes upon which it was founded. This model is defined in The Teachers Institute Approach (New Haven 2007. The approach focuses on deepening public school teachers knowledge of their disciplines and increasing their effectiveness in the classroom. Article 3 on pages 1819 defines the role of a League Institute Director. The Directors experience and skills must enable him or her to lead and promote with patience and conviction this schooluniversity partnership designed to strengthen teaching and learning in public schools. CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES : The Director supports the work of the Teacher Steering Committee Fellows Teacher Representatives Seminar Coordinators University Advisory Council and faculty Seminar Leaders in order to organize and assess the annual program. The Director is responsible and accountable for establishing and expanding critical professional relationships to ensure the Institutes success and viability. The Director engages in communication at multiple levels internal and external to the University and directly communicates on a frequent basis with the Office of the Provost about the activities of the Institute. The Director develops policies establishes evaluation and documentation procedures directs studies of the programs results and participates in League of Teachers Institutes documentation assessment/evaluations and studies. The Director solicits ongoing fiscal support for the Institute and works with The University of Tulsa officials including the Office of Institutional Advancement and Tulsa Public School officials to identify and pursue such funding sources as grant agencies corporations foundations and individuals who are prospective donors for funding the Institute. The Director is responsible for maintaining a budget for the Institute made up of direct and indirect costs from The University of Tulsa and the Tulsa Public School District and grants of differing types and duration. The Director plans and develops electronic resources for the Institute including publications schedules and calendars. The Director identifies and recruits university faculty to lead seminars in diverse fields and guides faculty to an understanding of the collegial seminar format. The Director writes annual reports to submit to the League of Teachers Institutes and maintains frequent communication with partners at the Yale National Initiative. The Director performs other duties as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Masters degree or higher in a related field and six years of progressively responsible job related experience.; familiarity with a range of academic disciplines in the humanities and the sciences as taught in the University and curricular issues practices standards and subjects as taught in the Tulsa public schools as well as a knowledge of public education and education reform movements in the United States in general and Oklahoma in particular; the ability to develop plan and implement short and longrange goals to organize resources and establishing priorities and to work in a collegial effective way with individuals of varied backgrounds; skills in writing various types of documents for diverse audiences; skills in grant writing especially helpful; group dynamics consensus building and conflict resolution; knowledge of various methodologies for evaluating and documenting the results of education programs; familiarity with principles of budgeting financial management and cost accounting for federal and nonfederal gifts and grants; administrative organization and management skills; knowledge of computer applications; and effective communication skills in a diverse environment.
Physical Demands
Standard office environment
Required Qualifications
Masters degree or higher in a related field and six years of progressively responsible job related experience.; familiarity with a range of academic disciplines in the humanities and the sciences as taught in the University and curricular issues practices standards and subjects as taught in the Tulsa public schools as well as a knowledge of public education and education reform movements in the United States in general and Oklahoma in particular; the ability to develop plan and implement short and longrange goals to organize resources and establishing priorities and to work in a collegial effective way with individuals of varied backgrounds; skills in writing various types of documents for diverse audiences; skills in grant writing especially helpful; group dynamics consensus building and conflict resolution; knowledge of various methodologies for evaluating and documenting the results of education programs; familiarity with principles of budgeting financial management and cost accounting for federal and nonfederal gifts and grants; administrative organization and management skills; knowledge of computer applications; and effective communication skills in a diverse environment.
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
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