ANTICIPATED Coordinator II, Student Teacher and Special Initiatives (226 Days) GRANT FUNDED

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university in a directly related field. Masters degree from an accredited university preferred.
• Three or more years of direct teaching experience preferably in a bilingual K-12 setting.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct staff development and training sessions.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain and track student-teacher candidates and prospects.
• Demonstrated experience with university systems and possess strong relationship-development skills.

Under limited supervision this position is responsible for coordinating and executing a discrete set of tasks and assignments related to the assigned organization. Provides assistance to the assigned supervisor with the coordination of operations development of new programs and modification of existing programs in order to ensure the mission of the division is achieved.

• Manage student-teacher by creating and developing new and existing partnerships with colleges universities and alternative certification departments to enhance the student teaching experience with Dallas ISD.
• Requires working with colleges/universities and students in the approval and placement process follow-up training screening and interviewing coordinating receptions and assisting with the transaction and hiring process.
• Develop and support student teachers throughout their internship with Dallas ISD by offering a series of ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
• Serve as a liaison between School Leadership Division offices and HCM department to offer professional development and support placing and training and hiring process.
• Identify and train effective cooperating teachers in the district in order to build strong relationships between each mentor and student-teacher.
• Create and execute training sessions for program participants.
• Monitor the compliance with policies procedures and extended year guidelines; Conduct campus visits as required for the monitoring and supporting of program implementation.
• Align efforts to the districts goal of converting hiring and retaining highly qualified staff to improve instructional results on district campuses.
• Manage recruitment projects and all phases of the conversion process assisting in the development of the districts recruitment strategy for teachers.
• Articulate establish and foster collaborations and partnerships with stakeholders including but not limited to Universities and Colleges.
• Manage the process of creating contracts and Interlocal Agreements with EPPs.
• Facilitate and provide campus district-wide opportunities to student teachers outside of the program seeking to complete classrooms observations hours.
• Provide leadership input on university partnership grant-funded initiatives in order to maintain a high level of program effectiveness and success.
• Serve as the HCM liaison for districtwide student-teacher engagement and conversion efforts.
• Co-serve as HCM liaison to internal divisions and external partners in support of the districts hiring and conversion strategy.
• Research best practices for recruiting placing training workplace culture employee engagement and retaining student teachers.
• Utilize technology to collect data analyze findings and prepare reports to drive placements onboarding conversion and performance management initiatives.
• Develop and maintain databases reports and/or documentation that summarize departmental activities and budget.
• Implement growth strategies and initiatives manage day-to-day tasks and activities ensures adequate orientation of student teachers training and cross-training of personnel.
• Communicate effectively with departmental staff principals teachers and external stakeholders outside of the District in oral and written form; meet with all stakeholders to process concerns to resolution and to implement best practices.
• Collect and organize documentation and data on services provided.
• Define problems analyze data and develop action plans as part of a continuous improvement cycle.
• Development of both Title I and Title II Work Scope to oversee federal funding of the Office of Student Teaching program.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

All federally funded incumbents of this position must comply with time and effort reporting requirements through personnel activity reports or periodic certification as appropriate.