On-Call Field Supervisor

Santa Clara University • Santa Clara, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Field Supervisor reports to the Field Experience Coordinator. The position includes, but is not limited to, conducting meetings with cooperating teachers and teacher candidates at the start of the academic year to review expectations, policies, and procedures for the field experience. This role involves explaining SCU’s expectations for the cooperating teacher, discussing the field supervisor’s role in support, evaluation, and interaction throughout the year, and covering all items from the field supervisors’ orientation meeting. The supervisor will provide an overview of the program and SCU’s expectations, respond to cooperating teacher questions, and represent the SCU teaching credential program. Responsibilities include assisting with and validating the teacher candidate's completion of tasks on the Clinical Practice Checklist, supporting the teacher candidate by reviewing lesson plans and brainstorming solutions, observing, documenting, and evaluating teacher candidates’ professional practices at least once per month, and providing detailed feedback. The role also involves documenting formal observations, completing summative assessments, demonstrating SCU’s observation and evaluation forms to cooperating teachers, periodically checking in with cooperating teachers, holding benchmark meetings with teacher candidates and cooperating teachers to review assessments and determine readiness, and communicating regularly with Coordinators of Field Placement and the Director of Teacher Education regarding any concerns. Additionally, the supervisor will assist in preparing and completing a Field Experience Performance Plan when necessary and treat cooperating teachers and credential candidates with professional respect.

Requirements

• current knowledge of the content
• knowledge of the current context of public schooling including the California adopted P-12 content standards, frameworks, and accountability systems
• knowledge of diversity in society, including diverse abilities, culture, language, ethnicity, and gender orientation
• demonstration of effective professional practices in teaching and learning, scholarship, and service
• significant experience as a teacher or administrator in a K-12 school setting, including experience observing and evaluating teaching performance
• ability to effectively establish and maintain cooperative working relationships within a diverse multicultural environment

Responsibilities

• Conduct a meeting with the cooperating teacher(s) and teacher candidate at the start of the academic year to (a) review the expectations, policies, and procedures for the field experience; (b) explain SCU’s expectations for the cooperating teacher; (c) discuss the field supervisor’s role in the process of support, evaluation and interaction throughout the year; and (d) cover all items on the list of discussion topics provided at the field supervisors’ orientation meeting in August/September
• Provide an overview of the program and SCU’s expectations (including teacher candidates’ time commitment at school site, reporting absences to cooperating teachers, and adhering to the SCU and school district calendar); respond to cooperating teacher's questions regarding the teacher handbook
• Appropriately represent the SCU teaching credential program in communications with cooperating teachers, maintaining ongoing contact throughout the year, clarifying/reinforcing program’s expectations as needed throughout the year
• Assist with and validate teacher candidate's completion of tasks on the Clinical Practice Checklist
• Support the teacher candidate by reviewing lesson plans, answering questions, brainstorming solutions to field-based challenges, etc.
• Observe, document and evaluate teacher candidates’ professional practices, including lesson planning, unit design, differentiation, classroom management, assessment of student learning, and other practices detailed on the SCU evaluation documents at least once per month
• Provide detailed feedback to teacher candidates regarding their performance throughout the year following both informal and formal observations
• Document formal observations as required each quarter for the teacher candidate using the SCU evaluation forms (numerical rating scale and narrative observations), and complete a summative assessment for the teacher candidate at the end of each quarter
• Demonstrate for cooperating teachers how to use the current version of SCU’s observation and evaluation forms; discuss suggested timelines for completing the forms for each quarter
• Periodically check-in with the coopering teacher to review teacher candidates’ progress outside of scheduled end-of-quarter benchmark meetings
• At the conclusion of each quarter, hold a benchmark meeting with the teacher candidate and cooperating teacher to review summative assessments, and assist in determining teacher candidate's readiness to advance to, or continue in, student teaching, completing the appropriate documentation
• Communicate regularly with Coordinators of Field Placement and Director of Teacher Education regarding any evidence of teacher candidates’ poor performance, and/or concerns about the suitability of the classroom placement or cooperating teacher
• Assist in the preparation and completion of a Field Experience Performance Plan when necessary
• Treat cooperating teachers and credential candidates with professional respect
• Recommends initiatives and implements changes to improve quality and services.
• Identifies and determines cause of problems; develops and presents recommendations for improvement of established processes and practices.
• Maintains contact with customers and solicits feedback for improved services.
• Maximizes productivity through use of appropriate tools; planned training and performance initiatives.
• Researches and develops resources that create timely and efficient workflow.
• Prepares progress reports; informs supervisor of project status; and deviation from goals. Ensures completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all operational functions.
• Prepares and submits reports as requested and required.
• Develops and implements guidelines to support the functions of the unit.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed