The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Leading in the School of Education is looking to hire a part-time Teacher Candidate Coach (TCC) to work with elementary, middle and high school science, math, and social studies student teachers. The position reports to the TCC coordinator and the TLL department chair.
The teacher candidate coach serves as a vital link between the university and cooperating schools. Professional responsibilities of a part-time coach include, but are not limited to the following:
- Attend training and regular TCC team meetings
- Know University policies, procedures, and requirements to all personnel involved in the clinical experience as spelled out in the Teacher Education Handbook
- Know the standards (criteria established by the program and by PDE) to be used in assessing candidates' teaching performance
- Conduct the periodically scheduled evaluations of candidates - program midterm and final evaluations and the Pennsylvania Department of Education-430 (formative and summative)
- Observe candidates' teaching. Formal and informal data should be recorded on standard observation forms. When candidates need additional support, the teacher candidate coach is to provide more support in and out of the classroom with observations, conferences, etc.
- Confer with candidates following each observation. Share the data with candidates and the mentor
All work will be done in person and during school hours; hiring is on a single-semester basis; pay is dependent upon the number of candidates who are supervised