Director Pathways into Education Center - Dean's Office-School of Education

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The Pathways Into Education Center (PIE) Center is the School of Education's primary resource for current and futurestudents as well as alumni on all undergraduate and graduate programs including educator preparation programs and minors ranging from intake to certification requirements. The Director of the Pathways Into Education Center is responsible for student engagement, including developing recruitment,retention, and completion strategies, fostering a community forboth undergraduate and graduate students, and providing non-degreeacademic advising for all programs within the School of Education.

The Director serves as a certification specialist, providing support to current students and graduates seeking certification. The Director participates in assessment and accreditationactivities, helping to ensure appropriate information, asneeded.

• Recruitment:
  Develop and manage short-term and long-termrecruitment and retention plans for graduate and undergraduate students, in collaboration with the Dean's Office,Departments/Division, Admissions, and Advisement Services Center.
  
  This responsibility includes prospect advisement, workshops,creating marketing materials, making presentations, establishingarticulation agreements, facilitating and attending recruitment events on- and off-campus including open houses and recruitment fairs.
• Retention:
  Assist academic departments with yield efforts,including scheduling and/or hosting information sessions, prospect and applicant outreach, and providing application data asneeded.
• Academic Advising:
  Collaborate with the department advisors, toassist non-degree students and students enrolled in School of Education minors in course selection.
• Certification:
  Serve as the university's certificationspecialist, providing certification advisement to prospects,current students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Submit universityrecommendations, conduct out-of-state certification verifications,assist with federal reports such as Title II, attend SUNY Teacher Certification Consortium meetings, and assist the University Certification Officer.
• Student Success and Engagement:
  Organize undergraduate and graduate activities and workshops in areas such as career readiness, personal wellness and strategies for academic success.
  
  Manage school wide orientations and support departments with program specific student support activities.
• Assessment/Accreditation:
  Aid in the self-study and site visitprocess and participate in other activities as needed.
• Outreach:
  Engage with school and other entities for recruitment and community engagement purposes such as K-12 student visits and presentations.
• Lead and manage direct reports/team providing guidance,support, and performance feedback to assure goals, programs,activities, and personnel practices are consistent with and contribute to the University's mission. Lead employees for maximum performance and dedication, fostering a positive and productive work environment. Complete performance management feedback andgoals timely and per requirements, offering constructive feedback and developing improvement plans.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned.

• Reports to:
  
  Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, Partnerships and Accreditation;
  Executive Director of Student Success.
• Supervises the following positions:
  Assistant Director of PIE,Graduate Assistants.

• Proficiency in interpreting and applying New York State Education…