Center Teacher Education Supervisor

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION VACANCY

Center for Teacher Education Supervisor

The CMU Center for Teacher Education Supervisors act as a liaison between the participating schools and the Center for Teacher Education. This includes communication with cooperating teachers, teacher candidates, and the respective program coordinator. This position is part‑time, requiring approximately 10 meetings with the student over the course of 2 semesters. Supervisors are typically assigned 1–3 students to work with at a time.

In addition, this position is a pooled position and hiring will be done on an as‑needed basis. The ideal candidate lives in Western Colorado.

• Establish and maintain positive relationships between the cooperating teacher, the school, and the University and its teacher education programs.
• Help student teachers, cooperating teachers, and other school personnel understand the expectations of the student teaching experience.
• Facilitate the candidate’s implementation of skills and strategies needed to begin their participation in the classroom.
• Make regularly scheduled observation visits during the student teaching placement. More observation visits may be requested if necessary.
• Assist in the professional growth and development of the teacher candidate’s knowledge, skills and dispositions.
• University supervisors must observe a teacher candidate at least four times in the student teaching period; however, University supervisors will visit more frequently if necessary.
• After each observation, the University supervisor will confer with the teacher candidate and give a written report of the observation to the teacher candidate, the cooperating teacher, and submit to the program coordinator.
• Communicate with the cooperating teacher about the teacher candidate’s progress at each observation.
• Be candid with the teacher candidate and cooperating teacher about the candidate’s progress.
• Assist the cooperating teacher in dealing with problems they may be experiencing.
• Assist the teacher candidate in dealing with problems they may be experiencing.

Bachelor’s degree, teaching experience in content area or grade level.

Master’s degree, National Board Certification, administrative experience, experience mentoring student teachers, current or previous teaching license in the content area.

$100 for pre‑internship and $500 for internship per student supervised. Mileage reimbursement for travel to and from observation sites.

Colorado Mesa University

Professional Staff

01/18/2026 11:59 PM MST

Applicants will be asked to complete an online application by creating a profile and then providing personal and demographic information. In addition, please be prepared to upload a:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Include the name, phone number, email address and relationship of at least three professional references who can attest to your ability to perform the job you are applying for. Professional references should include at least one current or former supervisor. Professional reference may also include current or former employers, colleagues or other professionals who have first‑hand knowledge and can recommend you for employment.
• Copy of transcripts for all degrees completed (if your transcripts include a social security number or birthdate, please redact that information before uploading the document. Official transcripts will be required upon hire)

Blake Bickham, bbickham

Colorado Mesa University provides exceptional educational opportunities on a state‑of‑the‑art campus located in Grand Junction. As western Colorado’s largest university, CMU serves students on its main campus in Grand Junction, its satellite campus in Montrose, its community college, Western Colorado Community College and via online offerings. Founded in 1925, it’s a dynamic university enrolling more than 11,000 students at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels.

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