Assistant Director of Field

Job no: 562704
Work type: Staff
Location: San José
Categories: Unit 4 - APC - Academic Professionals of California, Administrative, Probationary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)

Reporting to the Dean of the Lurie College of Education receives work direction from the Director of Field Experience with a dotted line of reporting to the Department Chairs for Teacher Education and Special Education. The Assistant Director will be partial work lead for the Field Placement and Special Projects Coordinator. The Assistant Director of Field Experience will provide overall program management and oversight to field education in the Teacher Education and Special Education Departments at San José State University.

The Assistant Director of Field Experience will serve as the Departments’ primary resource for planning, supporting, and implementing a comprehensive field education program for credential candidates that aligns with the College’s mission, vision, and strategic plan.

The Assistant Director will oversee, assign, and support field supervisors and work closely with faculty to provide an integrated approach to student teaching and intern experiences in alignment with the College’s strategic plan and each Program’s learning objectives. The Assistant Director serves as the operational lead for field experience, providing day-to-day direction and support to field supervisors and students in the field, primarily through mentoring the University Supervisors who work directly with candidates.

The Assistant Director leads the field pod working group and provides partial work direction to the Field Placement Coordinator in coordinating placement needs.

The Assistant Director will collaborate with relevant SJSU Departments’ faculty members and supervise field supervisors to support any needed course design or redesign to support practice. The Assistant Director will also collaborate with Lurie’s faculty and partner school districts to develop professional learning opportunities for those engaged with supporting the field experience within and across programs.

• Use of substantial judgment and collaboration in the analysis, interpretation, development, integration, and application of the Departments’ field experience policies and practice in a cycle of continual improvement to align with Program Learning Outcomes and the Lurie College’s mission, vision, and strategic plan.
• Maintain a strong student support focus across the Departments using existing practices with a humanizing and transformative approach.
• Collaborate with regional partners on pre-professional experience partnerships.
• Manage a webpage presence and periodically convey field experience updates via a newsletter.
• Support efforts to attract and recruit mentor teachers and supervisors.
• Lead monthly supervisor meetings; design and facilitate professional learning for supervisors to support and deepen their understanding of mentoring novice teachers and updated credential requirements.
• Lead the field pod, communicate as needed with Mentor Teachers and University Supervisors on program requirements, university curriculum, deadlines, and candidate progress, and serve as their primary point of operational support in the field.
• Serve as operational lead for the field, organizing and assigning supervisor caseloads and providing ongoing mentorship and support to University Supervisors in their work with candidates and school-site partners.
• Update the Student Teaching Field Guide/Handbook for each program.
• Field complaints and concerns from candidates about supervisors, mentor teachers, and placements and communicate and/or refer them to the Credential Program Advisor or Chair as needed.
• Prepare MOUs for teacher…