AVAILABILITY OF POSITIONS
GRADUATE STUDENT STAFF
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

For Fall Term: Year 2008 , Winter Term:  Year 2009
Teacher Education Administrative Support
(One position possible.  This is a .25 fraction position-FTE)

• Please indicate your interest by completing a Bid Form to: Gretchen Ewart (gewart@umich.edu), Administrative Assistant, Teacher Education Programs, room 1228 by mail or electronically.  In addition, a general Employment Application(GSA) will need to be submitted. 

• Administrative Duties may include one or more of the following:
  • Recruitment Activities
  • Coordinating TE Ambassadors Program and/or Preferred Admit Program
  • Meeting with Prospective Students
  • Program Support
  • Office Hours

• Selection Criteria will include:
  • Significant knowledge of the Teacher Education Program.
  • Significant knowledge of the field of teaching and teacher education
  • Significant K-12 teaching experience
  • Completion of K-12 teacher certification program
  • Knowledge of the curriculum and instructional approaches of the program.
  • Prior experience teaching in the program and/or providing program support.
  • Educational need (in some programs, this work is viewed as an important element of the Ph.D. educational experience).

• Qualifications Include:

  • Graduate student in good standing in the college, with satisfactory and timely progress toward degree completion.

• Desirable Qualifications Include:

  • Educational Studies Student.
•  Actual hiring decisions will be dependent upon availability of funding.

• Unit Coordinators, upon review of the applications and consultation with the relevant Unit faculty, will forward recommendations to the Program Chair, who will make the final selections.

• Application due date: August 15, 2008.

• Teacher Education will provide notification of hiring decisions to all candidates via e-mail by approximately August 22, 2008.

• Preferential consideration will be given to applicants for whom a position has been promised as part of their financial aid package.

 

• Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings.  Upon request, an unsuccessful applicant will receive, within fourteen (14) calendar days, a written explanation of the reasons for denial of employment.