Educator Scholars Success Coordinator - College of Education

Position Overview:

The Educator Scholars Success Coordinator plays a key role in supporting juniors, seniors, and first year alumni of the Lipscomb Educator Scholars program. This scholarship program recruits area students to study Education at Lipscomb, with the goal that they return to their home communities to become teachers upon graduation. Many scholarship recipients are first-generation college students and paying for college themselves. The Coordinator role will focus on their development as teacher candidates in their final two years of college, their professional development in student teaching, and their transition into the professional world and their own classroom.

This position reports to: Lipscomb Educator Scholars Program Director

Key Responsibilities:

Case Management:

• Identify common struggles among students and design proactive supports
• Establish regular contact points with each student
• Serve as welcoming place for students to come with questions and concerns
• Maintain case notes and track trends
• Support students in completing Praxis and other licensure requirements and arrange for additional supports as needed
• Focus on students' development of teacher candidate skills, identity, and approach to lesson planning and teaching
• Develop a new model of supports for recent graduates as they transition to the workforce
• Develop a new model of supports for first year teachers
• Support candidates with concerns unique to their identities, such as bilingual candidates

Cohort Events:

• Develop content for and host three cohort meetings a semester for each cohort in the program
• Support the team to develop other events and host them as needed to engage students and support the building of relationships between cohorts
• Develop, as needed, events to target first year teachers and other recent alumni
• other duties as needed

Partnerships:

• Build relationships in offices across campus to ensure the success of students, including the Registrar, the Business Office, Financial Aid, and Academic Success
• Build relationships with Education professors to case manage students enrolled in their courses
• Build relationships with Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) to support graduating students as they navigate hiring and their first jobs
• Partner with MNPS to build new initiatives that increase retention of graduates in the classroom
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