Bachelor of Education Instructors

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**Posting Details**:
Position Information

**Position Title**
- Bachelor of Education Instructors - Part-time, Practicum Advisor**Faculty/Instructor Profile**
- Red Deer Polytechnics Bachelor of Education program is looking for exemplary school leaders who are able to provide both pre-service teachers and classroom mentors support through completing professional practicum. The part-time instructor will provide support to practicum students and mentor teachers in their 3rd year (3500) practicum placements within K-12 Central Alberta schools. Part-time Practicum Advisors are over and above what used to be considered of a University Facilitator.
- This new position calls for skilled practice in many of the Leadership Quality Standards with special emphasis on Fostering Effective Relationships, Providing Instructional Leadership and Developing Leadership Capacity to result in quality teaching and optimum learning for all school students. We are looking for strong instructional leaders who can support mentor teachers with both supervision and evaluation responsibilities of pre-service teachers.
- **Faculty at Red Deer Polytechnic**:

- Are passionate about teaching, learning, and student success.
- Pursue professional learning to continually enhance their practice and their discipline.
- Are recognized for their contributions to both local and global communities.

**Role Description**
- As Red Deer Polytechnic’s future takes shape, growing our breadth of credentials (to include our own degrees) and programs, our institution has high expectations of our amazing faculty. But we do recognize that new hires may not have all the skills and experiences when applying. We want you to know that there is some flexibility to develop your talents over time. The initial focus for new faculty will be on teaching and student success with lots of opportunity for professional development, growth and collaboration. Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) is committed to all faculty acquiring the identified Key Attributes over time.
- **Teaching**
- The faculty member combines discipline expertise with evidence based teaching to facilitate effective and varied learning experiences.
- **Student Success**
- The faculty member encourages student success in an engaging, supportive environment by being responsive to student needs and ideas.
- **Professional Development**
- The faculty member engages in the continuous pursuit of knowledge to maintain currency in their discipline and their teaching practice.
- **Research, Scholarly and Creative Pursuits**
- The faculty member has the opportunity to pursue impactful scholarly and creative activities and disseminates knowledge that advances the discipline, enhances the reputation of Red Deer Polytechnic, and improves communities.
- **Community Contributions**
- The faculty member values engagement, contributing knowledge and their own expertise to the betterment of Red Deer Polytechnic and local communities, as well as discipline-based, national, and global communities.
- **For More Information**:

- **Faculty Profile**

**Position Responsibilities**
- Practicum Advisors have an important role in the success of the preservice and mentor teachers. The Practicum Advisor is the main connection between the preservice teachers in practicum and Red Deer Polytechnic.- create positive supportive relationships with the preservice and mentor teachers and other school staff and administration
- help to strengthen and maintain Red Deer Polytechnic School of Education’s connection with all schools and community partners
- ensure RDP’s high expectations of professionalism for preservice teachers is developed and maintained
- observe, provide feedback, guide, and assess preservice teachers, in collaboration with the mentor teachers
- be in regular contact with the schools and mentor teachers regarding the on-going development of the preservice teachers
- attend and participate in the practicum orientation delivered by the RDP Practicum Facilitator
- maintain communication with the RDP Practicum Facilitator
- provide feedback regularly through conferencing and keep dated, written observation and field notes when observing, guiding and visiting preservice teachers providing evidence for growth and the final evaluation
- provide support to the mentor and school administration to mediate concerns about a preservice teacher’s performance

In order to fulfill this requirement, there is an expectation of 2-3 visits to the pre-service teacher’s placement school during their 6 weeks placement. Each visit would contain 3 parts:
- pre-observation conversations,
- classroom observation
- post-observation reflective conversation
- The goal of each visit would be to collaborate with the mentor teacher for practice refinement, reinforce best practices and discuss any areas of growth to assist the pre-service teacher in growth planning and developing strong reflective