Clinical Liaison

General Description Multilingual Teachers and Leaders for the Bronx supports effective teachers and leaders through nontraditional preparation and certification routes and professional enhancement activities. Over the course of its 5 years, LUTE-MULTI will design and implement a year-long clinically rich teacher residency and leader fellowship program that will serve high need schools in the Bronx, New York. LUTE-MULTI will recruit 60 teacher residents in the fields of Early Childhood Bilingual and Elementary Bilingual Education as well as dual certification in Special Education and a Secondary content area (e.g., Math, Science, Social Studies, and English). LUTE-MULTI will also recruit 60 educators who are currently working in high need schools into Lehman College's School Building Leader program as leadership fellows. LUTE-MULTI residents and leadership fellows will be provided with a high-quality clinical education program, induction supports to promote job retention, and increase student achievement and socio-emotional well-being in high need schools. All program participants will receive three micro-credentials or badges as part of a Summer Institute and ongoing monthly professional development workshops. These micro-credentials include: The Multilingual Language Institute Micro-Credential; Student Engagement Micro-Credential, and the Social-Emotional Learning Micro-Credential. Other Duties Initiate student recruitment, application, program admission and registration Coordinate check-in meetings with residents/teacher candidates, mentor teachers and faculty liaisons bi-weekly Support resident teacher transition into classroom Obtain mentor teacher feedback on student progress, performance Collaborate with formative/summative evaluators to assess and collect data for evaluation Visit residency sites and solicit host teacher, student and administrative feedback, concerns, and questions Other duties as assigned Travel across the Bronx required Occasional out-of-state travel required Occasional weekends required Qualifications Minimum 8-10 years of teaching or leadership experience in K-12 setting Experience in supervising and evaluating pre-service and or in-service teacher candidates Clear track record of developing highly qualified teacher candidates Excellent communication skills, including the ability to provide actionable feedback to teachers Experience gathering and managing student data RFCUNY Benefits RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals About the Research Foundation The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award). RFCUNY stands between CUNY's principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Created: 2024-11-10