Title: Student Teacher Supervisor - Music
Division Name: Academic Affairs
College/Unit: Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts
Department: School of Music
Campus Location: Off Campus / Outside Central IL

The School of Music invites applications for Student Teacher Supervisors on an ongoing basis.
Student Teacher Supervisors mentor teacher candidate(s) in their student teaching internship across the state of Illinois. The supervisor is a liaison between ISU and the school district personnel, primarily the cooperating teacher. The supervisor is responsible for observing the student teacher on-site and providing a formal assessment of the teacher candidate's teaching episodes. In addition, the supervisor will review various assignments associated with student teaching. The supervisor is responsible for assigning grades for the student teacher.

The supervisor will be expected to do the following:
1. Complete five visits with the student teacher and the cooperating teacher within the semester.
2. Keep weekly informal communication with the student teacher through phone calls or emails. Also, informal communication with coop as needed.
3. Read and review student teacher's edTPA materials if applicable.
4. Complete formal assessment of observations using School of Music rubric and uploading through LiveText electronic portfolio.

Additional Information: ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
Illinois State University, founded in 1857, is the oldest public university in Illinois. Illinois State is a co-educational, residential university that emphasizes undergraduate study with more than 20,000 students. Our seven colleges offer 174 undergraduate majors, 76 minors, 97 master's programs, 17 doctoral degrees, and 40 certificate options. We have repeatedly been named a "Great Place to Work" by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL COMMUNITY
Illinois State University is located in the growing twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, with a population of approximately 132,000 and conveniently located approximately two hours from both Chicago and St. Louis. The community is home to GROWMARK, the Illinois Farm Bureau, State Farm Insurance's International Headquarters, Illinois Wesleyan University, Lincoln College, and Heartland Community College. The community has distinguished itself for its outstanding school systems, its citizens' level of educational attainment, its parks and recreation, health care, job growth, economic opportunity, and low crime rate. Forbes magazine, in a review of the best places for business, ranked Bloomington-Normal the 15th best place for business out of 168 small metros listed. Bloomington was also recently placed on CNNMoney's list of the 100 Best Places to Live. Expansion Management Magazine rated Bloomington-Normal as one of two metro areas with a five-star quality of life, giving the community high rankings in such areas as standard of living, quality of schools, traffic, and commute time. Please visit the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention & Visitors Bureau website at https://www.visitbn.org/ for more information.

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

1. Degree: Bachelor of Music Education, or related field.

2. Five years of music teaching experience.

3. Ability to support and mentor the student teacher throughout the student teaching experience.

4. Excellent written and verbal communication.

5. High standard of professionalism as a representative of the School of Music and Illinois State University.

6. Candidates must be able to demonstrate oral proficiency in the English language as a requirement for this position, as mandated by state law.

1. Master's degree.

2. Experience as cooperating teacher and/or student teacher supervisor.

Varies

TBD

Letter of application
Curriculum vita
Three references (name, address, telephone, and email)

Please Note: These documents are required to be submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior to clicking on "Apply"

Human Resources
Michelle Klunke
msklunk@ilstu.edu

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

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