Executive Director of Minority Teacher Recruitment and Retention

South Carolina State University

South Carolina

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Academic Affairs, Assembly Language, Budget Management, C Programming Language, Community and Social Services, Employee Retention, Executive Recruiting, Expense Tracking, Financial Management, Higher Education, Leadership, Loans, Performance Analysis, Performance Reviews, Program Evaluation, Project/Program Management, Recruiting Strategy, Reporting Skills, Retention Programs, Training/Teaching, Training/Teaching Curriculum
LOCATION
South Carolina
POSTED
7 days ago

The Division of Academic Affairs and the department of Minority Teacher Recruitment Program is hiring for an Executive Director position. The Executive Director position provides Leadership in the continued and implementation of a statewide minority teacher recruitment/retention program, specifically through the overseership of the EIA Minority Teacher Recruitment Program and the African American Teacher Loan Program.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • To develop and implement recruitment strategies to attract academically capable traditional and non-traditional minority students to the teaching profession and to undergraduate programs in teacher education curricula at SC State University.
  • To manage the programs budget and fiscal responsibility for monitoring expenditures of the EIA Forgivable Loan and African American Forgivable Loan Programs.
  • To administer the African American and EIA Forgivable Loan Programs and track the academic progress of program forgivable loan programs and track the academic progress and program forgivable loan recipients.
  • Write legislative reports and make presentations before/to standing committee of the S.C House and Senate (as requested by the S.C General Assembly and prepares annual reports (as mandated by the S.C General Assembly for submission to the S.C. Commission of Higher Education and the S.C. Education Oversight, the programs monitoring agencies.
  • Promote teaching as a career choice and the SC State University Minority Teacher Recruitment Program by attending discipline- specific meetings and conference related to education and the tutorial components of the Program and by presenting and/or attending state, regional and national conference of minority teacher recruitment and retention issues.
  • Fulfill faculty responsibilities by participating in advisement (forgivable loan recipients), scholarly and professional development activities, university and community service, assignments from the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs.
  • Conduct annual performance evaluations of the program, its personnel and submit results to the appropriate University and State Offices.

Minimum Requirements for Entry into position: 

Bachelor's degree in education or a related field of study.

Preferred Requirements for Entry into position: 

Master of Education and three years of experience.

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South Carolina State University