Description:
The Social Science Teacher Preparation Program in SJSU’s Department of History offers upper- division undergraduate courses that are intended for future K-12 teachers. The courses are designed to prepare students with the content knowledge and grade-level specific pedagogical strategies they will need to teach in California public school classrooms. The History Department works with the College of Education/Teacher Preparation Department to coordinate the applications, courses, and student teaching supervision for graduates receiving a single subject teaching credential in Social Science.
Brief Description Of Duties
SJSU’s History Department invites highly qualified and motivated applicants to apply for a position as
Subject Area Coordinator for Social Science. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Assess subject matter competency, providing feedback on how to attain subject matter competency, and re-check subject matter competency of all subject-area applicants to the program and in the credential program.
- Interview and conduct initial credential program advising with all subject-area applicants to the program.
- Work with the Field Placement Coordinator in the College of Education to vet potential mentor teachers, make placements for teacher candidates, and monitor their progress.
- Collaborate with the History Department & College of Education Field Office to plan supervision loads.
- Collaborate with the College of Education Field Office to address any issues that arise for teacher candidates, supervisors, and/or mentor teachers in the field and if necessary, develop improvement or remediation plans for teacher candidates.
- Attend monthly meetings of the Single Subject Credential Program, including preparation and presentation of related tasks.
- Work with the College of Education Program Advisor and TED Chair to develop and implement new policies, procedures, curriculum, and assessments particularly as they relate to methods coursework, supervision of teacher candidates, and CalTPA.
- Recruit, hire, and retain instructors for supervision, seminar/colloquium, and methods. Manage supervisors, including workload assignments, monitoring work, and writing evaluations.
- Meet with supervisors regularly to calibrate on supervision duties such as preparing for formative and summative assessments and /or offering professional development.
- Keep up-to-date on trends and issues relevant to the subject area and credential program (e.g., changes in laws, CCTC initiatives, CalTPA, etc.).
- Teach weekly/bi-weekly Student Teaching Seminar class for Phase 2 candidates.
- Demonstrate awareness of and address the needs of a student population of great diversity– including age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary
language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation–through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
- All faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
- All classes must be offered and meet as scheduled throughout the entire semester or term, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes (i.e., asynchronous, synchronous, bichronous, in-person, or hybrid).
Required Qualifications
- MA in History or Education (Social Science emphasis) or Teaching (Social Science emphasis).
- Minimum five years of History/Social Science teaching experience in California, grades 4-12.
- Evidence of a teaching philosophy that embraces current history education pedagogical strategies related to anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and culturally relevant teaching.
- Experience with the Canvas learning management system required.
- Ability to teach and evaluate adult learners. Evidence of satisfactory achievement in previous academic work.
- Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.
- Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.