Please find, below, an announcement regarding employment vacancies we are trying to fill at CERRA. We appreciate your consideration and ask that you share this announcement with those whom you feel would be excellent candidates for the positions. Thanks!
TO: Teacher Cadet Instructors, College
Partners, ProTeam Instructors, CERRA Advisory Board members, District Teachers
of the Year, Teaching Fellows Campus Directors, National Board Certified
Teachers, and other interested educators
FROM: Jane Turner, Executive Director
Marcella
Wine-Snyder, Program Director
DATE: December
11, 2013
SUBJECT: Program
Facilitator Positions
The Center for Educator
Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) is seeking exemplary educators
for a 10-month, part-time position on the CERRA staff as a Program Facilitator
for regions one and five of the state. These regions include the following
school districts: Region One (Anderson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Cherokee, Greenville;
Oconee; Pickens; Spartanburg 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and Union) and Region Five
(Beaufort, Berkeley; Charleston; Colleton; Dorchester 2, 4; Hampton 1, 2; and
Jasper). The educators selected for these positions will carry out
various teacher recruitment, retention, and advancement activities sponsored by
CERRA.
This announcement is an open
invitation to members of the CERRA network to consider applying for these
positions. Please keep in mind that residence in the regions outlined by the
districts listed above will be a strong consideration when screening applications,
and preference will be given to applicants who have been heavily involved in
the CERRA network. Selection will be based on judgments about the educator’s
commitment, initiative, enthusiasm, interpersonal, organizational, and public
relations skills. Each position is a part-time position with up to twenty (20)
hours of work per week during the academic school year (August through May).
The position will require day travel within the region and moderate travel
outside the region, including approximately one day each month at the CERRA
offices in Rock Hill. All travel costs will be reimbursed by CERRA under the
guidelines established by the State of South Carolina.
Attached is
a copy of the job description for the Program Facilitator position. In addition
to direct involvement with the ProTeam and Teacher Cadet sites, Program
Facilitators make site visits to district level administrators who lead and
support pre-collegiate efforts for districts and College Partners. Increasing
emphasis is placed on recruitment and retention for districts with specific
needs.
No application form is required.
Interested educators should submit a letter of interest and a rèsumè no
later than Monday, January 6, 2014.
Those selected for the next phase of the application process will be contacted
for interviews, which will take place at CERRA offices in Rock Hill. Interviews
will be scheduled for January 21, 2014 in Rock Hill.
If you have questions or need
further information, we encourage you to talk to one of the current Program
Facilitators to learn more. You may reach us (turnerj@winthrop.edu,
winesnyderm@cerra.org), and the Program Facilitators, Arthur Pinckney (pinckneya@cerra.org),
Tracie Sweet (sweett@cerra.org) or Todd Scholl (schollt@cerra.org) via email.
Phone numbers for each of us are listed on our Web site (
www.cerra.org).
Thank you for the many
contributions you make to the teaching profession and CERRA’s programs. We look
forward to hearing from you by Monday,
January 6, 2014.
Please submit letters of interest and rèsumès via electronic submission or hard
copy, no later than Monday,
January 6, 2014:
Marcella
Wine-Snyder, Program Director
CERRA – South
Carolina
Stewart House at
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
800.476.2387, x6062
winesnyderm@cerra.org
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Pre-Collegiate Program Facilitator
Major Responsibilities
n Report
to the Pre-Collegiate Program Director
n Act
as an ambassador for the teaching profession
n Act
as a key spokesperson for CERRA in all of its recruitment, retention and
advancement efforts
n Visit
regional and state sites to discuss CERRA programs and services, teaching
careers, and student loans and scholarships
n Provide
support to network sites and organizations by visiting assigned sites at least
once during the year, working with educators by phone, completing
correspondence and reports, as needed
n Work
with the College Partners in planning and site support
n Develop
contacts with school guidance counselors and principals by arranging meetings
with them during site visits
n Serve
as CERRA representative at receptions, meetings, workshops, regional college
days, local forums, workshops and conferences, as requested
n Initiate
the development of program-wide correspondence
n Update
handouts in area of initiative or goals
n Plan
and carry out conferences for students working in collaboration with the
colleges and universities
n Attend
career days and educational opportunity days, as requested
n Make
presentations to CERRA stakeholders, as requested
n Assist
in publishing the College Financial Newsletter, as needed
n Work
with researchers involved in evaluating the programs to facilitate the research
and evaluation process
n Participate
in staff meetings held at the CERRA offices in Rock Hill approximately one day
per month
n Carry
out any other CERRA services, as needed