Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation

Job Description:

The Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation facilitates the compliance and administrative functions of the Rockbridge Teacher Education Consortium (RTEC), a teacher licensure consortium between Washington and Lee University and Southern Virginia University. This position is responsible for ensuring RTEC’s compliance with state educator preparation and teacher certification regulations, educator preparation program accreditation standards, and programmatic licensure requirements. The Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation will ensure RTEC’s compliance with state department of education and national accreditation standards through the completion of state applications, annual reports, accreditation self-studies, research of regulatory requirements, and other duties. Additionally, the RTEC Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation will serve in an administrative role to facilitate operation of the RTEC Consortium.

Washington and Lee University actively promotes a dynamic and inclusive environment that allows students and employees of multiple backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to learn, work, and thrive together. Successful candidates will contribute to that environment and exhibit potential for excellence in their areas of expertise.

Essential Functions:

• As Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation, oversees the administrative function of the Rockbridge Teacher Education Consortium. Establishes and maintains excellent communication and positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and community partners to ensure successful consortium outcomes.
  
  
• Provides point-of-contact leadership to the Virginia Department of Education and CAEP state departments of education and national CAEP accreditors.
  
  
• Analyzes, interprets, and provides response to regulations and policies related to educator licensure, certification, and accreditation requirements for ongoing organizational compliance .
  
  
• Maintains record of relevant data related to the organization’s regulatory compliance. Prepares, analyzes, audits, and submits data required to meet regulatory obligations. Contributes to the development and oversight of key assessments, learning outcomes and program outcomes that overlap with accreditation requirements.
  
  
• Collaborates with academic program managers and internal faculty and staff in each university to ensure compliance requirements are communicated and implemented across the institutions.
  
  
• Provides support to resolve student issues related to credentialing.
  
  
• Monitors and revises language for the University’s student-facing documents to ensure compliance with state regulations.
  
  
• Works closely with students seeking a Virginia state teaching license.
  
  
• Serves as coordinator and administrator for RTEC functions to include Steering Committee, Advisory Council, and Clinical Faculty Trainings.
  
  
• Directs teaching seminar for Student Teachers and acts as a Student Teacher supervisor. May teach education courses dependent on qualifications and scheduling.
  
  
• Other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Work Schedule: M-F, 8:30am - 4:30pm

Preferred Qualifications:

Terminal degree (Ph.D. or Ed. D) preferred in an appropriate discipline/field (e.g., educational research, educational psychology, higher education administration, statistics). Must have demonstrated experience and knowledge of measurement, data analysis, research design, and qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including expertise in the principles and practices of assessment and evaluation (working knowledge of SPSS or comparable statistical analysis program). It will be helpful in this role to have experience working with accreditation agencies and state departments of education and knowledge of regional and/or disciplinary accreditation standards and reporting. The Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation must be comfortable handling complex tasks and have the ability to develop, implement and utilize information systems, possibly with experience in project management. The incumbent should have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. This positions interacts with students, faculty and the local educational community, and must have a demonstrated commitment to diversity and equity. Teaching experience in higher education is beneficial, but not required.

The university requires employees to become fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and new employees must provide proof of at least their first shot prior to the first day of employment. Individuals may seek a medical or a religious exemption to the vaccination requirement.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Review of applications will begin on February 18, 2022, and continue until the position is filled. Please upload a cover letter and resume. You will be asked to provide names and contact information for three professional references.

External Applicants: Application instructions for external applicants are located on the jobs.wlu.edu or here .

Current W&L Employees: Apply from your existing Workday account. Instructions are located at jobs.wlu.edu .

Physical Requirements:

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
  
  
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
  
  
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
  
  

Working Conditions: The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Types of Work: Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Benefit Eligible

FLSA:

Exempt

Weekly Hours:

35

Minimum Pay:

$57,887.00

Pay commensurate with experience.