Certification and Placement Officer

Responsibilities:

• Placement Duties
  • Build and maintain a network of relationships with local school district partners for the purpose of placing students in classrooms for observation hours and student teaching
  • Visit schools annually with Division Chair to strengthen these relationships
  • Send emails and make phone calls each semester to arrange student placements
  • Build relationships among our Division of Education alumni to cultivate them as future host teachers and to encourage a pipeline of future Education majors
  • Work with program completers and local districts on post-graduation employment ​​​​​​​
• Certification Duties
  • Learn and keep current in NYSED requirements for Initial and Professional Certification
  • Work with current and former students on their certification needs
  • Maintain familiarity with NYSED required workshops, locations, and availability, tracking student completion
  • Maintain familiarity with fingerprinting process, advising students on location and procedure
  • Coordinate student TEACH accounts in which they compile their certification requirements
  • Serve as University liaison to Office of Teaching Initiatives
  • Develop and maintain a relationship with the local BOCES certification officers for both Allegany-Cattaraugus BOCES and Greater Southern Tier BOCES
  • Maintain familiarity with NYSED required certification testing
  • Track student progress on state exams for Education Division Accreditation process
  • Work with students on certification process, including contacting OTI with student questions and problems
  • Dispense program and content codes to current and former students
• Additional Duties
  • Support duties to Education faculty
  • Speak to Seminar classes on certification timelines, progress
  • Keep records – data base of current and former students
  • Work with out-of-state reciprocity guidelines and compliance
  • Know LiveText
  • Utilize Candidate Preservice Assessment of Student Teaching (CPAST) form for assessment purposes
  • Submit Title II Reports
  • Provide support for accreditation tasks

Requirements:

• Formal Education: Associates degree
• Minimum of two years of secretarial experience preferred.

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