Job Abstract

The Department of Education at John Carroll University seeks to extend its pool of university supervisors in our initial teacher licensure programs. University supervisors serve in a part-time capacity to observe, support, and evaluate preservice teachers’ growth.

Applicants should have a minimum of a master’s degree and past licensure/experience at at least one of the following levels: primary (P-5), middle child (4-9), or adolescent/young adult (grades 7-12).

John Carroll’s Department of Education has been preparing educators to serve Northeast Ohio Schools for over 90 years. Our undergraduate 4-year teacher licensure program builds on the JCU identity as a Jesuit liberal arts university. Students take a rigorous set of Core classes across disciplines, develop their identities as teachers in Education coursework and field experiences across all four years, and culminate in their professional year, with a dedicated field placement for pre-student teaching (fall) and student teaching (spring). Applicants are encouraged to read about our programs and curriculum at the University Bulletin page.

University supervisors coordinate with their assigned students and respective cooperating teachers at their placement sites to arrange visits (three in the fall, four in the spring) to observe student-led lessons. University supervisors encourage their students to reflect on the planning/execution of their lessons to identify areas of success and those of potential improvement. Formal evaluative feedback is logged by university supervisors into an online platform for documentation/sharing.

Full consideration will be given to applications that are complete by May 11, although applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Supervision will begin at the start of the fall semester.

For additional information on the University and the Department, please visit: https://www.jcu.edu/academics/education

University supervisors are compensated based on a predetermined fee schedule tied to the number of students they supervise; therefore, hourly work is not monitored. Most work will take place during traditional K-12 school hours, however, follow-up support and communication may take place at other times as necessary. Work will take place at the schools in which students are placed, as well as remotely for the more administrative aspects of the role.

John Carroll University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit Catholic university, founded in 1886, dedicated to developing people with the knowledge and character to lead and to serve. The University is located in University Heights, Ohio, an attractive residential suburb 10 miles east of downtown Cleveland. Academically, the University consists of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Boler College of Business, which both include graduate programs. The University offers 39 Academic Programs in the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and business at the undergraduate level, and in select areas at the master’s level.

The University enrolls approximately 2,500 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students and has a student-to-faculty ratio of 14:1. John Carroll University is one of 27 Jesuit universities in the United States and has been listed in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s top 10 rankings of Midwest regional universities for more than 30 consecutive years.

John Carroll University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to diversity in the workplace and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities.