The Academic Coordinator of Teacher Education, informed by Program Supervisors and Program Directors for Multiple Subject, Humanities Single Subject, and Math and Science Single Subject, recruits, evaluates, and communicates with a pool of potential District-Employed Supervisors who have clear credentials, at least three years of content area K-12 teaching experience, and meet our program's selection criteria for instruction. All current District-Employed Supervisors receive a minimum of 10 hours of initial orientation on our program's values, structures, and practices as well as coaching approaches and models. In addition to the initial orientation, all District-Employed Supervisors are kept up to date on programmatic changes as well as relevant research and practical information regarding coaching of teachers through webinars, which are sensitive to their time constraints. Supervisors must:

• Hold a valid relevant credential appropriate to each candidate’s special interest.
• Have ample, successful, and relevant experience.
• Be viewed as exemplary by peers and the community.
• Be willing and able to commit time to the process.
• Understand the process of mentoring and tutoring a colleague.
• Provide letters of recommendation from their last position.
• Exhibit knowledge of theory and exemplary practices.
• Demonstrate willingness to participate in retreats and training seminars and to become team members in their designated credential program, sharing its goals, philosophy, and program design.
• Have both policy and field-level experience and have a reputation for placing student learning and teaching at the center of their efforts.

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