Role of the International Education Coordinator
The Field School Coordinator from International Education:
The Field School Coordinator from International Education:
- is responsible for coordinating international field school logistics and administration;
- acts as the point of contact for both the field school instructor and participants to the other departments involved in field school processes;
- coordinates logistics with external vendors;
- will ensure each participant completes/provides all necessary documents in order to be approved for international travel through MRU;
- will monitor and track all field school program fee deposit payments and will follow up with participants for late or missing payments;
- will, upon request, provide the necessary letter of support for all students applying for student loan funding for the field school program;
- will develop, administer and deliver the mandatory "Know Before You Go" pre-departure orientation session as well as the mandatory re-entry requirements such as the debrief, experience reports and field school evaluation;
- will inform participants of grants available to help fund their participation in the field school and administer said grants;
- will compile student feedback on the field school experience to share with the Field School Instructor and appropriate academic department(s) to evaluate each field school offering;
- is responsible for enrolling field school participants in the appropriate sections of the field school course(s); and
- is not in any way involved in the academic aspect of the field school.