Site Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities

This Partnership Teacher is chosen to coordinate PDS activities in a Partnership School. The Site Coordinator. . .

• Participates with Watson School of Education faculty in planning professional development activities and addresses other issues related to the philosophy, goals and objectives of the Professional Development System;
  


• Coordinates activities at the Partnership School related to placement of Teacher Interns and acts as liaison between the Partnership Teachers, Teacher Interns, the PDS Site Coordinator Liaison and University Supervisors;
  


• Completes and returns forms and applications to UNCW in a timely manner; disseminates and collects information pertinent to Partnership Teachers as necessary;
  


• Plans, structures and leads site seminars between and among Teacher Interns, Partnership Teachers, University Supervisors and others involved in the Partnership School efforts;
  


• Serves as an intellectual resource to interns, colleagues and university faculty;
  


• Participates in PDS training sessions and conferences;
  


• May serve as professor of record (part-time faculty appointment) in certain cases.
  


• Criteria for Site Coordinators include but are not limited to…
  


• Meeting the qualifications of a Partnership Teacher
  


• Holding a Master’s degree in an appropriate educational area, if possible
  


• Holding successful teaching and leadership roles in schools
  

Participating in ongoing PDS training and opportunities for professional growth