Graduate Program Mentoring Coordinator

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Graduate Program Mentoring Coordinator position supports the Senior Practicum Faculty and the Education for Environment and Community (EEC) Team to provide mentoring and support for graduate students during their ten-month EEC Program. This role involves mentoring and providing instructional coaching through a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) lens, coordinating the mentoring program, and assisting graduates to become the best educators they can be.

Mentoring Graduate Students

• Mentor up to twelve graduate students (approximately six per cohort)
• Collaborate with Senior Faculty for Practicum to design and implement mentoring at IslandWood
• Facilitate professional learning community for IW staff who are mentoring graduate students
• Take video/field observations
• Collaborate with graduate students to identify and attain instructional goals
• Support graduates during orientation and throughout the academic year
• Participate in teaching/modeling campus program curriculum and pedagogical strategies
• Encompass model teaching, instructional coaching, and supporting practicum sessions

Support the EEC Grad Program

• Support Senior Practicum Faculty to weave mentoring into practicum
• Provide administrative support for the Education for Environment and Community (EEC)
• Collaborate with the Recruitment Manager to provide campus tours, participate in online info sessions, and meet with prospective students to support EEC recruitment
• Lead on communication with graduate community, care & support
• Liaise with internal departments (kitchen, P&C, admin) to facilitate intake for incoming graduate students
• Complete special projects as identified by EEC Director in support of the program
• Commit to learning and growing through feedback in an active learning community

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in education, instructional coaching, environmental education, environmental science, biology, ecology, or related field or equivalent relevant expertise
• Minimum 2 years’ teaching experience in informal or formal settings
• Demonstrate IslandWood's core values that enable teams and individuals to succeed with shared respect and purpose
• Ability to integrate creative experiential programs and work with elementary students and adults in a dynamic, respectful, rigorous, creative, and enthusiastic way
• Must be able to comply with and maintain a drug-free work environment
• Must pass child safety screening procedure, post-offer