Position Summary(Basic Job Function)
This a temporary or on-call position. Provides a wide variety of consulting services including conference, seminar or workshop design/presentation; operations review and analysis; project design, completion, coordination or management; or related consulting services. Consultants paid on grant funds must be paid on an hourly or daily basis, with a minimum wage of $12.00 per hour. Term: Temps can work two (2) nine (9) month terms with a week break in service in between at the end of the second term terminate for three (3) months or switch to an on-call. On-Call allowed to work 1039 hours in any twelve (12) month period.
Unit Position Summary
The CREATE for STEM Institute within the College of Education at Michigan State University is seeking outstanding candidates for an anticipated temporary hourly Consultant work on the Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning (George Lucas Educational Foundation) project to conduct classroom observations. Primary responsibilities will be communicating with teacher research participants, scheduling and conducting virtual classroom visits, generating running records, processing notes, and entering observation scores in Qualtrics. Observers attend team meetings and communicate with regional team partners. Currently, work will be conducted remotely for virtual classroom observations. May include F2F observations if students and teachers return to F2F in-person learning.
Minimum Requirements:
- Master’s degree in education
- Must successfully pass a background check for work in schools
- ML-PBL Field Experience - experience observing in ML-PBL classrooms
- High level of interpersonal, verbal, visual and written communication skills
- Experience with using ZOOM/MEETs, Qualtrics and Google Drive
Desired Qualifications
A Masters’ in elementary or science education; extensive prior experience in conducting observations in ML-PBL classrooms, prior security clearance to work in Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required Application Materials
- CV/resume and cover letter
- Responses to the following questions:
- Please describe your interest and experience in conducting observations in ML-PBL classrooms (200 word limit)
- Please describe your experience in professional learning in ML-PBL science research (200 word limit)
Special Instructions
Applications will be reviewed on an as-needed basis. Current need includes conducting classroom observations in through June 2021.
Work Hours
Hours will vary due to availability of applicant and need of department; hours not to exceed 28 per week.
Website
https://create4stem.msu.edu/
