CON Specialty Coordinator for Professional Graduate Track: Difference between revisions

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The specialty coordinator establishes communication channels within the faculty team to facilitate information exchanges and the development of a positive working environment within the team. The specialty coordinator provides information and facilitates discussion about student advising, recommendations for changes in specialty courses based on course evaluations and national recommendations (e.g., NONPF, NTF, CCNE), teaching methods, student issues, and system changes to all team members. The specialty coordinator assists in planning, presenting and evaluating the orientation activities for new faculty or graduate assistants in relation to curriculum implementation, including classroom and clinical teaching strategies. The specialty coordinator actively participates in the appropriate program-level committees, chairs the specialty faculty team meetings, and identifies issues and suggests solutions to the program directors and to the other specialty coordinators. The specialty coordinator mentors new team members and/or graduate assistants as needed.</li>

<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"><u>Evaluation</u><br /><br />The specialty coordinator works with the team members to ensure that evaluation measures are appropriate and relevant within courses and across the specialty track. The specialty coordinator serves as a resource in planning academic accommodations or remediation for individual students as needed. For clinical courses, the specialty coordinator is available to faculty to assist in evaluating students’ clinical performances and developing plans for improvement if warranted. The specialty coordinator, in collaboration with faculty team members, reviews student academic and clinical performances as requested by students and/or faculty team members. The specialty coordinator may refer students to available and appropriate resources for counseling and/or academic assistance. The specialty coordinator works in collaboration with the student services coordinator, the director of Student Services, the appropriate program director, and the associate dean for academic programs and ensures appropriate policies and procedures are followed.</li>

<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"><u>Resources</u><br /><br />The specialty coordinator collaborates with team members to determine the number of students to accept each admission cycle based on the number of certified faculty available to work in the graduate program, the number of available preceptors, and the number of available clinical sites. The coordinator works with the faculty team members, other specialty coordinators, LRC directors, program directors, the assistant deans and the associate dean for academic programs to identify necessary faculty and material resources needed to effectively implement the curriculum. The specialty coordinator works with the appropriate personnel in academic programs to arrange for contracts and agreements with affiliating agencies.</li>

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