CON Specialty Coordinator for Professional Graduate Track: Difference between revisions

<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">The specialty coordinator reports to the assistant dean of the division (direct) and has a collaborative reporting to the Professional Graduate Program Director (indirect) who maintains open communication with the assistant deans on each campus. The specialty coordinator collaborates with other specialty coordinators and faculty to coordinate course offerings and program improvement. </p>

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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:3em;"><u>Curriculum and Instruction</u><br /><br />The specialty coordinator carries primary accountability for facilitating implementation of the specialty curriculum. This position is responsible for ensuring that certification and accreditation requirements are met for the specialty curriculum. The specialty coordinator works with the course coordinators and other faculty team members to assure a coordinated student plan of study and efficient use of resources (classrooms, lab, clinical sites, etc.). The specialty coordinator works with team members, program directors, LRC directors and staff, and assistant deans to coordinate specific teaching responsibilities and other activities within the curriculum. <br /><br />The specialty coordinator serves as a catalyst and champion for curriculum development and revisions. For clinical courses, this position works with faculty team members to select clinical experiences for students. The specialty coordinator ensures that in clinical courses all completed clinical evaluations of students are collected and filed at the end of the semester. The specialty coordinator ensures that all forms necessary for students to sit for the certification exam are completed at the end of the student’s program. The specialty coordinator collaborates with other specialty coordinators and program directors to develop and implement systems that promote efficient use of resources and successful implementation of the curriculum.</li>