Note: This particular posting is for part-time field instruction, approximately 30.9%, as needed by undergraduate and graduate interns pursuing endorsements in science.
Field instruction at the University of Michigan is an integral aspect of our teacher education program. We hire individuals who have a proven record of excellent teaching, and who have the experiences necessary to help our teacher education students develop into well-started beginning teachers. In addition to the job requirements described more fully below, we hire individuals who are committed to the School of Education's mission, especially our desire to prepare educators capable of and committed to the providing equitable and inclusive learning experiences to diverse learners. Successful candidates will be able to support interns who are placed in a variety of contexts (e.g., urban, suburban, rural, exurban). The most desirable candidates for the position will have the habits of mind and practice that allow them to effectively instruct, evaluate, and coach/mentor teaching interns so that they reflect deeply and critically on their learning. The successful candidates for this role will also be driven to support interns to attain high levels of performance documented by course assignments and observational data. They will be committed to teach interns to experience the joy and the challenge of being principled practitioners who re-think, re-design, and re-do various classroom teaching tasks to continually develop their practice as they learn to become well-started beginning teachers.