Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Experience administering federal or other external grants

• At least two years of experience coordinating programs, events, or projects

• Strong organization, writing, and budget-tracking skills

• Ability to manage several deadlines and work with faculty, teachers, and administrators

Candidates with an equivalent combination of experience and/or education are encouraged to apply.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in K-12 education or teacher professional development

• Familiarity with Lowcountry school districts

• Experience managing survey or assessment data

The role:

The Program Coordinator manages the project’s day-to-day operations and reports to Co-Project Directors. Responsibilities include:

• Participants: coordinate teacher recruitment and applications, and communicate with participants, partner school districts, and faculty

• Logistics: facilitate the summer institutes and faculty development sessions, including scheduling, rooms, materials, parking, guest speakers, and accessibility

• Payments: process stipends, travel authorizations and reimbursements, honoraria, and student worker and graduate assistant pay

• Budget: buy supplies according to College procurement rules, reconcile the grant budget each month, and support time-and-effort reporting

• Data: keep attendance and participation records, and coordinate data collection with the project’s independent evaluator

• Reporting and outreach: help prepare annual and final reports, maintain the project web page, and assemble materials for public release

• Student workers: coordinate the undergraduate assistants and keep the project’s task tracker up to date

The Founding Documents & Their Legacy

About the project:

The Founding Documents & Their Legacy: The College of Charleston and K-12 Educators in Partnership is a three-year initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Education and designed to strengthen the teaching of American history, civics, and government in Charleston-area K-12 schools by building a sustained, evidence-based professional development partnership between CofC faculty and practicing educators across elementary, middle, and secondary grade levels. The project unfolds in phases. Year 1 is devoted to intensive faculty development: CofC faculty who teach Founding Documents courses and Civility Initiative programs will be trained to design and facilitate professional development experiences for K-12 educators, in accordance with South Carolina state teaching standards, ensuring the later summer institutes are pedagogically sophisticated and grade-level appropriate. Years 2+3 will see weeklong summer institutes, serving cohorts of 10 elementary, 10 middle grades, and 10 secondary educators for a total of 30 K-12 teachers per year. Each institute is followed by a year of classroom follow-up support and assessment.

*The candidate filling this position may be eligible for insurance benefits.

Please complete the application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

**Salary is commensurate with education/experience which exceeds the minimum requirements.

Offers of employment are contingent upon a successful background check.

All applications must be submitted online https://jobs.cofc.edu.

The College of Charleston is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of sex, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, and other classifications protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information, please visit eop.cofc.edu.

Participant Communication & Logistics:
• Participants: coordinate teacher recruitment and applications, and communicate with participants, partner school districts, and faculty

• Logistics: facilitate the summer institutes and faculty development sessions, including scheduling, rooms, materials, parking, guest speakers, and accessibility

Budget & Payment Management:
• Payments: process stipends, travel authorizations and reimbursements, honoraria, and student worker and graduate assistant pay

• Budget: buy supplies according to College procurement rules, reconcile the grant budget each month, and support time-and-effort reporting

Data Collection, Reporting, and Outreach:
• Data: keep attendance and participation records, and coordinate data collection with the project’s independent evaluator

• Reporting and Outreach: help prepare annual and final reports, maintain the project web page, and assemble materials for public release

Directing Student Workers:
• Student workers: coordinate the undergraduate assistants and keep the project’s task tracker up to date