Faculty Roles for Leaders, Fellows, Advisors, & Coordinators
Performing Arts Coordinators
Appointed by the Chair. Annual appointment, renewable. Yearly $2,500 stipend for Acting Conservatory; Movement; Voice; and Theatre Educator; 1 course equivalency for Dance; 2 course equivalencies for Stage Management and Production. (6 positions: Acting Conservatory; Dance; Movement; Voice; Stage Management and Production; Theatre Educator)
Responsibilities
- Suggest affiliated faculty to the Area Head and then Chair.
- Act as the first step liaison between affiliated faculty, their needs/requests/issues, and the Area Head.
- Coach voice to annual EmStage plays, as needed.
- Coach movement to annual EmStage plays, as needed.
Global Pathways Program Leader
Appointed by the Vice Provost of Internationalization & Equity. Annual appointment, renewable. $6,500 for the course; travel, board and per diem expenses.
Responsibilities
- Curriculum and Program Design.
- Design and Distribute recruitment promotional materials.
- Organize student recruitment meetings.
- Evaluate and select applications.
- Facilitate student on-boarding process.
- Participate in safety training workshop by Emerson police.
- Serve as the liaison between internationalization and students.
- Work with local service providers on the program.
- Attend/Participate in Internationalization Fair before and after the program.
- Liaise with department program coordinators to get major credit for class.
CITL Ambassador
Appointed by the Provost. One year appointment, renewable one year. $5,000 stipend per semester. Lead Ambassador $6,500 per semester.
Responsibilities
- Organize and coordinate CITL engagement with Orientation, Course Spa days.
- Help organize and develop Teacher Training Initiatives with various departments and programs - from OAA, ITG, Library, Student Accessibility Services, Social Justice
- Center among other college offices.
- Facilitate the planning of CITL offerings with the other Ambassadors and schedule the Let's Talk Teaching, and CITL Workshops and promote and publicize these offerings in any given semester.
- Work with department chairs and program heads to identify ways of CITL support for their respective faculty - affiliated and full time.
- Offer one on one meetings.
- Peer Observation and Reviews.
- Help Syllabus design and implementation of teaching tools.
- Informally mentor colleagues with any unique challenges they may experience in the classroom or within their department systems.
LEAP Fellows
Appointed by the Director of Academic Assessment. One year appointment, renewable one year. $1,000 stipend per semester.
Responsibilities
- One faculty fellow from each department; all meet regularly with the Director of Academic Assessment and Learning Assessment Designer.
- Determine each semester’s LEAP project with the Director of Academic Assessment and the department chairs and keep records of previous LEAP projects to ensure that all corners of the department are getting attention.
- Coordinate with the Director, Academic Assessment and Academic Assessment Designer, in discussing each semester's initiative and its logic.
- Find 3-5 suitable volunteers / project to serve as LEAP reviewers for the semester.
- Meet (1 hour) with the assembled reviewers to explain the process and discuss the rubric, including any needed changes and handle questions among the LEAP volunteers, as needed.
- Meet a second time (1 hour) with reviewers when everyone has completed the work to discuss findings.
- Reach out to faculty whose sections might be reviewed to explain project and request permission, if they agree, determine what kind of student work will be shared and set schedule to retrieve student work.
- Collect syllabus from faculty member.
- Ensure student work has been submitted to the Office of Academic Assessment and is prepared and anonymized.
- Write a formal report on the findings and deliver it to the Office of Academic Assessment and the department Chair, along with any recommendations from reviewers or LEAP.
- Verbally report on their work, its progress, and findings in department meetings.
Co-Curricular Advisor
Appointed by the Chair/IDS Director. Two year appointment, renewable. Generally $2,000 stipend, depending on size and scope.
Responsibilities
- Assist the organization, be familiar with its programs and activities, provide an educational experience for its individual members, and help in the growth and development of the group by providing direction through advice, understanding, and clarification.
- Assist officers with understanding their duties, including running programs, organizing projects, constitution edits, and leadership transitions.
- Ensure continuity of the organization is preserved through a constitution, minutes, files, traditions, and annual events.
- Encourage students to understand and apply the Student Org Contract.
- Attend as many organization meetings and events as possible.
- Support all members through leadership development by staying up-to-date and knowledgeable on common student organization issues.
- Serve as a Campus Security Authority and report criminal and/or hate/bias-related incidents to ECPD, SEAL, and other offices as required by Emerson policies.
- Consult with students on forming an annual budget and developing programs.
- Consult with students for future leadership of the organization.
- Be a facilitator, both among officers of the Executive Board and between officers and members.
- Connect students with alum working in the field to create a mentorship program.
- Serve as a resource for students, especially concerning College policies, regulations, and services.
- Maintain separation from day-to-day organization activities and routine decision-making. Although advisors may be called upon to help provide advice and oversight, they should do so while recognizing the overall responsibility and leadership of the organization should be maintained by the students, not controlled by the advisor.
- Meet with student leadership weekly.
- Attend student productions/events.