Early Experiential Learning Coordinator

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Location: Oswego, NY Category: Professional Posted On: Thu Dec 12 2024 Job Description:

Description Of Department

The Office of Experiential Learning (https://ww1.oswego.edu/excel/) at the State University of New York at Oswego offers a variety of opportunities for students to earn academic credit through hands-on experience. SUNY Oswego's experiential learning tradition began with the college's founder, Edward Austin Sheldon. Starting with a required first-year seminar about experiential learning, students are exposed to ways that they can turn their classroom knowledge into action. Programs offered by the department include student employment, service-learning, practicum, internships and co-ops, and other applied learning courses.

The Office of Experiential Learning at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications to fill a permanent, full-time Early Experiential Learning Coordinator position.

Posting Date: December 12, 2024

Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Compensation: SL-3 (https://www.suny.edu/hr/compensation/salary/) , Minimum salary of $55,000, commensurate with experience plus full New York State benefits package.

Benefit Information: The State University of New York provides an excellent benefit package. This is a United University Professions (UUP) professional staff position. Click here (https://www.suny.edu/benefits/) for more information on benefits for full-time United University Professions (UUP) professional staff.

Date of Appointment: June 2025

Description Of Responsibilities

The Early Experiential Learning Coordinator will provide strategic direction for programs and courses supporting academic transition, student success, retention, and applied learning primarily focused on first-year and sophomore students.

Major Responsibilities Include

• Collaborate with campus and community partners to create defined applied learning pathways for first-year and sophomore students
• Coordinate the required first-year seminar program, "Experiential Learning in College" (GST 104)
• Train, supervise, and provide support for first-year seminar instructors and a Graduate Fellow
• Recruit and supervise peer Success Coaches and teach a training course, "New Student Transition Theory" (GST 304)
• Assess and update first-year seminar curriculum based on campus resources and students' needs
• Teach and provide curricular support for lower-division experiential courses that support students' academic transition and success, career readiness, and identity development
• Coordinate short-term and practicum experiences that provide students with hands-on experiences in their fields of study
• Collaborate with campus departments that oversee success programs for first-year and sophomore students (including faculty, Student Orientation and Family Engagement, Advisement Center, Residence Life and Housing, Financial Aid, Student Engagement and Leadership, etc.)
• Determine the effectiveness of programs through ongoing, systematic assessment
• Participate in campus-wide committees related to student retention, wellbeing, and success
• Support the Experiential Learning Team to grow initiatives including career readiness curriculum, student employment, internships, service-learning, and other applied learning experiences
  
  

SUNY Oswego works continuously to create an inclusive environment which respects, embraces, and promotes cultural safety, belonging, civil discourse, cultural humility, and other values and goals outlined in SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan (https://ww1.oswego.edu/diversity/) . As such, the incumbent is expected to contribute to these efforts and possess the communication and interpersonal skills necessary to engage effectively with an increasingly diverse community of students and colleagues.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree at the time of appointment
• Experience coaching or advising college students
• Teaching and/or curriculum development at the college or high school level
• Strong interpersonal, written, verbal communication, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in student affairs, higher ed, student development or equivalent
• 1-2 years of professional higher education experience
• Prior experience in experiential learning, new student orientation, first-year experience, advisement, and/or career services
• Knowledge of transition and student development theories
  
  

At SUNY Oswego we value the diversity found in each member of our campus community and strive to create a community where that diversity is embraced and enhanced. Recognizing the strength of diversity, our mission is to foster an environment which respects, embraces and promotes cultural competence, civil discourse and active engagement in developing an inclusive and vibrant community of scholars who act as transformational agents of change and responsible citizens of the world. For more information see SUNY Oswego's Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan (https://ww1.oswego.edu/diversity/) .

As a candidate seeking consideration you are asked to submit a separate statement specifically addressing how your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has been evidenced in your career experience and professional activity, and/or community service (volunteer work, etc.), and/or professional development. (Please see Application Instructions)

Additional Information

Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively engaged in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. We encourage applications from qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim SUNY status, or criminal conviction. Please click here (https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/non-discrimination-policy) to see our full non-discrimination policy.

In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Requests for reasonable accommodations of a disability during the application and/or interview process should be made to the Human Resources Office by calling 315-312-2230 or emailing hr@oswego.edu.

For Campus Safety information, please click here (https://www.oswego.edu/police/annual-report) to see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).

SUNY Oswego is a smoke free/tobacco/e-cigarette free campus. Click here (https://www.oswego.edu/human-resources/sites/human-resources/files/tobacco_smoke_free_policy_final.pdf) for further policy details, including education and cessation resources.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

Search Chair

David Runge, david.runge@oswego.edu

Visa sponsorship not available for this position