Data Specialist and Fieldwork Coordinator

Bethel University has an immediate need for a Full-Time Data Specialist and Fieldwork Coordinator working with the Education Department.

• Creates and updates departmental data systems in support of filing required reports to university, state, and national entities - State and Federal Departments of Education and CAEP (accreditors)
• Maintains accurate databases for teacher candidates and completers - major, minor, GPA at program Checkpoints, Checkpoint assessment data, and Test scores
• Prepares reports to inform departmental decision-making related to program entry, Checkpoint verification, completer status, and recruitment and retention of candidates
• Work closely with the Department Chair for Education to ensure the department is tracking all required CAEP data for Fieldwork, Student Teaching, and all pertinent assessment data
• Certified Test administrator for licensure and pre-licensure assessments (Pearson and ETS)
• Fieldwork Placement
• Communicate with public/private school administration to request fieldwork placements for all students (traditional and Transition to Teaching [TTT]) Communication requires letter, e-mail, phone calls, and face-to-face contact.
• Meet with TTT candidates to complete fieldwork placement requests
• Initiates background checks for all candidates and maintains accurate records to share with partner schools

• Experience
  - Six months to two years of similar or related experience
• Good communication and organization skills
• Interpersonal Skills
  - Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are essential elements of the job. Work involves much personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization for purposes of giving or obtaining information, building relationships, or soliciting cooperation.
• A commitment to support the university mission and Covenant of Lifestyle is also required.

The mission of Bethel University, affiliated with the Missionary Church denomination, is to be a community of learners building lives of commitment for leadership in the Church and world. Bethel's liberating academic programs challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong service.

Launched in 1947, Bethel is urban‑situated in the northern Indiana region hosting 250,000 residents, seven colleges (including Notre Dame), the 2nd largest shopping district in the state of Indiana, 15,000 businesses, 50 parks, and beautiful riverwalk developments in South Bend and Mishawaka. Resort venues on Lake Michigan are 45 minutes away. The university community is composed of about 1,500 traditional and adult/graduate students from 35 states, 90 students born outside the United States, and 225 full‑time employees.

Bethel also hosts more than 8,000 guests annually to arts productions, 25,000 annually in conference services, and many thousands of community members in support of 40 national athletic championships.

Outside organizations recognize Bethel's quality: it is ranked as a Top Tier Midwestern College for 15 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report; ranked No. 7 in the Midwest on the Washington Monthly "Best Bang for the Buck Colleges" list;
No. 1 on Christian Universities Online 2016 list of "Top 50 Christian Colleges and Universities Exceeding Expectations." Bethel has also been named to Money Magazine's "Best Colleges for Your Money 2018" list.

Bethel's 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and 64 world areas, and enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double the national average, 100% job placement rate in Nursing whose program was ranked No. 7 in the United States, a Top 4% finish nationally in competitive math performance tests, and 100% pass rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique academic major in American Sign Language.

Alumni professional achievements include the No. 1 rated School Superintendent in Indiana, the No. 1 rated School Principal in Indiana, a Top 1% pediatric surgeon in North America, the former Executive Director of the largest Youth for Christ district in the nation, the Chaplain of former President Barack Obama's childhood school, the lead in "South Pacific" off Broadway in Chicago, a…