Program Director

Position Location:

This position is required to be in-person in Tallahassee, FL.

The Institute for School-Community Partnerships, Integrated Services, and Child Mental Health and Educational Policy (ISCP), which is part of the College of Education, envisions that all schools in the state of Florida and nationally will have the capacity to provide a safe, effective, and efficient environment to continuously improve the academic, social, and emotional growth of all students and to actively engage families and communities in education.

The ISCP's nearly $23 million budget is derived from grants from federal, state, and private sources. It is the mission of the ISCP to implement and evaluate research-based and innovative practices in school and community settings. This is accomplished through (a) training, technical assistance, and support to key partners; (b) community-engaged research and program evaluation to inform key partners' decision making;

(c) the development of research and evidence-based documents, tools, and resources to support implementation and evaluation activities; and (d) supporting the infrastructure and capacity of key partners to implement and evaluate federal and state educational policy.

The Director supports Strategic Improvement initiatives and has the responsibility to provide direction and oversight of the specific federal program(s). This position has full administrative responsibility, under the direction of the Bureau Chief and Vice-Chancellor of Strategic Improvement, for oversight of staff, program development and implementation, as well as the monitoring of the project budget. The Director must be productive and facilitate meeting deadlines, balance multiple and competing priorities and maintain goal directed behavior and high performance.

The Director must interact professionally with all stakeholders while demonstrating, modeling, and reinforcing the Department's fundamental values quality, fairness, cooperation, respect, commitment, excellence, honesty and teamwork. This position is grant funded.

This position requires a Bachelor's degree in a field directly related to the program responsibilities and seven years of experience; or a Master's degree and 5 years of experience.

Master's degree in Education or related field. Administrative and grant management experience needed to carry out essential job duties (3 years of administrative experience).

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• SB 1310:
  Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
• Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree.
• (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree;
• (c) Six years of direct experience for a master's degree;
• (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
• (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
• Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
• Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.

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