[RUME] Fwd: KSTF Position: Senior Program Officer for Research

[Natasha Speer]

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> From: "Ralph Putnam" <rputnam at kstf.org>
> Date: February 18, 2010 2:15:51 PM EST
> To: "Ralph Putnam" <rputnam at kstf.org>
> Subject: KSTF Position: Senior Program Officer for Research
>
> Please share this position announcement with colleagues who may be  
> interested and qualified for this important work with the Knowles  
> Science Teaching Foundation
>
>
> Ralph Putnam, Ph.D.
> Senior Program Officer for Research
> Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
> 1000 N. Church Street
> Moorestown, NJ 08057
> email: rputnam at kstf.org
> phone: 856-608-0001
>
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KSTF Job Announcement
Senior Program Officer for Research
Start Date: Fall, 2010

The Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF), a multimillion dollar  
foundation located in
Moorestown, New Jersey (just outside Philadelphia), is seeking a  
Senior Program Officer for
Research to develop and manage its research programs.

Established as a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization in 2000, KSTF  
supports two nationwide
programs designed to improve the quality of high school science and  
mathematics teaching:
• Fellowships for outstanding beginning high school science and  
mathematics teachers
• Educational research through internal research programs and Research  
Fellowships for
early career scholars

The Senior Program Officer for Research will design, conduct, and  
manage research that draws
on the unique opportunities provided by the KSTF Teaching Fellowship  
Program. These
opportunities include research with dedicated high school science and  
mathematics teachers
who: have exceptionally strong disciplinary knowledge; are  
credentialed via numerous teacher
preparation programs; form a professional community of teacher- 
learners for 5 years, from
credential through tenure; and interact regularly, both online and at  
Fellows’ Meetings. The
Senior Program Officer for Research will also oversee the KSTF  
Research Fellowship Program.

This program provides grants and other support to pre-tenure faculty  
doing research on the
recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and retention of  
beginning high school science
and mathematics teachers. The individual hired for this position will  
have the authority,
responsibility and flexibility to create the position as it develops,  
including hiring research
assistants and/or creating a post-doc position. The Senior Program  
Officer for Research will
function as part of the KSTF management team, along with the Executive  
Director, Senior

Program Officer for Teaching Fellowships, and Senior Program Officer  
for Teaching Fellowship
Alumni.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a minimum of 10 years  
of relevant experience and
a combination of the following strengths and abilities:
• Doctorate in a field relevant to science and mathematics education
• Established record of education research
• Understanding of and experience with the multiple perspectives that  
inform education
research
• Familiarity with the many venues through which to disseminate  
education research
• Deep and extensive knowledge of the relationships among research,  
practice and policy in
teacher education
• Ability to effectively promote the mission and accomplishments of  
KSTF to a wide variety
of stakeholders
• Strong oral and written communication skills, self-motivation and  
ability to set clear
priorities
• Ability to initiate projects and work with a team to follow them  
through to completion
• Ability to respond flexibly and creatively to the foundation's needs  
as they arise

Salary is based on education and experience. Search will remain open  
until position is filled.
Interested applicants should review the KSTF website (www.kstf.org)  
and send a letter of
interest and a resume or vita to: Ralph Putnam, Senior Program Officer  
for Research,
rputnam at kstf.org or 856-608-0008 (fax).
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