Under the direction of the Dean of Nursing and Health Science, the Educational Specialist is responsible for healthcare contextualized learning and retention. The Educational Specialist assists in the student registration, student orientation, and tutoring. Listed below are the additional duties of this job description. The Educational Specialist is dedicated to the learning college concepts and demonstrates this dedication by conducting activities in a manner that promotes student success and lifelong learning. Works closely with the Morton College PTA Program Faculty to assure that learning needs are met for the health science students.

Job Duties:

• Develop and implement innovative programs for healthcare and contextualize learning classes in compliance with content standards. Assist and collaborate in the development and management of comprehensive programming of services designed to increase student retention. • Works with Dean of Nursing and PTA, faculty and staff to deliver lesson plans through the department and college.

• Collaborates with other faculty and staff to coordinate learning needs of students. • Works with Dean of Nursing and PTA to organize and facilitate student assessment, orientation, registration, and tutoring. • Develops detailed lesson plans aligned with curriculum scope and sequence for use in remediation. • Delivers contextualized learning to various healthcare classes according to program innovation. Assist in developing and implementing supplemental instructional programs • Assists Dean of Nursing and Health Science Program with special projects as assigned by the department. • Assists Dean of Nursing and Health Science Program with the collection and interpretation of data for reporting and program evaluation needs. • In collaboration with the Dean of Nursing and PTA and faculty, reviews textbooks, software, and technology tools to determine most appropriate materials for curriculum and classes. • Participate in Advisory Board meeting, when requested by Dean of Nursing and Health Science Program. • Collaborate with other departments to implement robust bridge programs for retention.  • Incorporate retention initiatives into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. • Academic coaching as needed • Assist with boot camps and orientation  • Perform other duties as assigned