MAST Project Coordinator
 The University of Texas at Austin | |
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 United States, Texas, Austin | |
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 Nov 25, 2024 | |
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Job Posting Title: MAST Project Coordinator---- Hiring Department: Special Education---- Position Open To: All Applicants---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40---- FLSA Status: Exempt---- Earliest Start Date: Nov 01, 2024---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Sep 30, 2025---- Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS---- Job Details: PurposeThe Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin is committed to conducting and disseminating high-quality research to that lead to improved outcomes for all learners. Dr. Jessica Toste is seeking qualified applicants for a Project Coordinator position. The Project Coordinator will work directly with Dr. Toste to support daily operations and research activities on a large-scale project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. This project involves conducting a comprehensive investigation of the application of motivational, agentic, and self theories (MAST) to interventions for students with disabilities in K-12. The project integrates a breadth of methodological designs to address three aims: (1) identify special education interventions that target MAST-driven constructs and determine their effects for K-12 students with disabilities; (2) review intervention practices used to target MAST-driven constructs in eligible studies and examine the theoretical overlap; and (3) identify relative effects of different intervention practices and determine the optimal MAST intervention to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities. The MAST Project Coordinator will play a critical role in maintaining data integrity and ensuring a high level of rigor, efficiency, and reproducibility for all research procedures. This position is full-time and expected to continue for 1 year with the possibility of renewal. For questions about this position, please contact Dr. Jessica Toste at The University of Texas at Austin (jrtoste@austin.utexas.edu). Responsibilities
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Preferred Qualifications
$65,000 - $77,000 Working Conditions
Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above ---- Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.---- Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.---- Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. ---- Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. ---- Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. ---- Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university. ---- E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:
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