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            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">I would appreciate
            your assistance circulating this position announcement for a
            researcher to collaborate on an innovating and timely early
            learning project called Roots of Resilience (professional
            development for early childhood teachers focused on trauma
            and resilience).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Shannon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><i>Position
                Announcement: </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><i>Faculty
                Researcher in Early Learning and Development
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          <span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><i>Oregon
                State University-Cascades (Bend, Oregon)</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a
            href="http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/56018"
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              style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/56018</span><span
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>Faculty
              Researcher:
            </b>100% annual effort (12 mo. contract with possible
            re-appointment), starting as soon as 5/1/18. The Faculty
            Researcher will work under the guidance of Dr. Shannon
            Lipscomb, with the Roots of Resilience team. The Roots of
            Resilience project is funded to develop and conduct a pilot
            test of an online learning and coaching program to help
            early childhood teachers promote resilience among young
            children impacted by trauma. This project is supported by
            the US Department of Education Institute for Education
            Sciences, and is in year 3 of 4. Research on usability and
            feasibility is nearing completion, with a randomized test
            planned for year 4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The
              Faculty Researcher will collaborate in all phases of the
              research and will contribute to and/or co-author
              publications, reports, and presentations for various
              audiences including practitioners, policy makers,
              academics, funders, and the community. H/She will also
              contribute to revision of the Roots of Resilience program
              and grant writing to extend the work. The person hired for
              this position may also serve as a coach and/or instructor
              to support implementation of the Roots of Resilience
              program. Mentorship and professional development will be
              provided.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Key Qualifications
            (see link for full list:
          </span><a href="http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/56018"
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              style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">http://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/56018</span><span
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                style="font-size:12.0pt">Masters degree or PhD in a
                field related to the current project (e.g., early
                education, human development and family science, social
                work, psychology).</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                style="font-size:12.0pt">Experience working with adult
                learners from diverse backgrounds, and a commitment to
                promoting diversity, cultural competence, and inclusion.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                style="font-size:12.0pt">Skills relevant to the research
                process (qualitative and quantitative data collection
                and analysis, writing research papers and grants, IRB
                protocols).
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                style="font-size:12.0pt">Excellent written and verbal,
                interpersonal, and organizational skills. Careful
                attention to detail. Strong decision making abilities,
                self-directed, motivated, and successful at meeting
                deadlines.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                style="font-size:12.0pt">Preference will be given to
                candidates with prior experience coaching, mentoring,
                training, and/or counseling in community-based settings,
                and/or those with prior experience in early care and
                education programs. </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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            style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b>About the Project:
            </b>Roots of Resilience: Teachers Awakening Children’s<b> </b>Healing
            combines online modules with video-based online coaching for
            early childhood teachers caring for young children impacted
            by trauma. The goal of Roots of Resilience is to support
            teachers in both home-based and center-based early learning
            programs to help children build resilience by providing
            supportive, engaging, and trauma-sensitive care. Funding:
            Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education
            (PI: Lipscomb). Timeline: Sept 2015 - Aug 2019. </span><a
href="http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/earlychildhood/current-projects/roots-of-resilience/"
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              style="color:black">Shannon T. Lipscomb</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:black">Associate Professor and Program Lead
              for Human Development and Family Science</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:black">College of Public Health and Human
              Science</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:black">Oregon State University-Cascades</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:black">Graduate and Research Center</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:black">650 SW Columbia, Bend, OR 97702</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="color:black">541-322-3137</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            href="mailto:Shannon.lipscomb@osucascades.edu"
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              style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Shannon.lipscomb@osucascades.edu</span><span
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