Relay Offices: The Campus Dean's Office and Faculty

The campus Dean’s Office oversees all academic components of the program, including curriculum, instruction, assessment, advising, certification support, and referral services for students with disabilities. The campus Dean’s Office provides accurate, up-to-date information to faculty and students regarding Relay degree requirements, course registration, state certification, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; works in partnership with Relay faculty, administration, and staff, as well as leaders from students’ placement PK–12 schools and organizations; and works with students to support their development in the classroom.  

Campus operations leaders manage the administration of the campus alongside the campus dean. Campus operations leaders are responsible for all non-academic components of the program, including the state-certification process, student recruitment and admissions, liaising with national student services teams on behalf of students, securing instructional facilities, planning and executing special events including graduation, managing the campus administrative office, maintaining student records, purchasing and procurement, and compliance with state regulations.  

Students will have the opportunity to work with a variety of faculty members at Relay. In addition to attending sessions taught by professors of practice, all students will have a faculty advisor to help guide them through the Relay program. Faculty advisors are assigned to students at the time of their enrollment.

Campus and Dean’s Office information can be found in the table at the end of the article.  All campus deans can be contacted at support@relay.edu.

Professors

Relay’s professors are experienced former PK–12 teachers and school leaders who lead instruction and grade assessments. Professors also serve as faculty advisors to students.

Instructional Fellows and Teaching Assistants

Instructional fellows and teaching assistants are experienced former PK–12 teachers and school leaders who support professors. They score students’ work and observe students in their classrooms. Instructional fellows also serve as advisors, providing individualized support for students.

Research Faculty

Relay’s research faculty members focus on advancing the institution’s contributions to the field of education scholarship. Research faculty members prioritize four areas of research, which serve as the basis of the institution’s published-research agenda: (1) elements of effective teaching, (2) preparing effective teachers of high-need students, (3) tracking and measuring student achievement and character development, and (4) teachers’ career trajectories. 

Curriculum-Design Faculty

Curriculum-design faculty members create and revise Relay’s core and content curriculum. They are experienced PK–12 teachers and school leaders with expertise in their fields of curriculum. Curriculum-design faculty members typically teach courses in addition to their curriculum-design responsibilities.

Adjunct Instructors

Relay’s adjunct instructors are experienced current PK–12 teachers and school leaders who teach core and content courses. These courses focus on the knowledge and skills needed to teach the grade and/or subject area that students are currently teaching.

Online Instructors

Relay’s online instructors are a combination of full-time Relay faculty members and adjunct instructors who teach core and content classes. Online instruction can be either synchronous, meaning these instructors present online curriculum and lead interactive learning experiences live at scheduled class times via video-conference, or asynchronous, meaning students and professors interact with the online curriculum and one another independently.