Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Clinical Assistant Professor of K-6 Literacy Education

The Literacy and Language Program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue University seeks applications for an Assistant Professor of K-6 Literacy Education.  The successful candidate will teach elementary literacy methods courses as part of the Elementary Education program, collaborate with field-based school partners, mentor junior instructors and graduate students, and teach related graduate and undergraduate courses in Elementary Education, as necessary.

This position is a 9-month academic year, clinical track position with a 3-3 teaching load.  Reappointments occur in 3-year contractual terms.  Clinical appointments are non-tenure track but with the potential for promotion in rank. The position also includes the possibility of summer employment.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating elementary literacy methods courses
• Collaborating with other faculty in the Elementary Education program
• Teaching pre-service teachers enrolled in the Elementary Education program
• Mentoring junior instructors and graduate students
• Maintaining relationships with field-based school partners
• Participating in program administration and recruitment

This position requires an on-campus, face-to-face presence.

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Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Assistant Professor of Reading/Literacy Education

The Child Development, Literacy and Special Education Department in the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University seeks qualified candidates to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the Literacy Education Program.

We are seeking applicants who have expertise in teaching and an active research agenda to join our collaborative team. The successful applicants will be appointed to a full-time nine-month position to begin August 2024 with the possibility of summer teaching.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The duties include teaching, research, and service. Specifically, faculty will:

• Actively engage in work consistent with Appalachian State University’s Strategic Plan 2022-2027.
• Teach undergraduate courses (e.g., “Science of Literacy”; “Literacy Methods in Elementary Grades”) at the Boone and Hickory campus sites and graduate courses (e.g., “Teaching Beginning Readers and Writers”; “Reading Assessment and Correction”) at campus sites and online;
• Teach, mentor, and collaborate with preservice teacher candidates, in-service teachers, and doctoral students;
• Actively engage in scholarly work;
• Engage in service to the program, department, college, university, and profession;
• Collaborate with colleagues in the program, department, and university;
• Actively engage with teachers and students in laboratory school settings and/or other field-based sites;
• Serve on and chair doctoral committees;
• Advise graduate students.

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Boston University
Boston, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor in Literacy Education

Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development invites applications for a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in Literacy Education within the Department of Language and Literacy Education.

We seek a colleague with expertise in early literacy development, reading foundations, and supporting students experiencing reading difficulties. The ideal candidate will demonstrate knowledge of scientifically-based research related to reading and writing development and instruction, including supporting students with disabilities and multilingual students, as well as knowledge of critical theories and a demonstrated commitment to culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogies and practices.

The Language and Literacy Education Department is a community of scholars and educators with a strong social justice orientation who embrace multilingualism and multiliteracies and who share a commitment to combating deficit framings of students from racially and linguistically marginalized communities. We seek a colleague who shares this orientation and who will contribute to our efforts to build equitable and just education environments in partnership with students, educators, families, and communities, including within the Boston Public Schools and surrounding school districts.

Responsibilities:

• Teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in the literacy education program and other programs (e.g., early and elementary education, special education, and/or multilingual education)
• Serve as program director of literacy education, including advising master’s students and coordinating their practicum placements, supervision, and coaching
• Contribute to the operations, development, and management of BU Wheelock’s Donald D. Durrell Reading and Writing Clinic, which serves as a practicum site for graduate students seeking licensure as Specialist Teachers of Reading (Grades 1-12)
• Contribute to ongoing cross-departmental efforts to prepare teachers across programs to teach reading using research-based approaches
• Build and sustain collaborative relationships with local schools, school districts, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and local and national literacy professional organizations
• Maintain an active program of research in early literacy development, reading foundations, and/or the teaching of reading
• Provide service to the university and the profession

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Grambling State University
Grambling, LA
Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction

Grambling State University invites applications for a 9 month tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Curriculum and Instruction. This position will teach a variety of courses offered by the department at the undergraduate and graduate levels with a focus on Special Education/Learning disabilities and Elementary/Secondary Education. The candidate must demonstrate interest in the areas of pedagogy, grant writing, research and publication, and other scholarly activities sufficient to warrant consideration for tenure. The successful applicant should have specialization, teaching certification, or expertise in the area of Special education/Learning disability and Elementary/Secondary Education. Preference will be given to candidates with three or more years of successful teaching experience in PreK-6 environment and are eligible for Graduate Faculty Status, and online teaching. Teacher certification is preferred.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction
• Advise students, as well as promote, plan, implement, and assess those activities consistent with the enhancement and development of candidates in the programs in the department
• Engage in research and scholarly activities
• Work to maintain SACSCOC and CAEP Accreditations
• Serve on various Departmental, College and University Committees
• Attend all University, College and Departmental faculty meetings, convocations, commencements, and official functions of the University
• Perform other tasks that may be assigned by the Head of Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Dean of the College of Educational & Graduate Studies

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Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University (NIU) is pleased to announce a tenure-track position in Curriculum and Instruction for Fall 2024. The department is seeking qualified applicants for the position in Curriculum and Instruction with the rank of assistant professor. Candidates should possess experience and a research focus in one or more of the following areas: science education, STEM, or science educator related positions (e.g. science/STEM education coordinators at research centers, museums or other related informal education agencies) at the Elementary/ Middle Level. Additionally, qualified candidates should demonstrate an ability to establish partnerships and research collaboratively with internal and external partners, including different college and university units, research centers, and community organizations. Given the increasing emergent multilingual population in northern Illinois, we are particularly interested in applicants with multilingual teaching backgrounds.

Successful applicants with be expected to publish scholarly works and seek external grants in the fields of elementary reading; participate in developing innovative undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs and professional development: participate in school-university partnerships; advise doctoral students, and direct theses and dissertations. Finally, engaging students through off-campus and online teaching are expected in the position which will offer another venue for the successful candidate to build connections beyond the traditional campus-culture.

Summer teaching is available based on program need and available resources.

Position Summary

The Assistant Professor will work, teach, and contribute across multiple programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. In addition, the responsibilities of this position may lead to transdisciplinary opportunities for teaching and other collaboration with social justice-oriented courses in curriculum and instruction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in science/STEM education and
• Develop and teach in multiple formats and locations, i.e., on-campus, off-campus environments, face-to-face and online (synchronous and asynchronous)
• Maintain a strong record of scholarly publications and presentations
• Serve on and/or direct doctoral dissertations
• Assist in report writing and accreditation reporting
• Serve as needed on program, departmental, college or university committees
• Develop innovative undergraduate and graduate teacher education and professional development
• Participate in and cultivate school-university partnerships

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Texas A&M University – Central Texas
Killeen, TX
Assistant Clinical Lecturer

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University – Central Texas invites applications for one professional track position at the rank of Assistant Clinical Faculty of Curriculum and Instruction. The candidate will join a department that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, with a focus on preparing effective teachers who can meet the needs of and culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. We seek applicants: (1) who are passionate about preparing teacher leaders; (2) who want to address diversity, equity and inclusion in schools; and, (3) who will bring innovative approaches to teaching to address the needs within school communities.

The faculty member hired for this position will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the Hutto and Killeen areas of Central Texas for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This faculty member will also be expected to provide service to the department and encouraged to pursue/develop a scholarly research agenda. The ideal candidate will use instructional technology effectively to support student learning and will have a willingness to collaborate with university colleagues, surrounding school districts, and community partners through service activities.

Responsibilities:

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses at the East Williamson County Higher Education Center (EWCHEC) located in Hutto, Texas and at the main campus in Killeen, Texas (as needed)
• Serve on departmental committees
• Work with educator certification programs to meet and maintain state accreditation standards
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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University of Texas, El Paso
El Paso, TX
Assistant Professor of English in Children’s Literature

The Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English specializing in Children’s Literature to begin fall 2024. In conjunction with our new Interdisciplinary Research Building, UTEP is developing research hubs to connect scholars across campus around the following foci: Bilingualism, Environmentalism, Health Disparities, and Digital Humanities. Accordingly, we are looking for candidates with an interdisciplinary research agenda that includes one of the following areas of expertise: bilingualism, translingualism, community literacies, critical literacy development, multimodal studies, multimodality and digital literacy, genre studies (e.g., graphic novels, non-fiction, poetry, oral history), LGBTQIA and gender studies, literary and reading theories, trauma studies or Social-Emotional Learning, environmentalism and climate change, scientific literacy development, disability studies, race studies, or the history of children’s literature. We are interested in scholars with outstanding research promise and an emerging record of research, particularly those with experience in grant writing and who are prepared to seek extramural funding for interdisciplinary collaborations.

In addition to pursuing an active research agenda, the successful candidate will teach courses that contribute to our department’s undergraduate and graduate curricula in Literature, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, and English Education. While our undergraduate courses serve mostly preservice teachers, our graduate courses comprise practicing teachers and students in our other graduate programs. Some experience as a K-6 educator is desirable, as is experience working with diverse student populations at the undergraduate and graduate level and/or working with linguistically diverse students. We seek a faculty member who shares the university’s commitment to providing an excellent education for all students.

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University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction

The University of Central Oklahoma invites applications for the Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction teaching position.

Position Overview:

Teaches, advises and mentors students, evaluates student performance, and maintains department and student records in accordance with university policies. Adheres to the educational philosophy of the university. Works in a collaborative manner with colleagues and professional peers. Participates in university meetings that relate specifically to faculty. Serves on department, college, and university committees as requested. Prepares departmental reports as requested. Engages in teaching, service, and scholarly and/or creative activities as defined by the tenure and promotion policy in the UCO Employee and Faculty Handbook. Teaching, research, departmental/school and university service is expected. This position is full-time, tenure-track position.

Department Specific Essential Job Functions:

The responsibilities of this position include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Childhood Education. Candidate could also be responsible for coursework in the Elementary Education undergraduate program and/or the Curriculum and Instruction graduate program. In addition, responsibilities include supervision of pre-service teachers, maintaining data for the program assessment plan, completing state required annual public school experience, maintaining a current knowledge base in the field of Early Childhood Education, engaging in scholarly/creative activities, and serving on committees at all levels of the University.

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Minnesota State University, Mankato 
Mankato, MN
Assistant/Associate Professor of Elementary & Literacy Education

The Minnesota State University invites applications for the Assistant/Associate Professor of Elementary & Literacy Education teaching position for Fall 2024. The successful candidate will teach courses related to elementary education, often with field experience components and have expertise using anti-racist pedagogies and methods.

Responsibilities: 

• A typical faculty workload responsibility may include up to twenty four (24) credits of instruction per academic year.
• The successful candidate may need to teach in other areas as assigned and qualified.
• May be expected to develop and deliver face-to-face, hybrid, and on-line instruction at the Mankato campus, online, and/or at the university’s additional locations, as assigned.
• The successful candidate will collaborate with colleagues in curriculum design, instruction and evaluation, conduct research productively and mentor students in research, help create innovative strategies for student recruitment, retention, and completion, and may be expected to develop external grant funding opportunities.
• All faculty members are expected to engage in scholarly or creative activity or research, in continuing preparation and study, in contributing to student growth and development, and in providing service to the university and community (See Article 22 and Appendix G of the IFO Master Agreement).
• This position will advise undergraduate majors.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching undergraduate courses in elementary education.

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University of Minnesota
Twin Cities, MN
Assistant/Associate Professor

The Department of Writing Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track or tenured faculty position beginning fall semester 2024 (8/26/2024). Appointment will be made at the rank of Assistant Professor, Advanced Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor. We seek an outstanding candidate with an active research agenda in writing pedagogy that engages key issues in the field particularly relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. The University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts has a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we are interested in candidates who can support and expand this commitment. The successful candidate will be able to contribute across our programs in first-year writing, writing studies, rhetoric, and technical communication, including teaching and advising both undergraduate and graduate students, ranging from first-year students to PhD. Additionally, we are seeking someone with strong, long-term interest in writing program administration, specifically FYW. The successful candidate will also have interest in teaching and advising both undergraduate and graduate students, ranging from first-year students to PhD students.

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