University of North Texas System
Dallas, TX
Lecturer – Reading
The School of Education at UNT-Dallas seeks an individual who will help shape the character of a 21st century, teaching-focused university. Candidates should be able to express enthusiastic support for the mission of the university to transform the lives of students, families, and communities by providing high-quality, student-focused education in preparation for tomorrow’s careers, and its vision to create the place of choice where students are inspired to learn, faculty are inspired to teach and the community inspired to support.
Position Summary
The incumbent in this Lecturer position which will be responsible for teaching four courses per semester, supporting advisement of majors, and engaging in School of Education activities including grant writing. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in curricular improvements and service and community engagement including, but not limited to development, community development, service learning, recruiting, program assessment, accreditation, student advisement, and committee leadership. Summer school teaching is possible, but is dependent on budget and course demand.
- Teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses to students with diverse background
- Provide instructional leadership for teacher certification in the education programs at undergraduate and graduate level
- Reviewing, Designing, implementing, and/or publishing meaningful applied research (specifically in Reading/Literacy Education)
- Fully participate in internal and external service such as public engagement, ongoing curriculum improvement, student recruiting, student advisement and mentoring, program assessment, program development and leadership, and committee responsibilities
- Support external funded programs and collaborate with colleagues to actively seek and obtain grants through various funding sources
- Engage in continual learning to stay current with research, best practices in teaching, and technological applications in the classroom, including online teaching
- May be assigned to teach evening and/or Saturday classes, develop and/or teach hybrid courses
- May be assigned to supervise field experiences for teacher education candidates
- May be assigned to provide support for State Certification Exams by means of tutorials, one-on-one sessions, or presentation sessions for students
- Possess the ability to collaborate with colleagues to engage in research as related to the field of literacy and reading
- Develop and maintain collaborative and professional partnerships/relationships with local schools and provide service at the university, state, local and national levels
- Teach clinical literacy courses at undergraduate and graduate levels
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