Location: Louisville, KY Category: Faculty Positions Posted On: Wed Nov 18 2020 Job Description:
Join an innovative and energized faculty dedicated to the preparation of teacher candidates, leaders and change agents focused on school reform and social justice. Due to the significant growth in our undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs, the Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky invites applications for a 9-month, tenure-track position in teacher education at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking applicants with expertise in a range of educational research methods and multicultural education/culturally sustaining pedagogies. This position has an August 2021 start date. Primary responsibilities will be to work with students and colleagues in the School of Education and across the University and Community to teach education research courses and courses in multicultural/cultural sustaining education and pedagogies. The successful candidate will demonstrate a research agenda in teacher preparation, experience/potential in securing external funding to support program and research initiatives, and interest/potential in mentoring doctoral candidates. Our new colleague will also demonstrate dedication to outreach programs, participation in all school accreditation activities and academic advising, mentorship of doctoral and master's students, and service to candidate's professional field, university, and community.
Job Requirements:
Required Qualifications include the following: - An earned doctorate in Education or a related field from a regionally and nationally accredited university
- A minimum of three years working with P-12 populations
- Demonstrated understanding of multicultural/culturally sustaining educational initiatives and pedagogies
- Experience working with students from diverse backgrounds
- Evidence of excellence in teaching
- Evidence of excellence in scholarly productivity
- Experience utilizing a range of research methodologies and potential for teaching research methods courses
Preferred Qualifications include the following: - Experience in quantitative or mixed-methods research methods is highly preferred
- Record of successful collaboration with school districts
- Hold a current teaching certificate in middle or secondary grades
- Experience in applying for and securing external funding
- Demonstrated research agenda related to teacher education
- Experience and/or interest in serving on/chairing doctoral committees
- Experience in educational policy and/or policy evaluation
Additional Information:
Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of illegal discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class. The Annsley Fraizer Thornton School of Education is CAEP accredited and received the 2020 Frank Murray Leadership Recognition for Continuous Improvement. For questions regarding the position, contact search chair Grant Smith at gsmith2@bellarmine.edu. Apply Online |