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Location

Ypsilanti, MI | United States

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Job description

Title: Assistant Professor (K12 Educational Leadership)

Employee Classification: FA - Faculty 16 and 24 (Pay)

Pay Grade: FA 01

Division: Academic and Student Affairs

Department: ACE - AA-College of Education

Campus Location: Main Campus

General Summary

The Department of Leadership and Counseling is seeking applicants for a tenure track faculty position with specialization in K-12 Educational Leadership to begin in August 2024. Faculty members are expected to focus on teaching, scholarship, and service as well as collaborate with colleagues across the university. The candidate will teach and mentor graduate students in an online environment and will work with doctoral students, chairing and serving on dissertation committees.

The Educational Leadership Program within the Department of Leadership and Counseling offers an undergraduate LEAD minor, three distinct master-level program tracks for aspiring educational leaders (Basic School Administration certificate, Central Office Administration endorsement, Master of Arts in Educational Leadership) and a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Educational Leadership. The K-12 master's level programs are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and approved by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) for administrative certification and central office endorsement.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to learning and knowledge development by teaching intellectually dynamic graduate courses that address leadership within pluralistic contexts
• Create and co-construct transformative curriculum and enact pedagogy to reflect and support inclusive excellence
• Provide academic advising to diverse students
• Provide service to department, college, and university committees, and impact local and global communities
• Contribute to scholarship and explore interdisciplinary implications and academic pursuits to add to the field and remain current in their field of study

Minimum Qualifications:

• A doctorate, or earned doctorate by August 2024, in educational leadership/policy or a related field from an accredited institution
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and justice evidenced in teaching, scholarship, and service in higher education contexts.
• Previous teaching experience, preferably graduate-level and online instruction
• Demonstrated ability to establish or continue a research agenda evidenced by a record of publications, manuscripts under review, or grant funded projects.
• A minimum of 3 years experience as a K-12 building-level (e.g., principal , assistant principal ) or central office administrator (e.g., superintendent , deputy superintendent , curriculum leader )

The successful candidate will serve an eight-month, tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor rank. A competitive salary will be based on qualifications and prior experience. Eastern Michigan University may consider up to two years of credit for service at another institution at the Assistant Professor rank. The start date will be August 2024.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scholarship, expertise, and teaching interests within one or more of the following areas: instructional leadership, school culture and climate, the principalship, school improvement, the superintendency, school/district finance and operations, P-20 pathways, and education policy/politics
• Experience in quantitative or mixed methods research from a critical perspective
• Previous experience with or demonstrated ability to supervise doctoral students
• Experience acquiring or pursuing external funding
• Demonstrated experience mentoring graduate students from historically underrepresented/marginalized communities
• Engagement in local, regional, or national organizations

Special Instructions:

1. A Cover Letter that clearly speaks to each of the following:

a. required and preferred qualifications;
b. your commitment and work supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in education;
c. your teaching philosophy and approach (specifically online teaching); and
d. your research agenda;

2. A detailed curriculum vitae
3. Names, titles, and telephone numbers of at least three references.

Application review will begin December 1, 2023 . Review of applications will continue until a finalist is identified. For more information, contact the search committee chair, Dr. Davis Clement, [email protected].

Finalists will be asked to present official graduate transcripts prior to receiving an official offer.

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between EMU and the EMU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Members of minoritized groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Eastern Michigan University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Appointment Percentage:

100%

About Eastern Michigan University

Since its inception, Eastern Michigan, first as a Normal School, then as a College and finally as a University, has grown and developed to respond to the ever-changing needs of society. Over the years, EMU has educated thousands of sons and daughters of Michigan, the nation, and the world. The University currently serves 23,000 students who are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and certificate degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 200 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business; Education; Health and Human Services; Technology, and its graduate school. Eastern Michigan's exceptional faculty, students and alumni include CEOs from major businesses; a National Student Teacher of the Year, National Teacher of the Year, numerous Fulbright Scholars and Milken Family Foundation National Educators award winners; and several Michigan Teachers of the Year.

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