Department Chair/Full Professor – Tenured Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations

Department Chair/Full Professor – Tenured

Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations

The Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro is seeking applications for Department Chair. The University is located in Greensboro, a city of 275,000 in a metropolitan area of 1.6 million people. The city has six colleges and universities and is an attractive community with rich historical traditions, a temperate climate, and a full and active cultural program. The University is one of the doctorate-granting institutions in the seventeen campus University of North Carolina system and has more than 17,000 full-time students, including 3000 graduate students.

The Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations offers Master’s, Ed.S., Ed.D., and Ph.D. degrees and several post-masters certificates in the intersecting areas of educational leadership and cultural studies. We offer on-campus programming as well as a range of alternative programs and courses, including web-based instruction and distance education.  We are committed to the values of equity and social justice, democratic participation, caring, and educational quality in schools and throughout the public realm. With these values in mind, we seek to understand and change the theories, policies, and practices that are enacted in schools, communities, and other educational and cultural contexts. We are interested in attracting candidates who add to the diversity of the department in terms of race, gender, culture, perspective, academic specialty, and method of inquiry.

Qualifications:

The department seeks an individual with evidence of collaborative, democratic leadership, administrative abilities, excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong commitment to teaching, scholarship, research, community engagement, and support of service activities. The individual must be able to reflect and enhance the broad directions of the department. Specifically, the individual must be able to speak to both the educational leadership and the cultural foundations concerns of the department and exhibit a commitment to educational equity, human dignity, and democratic values. The candidate must be able to communicate effectively with school district leaders. A doctorate in Educational Leadership, Policy, Social Foundations, or related field is preferred. Candidates for this ten-month position must qualify for appointment at the rank of professor.

Starting date: August 1, 2014

Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Application Deadline:  A review of applications will begin January 12 and continue until the position is filled.

Application Procedure:  Submit your letter of interest, vita, and the names and telephone numbers

of three references electronically via:  jobsearch.uncg.edu

For questions, contact:

Dr. Kathy Hytten or Dr. Leila E. Villaverde at elcchair@uncg.edu

The University of North Carolina Greensboro

Department of Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations

Greensboro, NC 27403

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