Assistant/Associate Professor of Language, Diversity and Literacy Studies, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Assistant/Associate Professor of Language, Diversity and Literacy Studies

Fall Semester 2015

The College of Education at Texas Tech University is recognized as an emerging national leader in high-quality and innovative educator preparation.  We are growing rapidly as we recruit gifted and entrepreneurial faculty that are committed to results-based education enacted in multiple ways with the schools, agencies and communities that we serve across Texas and the nation.  The work of the College is deeply rooted in authentic partnerships that provide guidance in producing the measurably best educators and providing services that add significant value to those we serve.

Texas Tech University seeks an assistant/associate professor of Language, Diversity and Literacy Studies (LDLS) with a concentration in Language and Literacy for an academic year tenure-track position starting in August 2015. The program is seeking an exemplary individual to join a productive faculty that includes scholarly activists who are engaged in EC-12 schools.

Qualifications:  The successful candidate will have:

            (1)  a completed doctorate in Language/Literacy or related fields;

            (2)  a distinguished track-record of EC-12 teaching;

            (3)  a distinguished track-record of college-level teaching;

            (4)  demonstrated ability to contribute to in-depth school-university collaborations;

            (5)  demonstrated potential or track-record of conducting meaningful research in language and

                   literacy

            (6)  demonstrated potential or track-record of obtaining external funding; and

            (7)  a commitment to serving diverse, high-need populations.

Preference will be given to candidates with strong teaching credentials and public school experiences, a demonstrated ability to conduct research with and in schools that result in positive & measurable student outcomes, grant experience and graduate online and/or face-to-face teaching experience. Experience working with diverse student populations and first generation students is highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

1. Teach graduate language and literacy courses that focus on fostering students conceptual understanding and measurable skills specifically in face-to-face, online, and blended formats;
2. Conduct research that meaningfully contributes to the improvement of practice and the field of literacy;
3. Supervise student research and practice in a manner that promotes their synthesis;
4. Advise masters and doctoral students;
5. Apply for and manage external funding to support research and the improvement of practice;
6. Contribute to the advancement of specialization and program goals through service; and
7. Partner with schools and/or agencies to ensure meaningful, collaborative research, teaching, and practice.

The College of Education at Texas Tech University is comprised of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership and the Department of Teacher Education. The College of Education houses 11 graduate programs between the Curriculum & Instruction and the Educational Psychology and Leadership departments that prepare both applied and basic researchers who possess the skills to work with diverse populations. Texas Tech University, a member of the Big 12 Conference, is located in Lubbock, Texas (population 257,000). Texas Tech University is a comprehensive university with an enrollment of over 33,000 and is the only campus in Texas where both the law school and medical school are housed at the same location. The University has a wide range of undergraduate and graduate NCATE/CAEP accredited programs. 

Texas Tech University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.  We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, veterans, and we consider the needs of dual-career couples. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment.

Interested candidates should submit application materials online at the TTU Personnel Employment website:  http://www.texastech.edu/careers/.   Requisition # 4754BR  Please include your curriculum vitae, copied graduate transcripts, and a list of three references with complete address, phone number, and email address, and a letter of application.  Review of applications will begin May 30, 2015  and will continue until the position is filled.  For more details about TTU or the College of Education, visit http://www.ttu.edu and http://www.educ.ttu.edu.  For more information contact Mellinee Lesley at Mellinee.lesley@ttu.edu or Rene Saldana at rene.saldana@ttu.edu.

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