Faculty position: Assistant Professor, Elementary Education in STEM // Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Curriculum and Learning

Assistant Professor, Elementary Education in STEM // Southern
Connecticut State University, Department of Curriculum and Learning

Southern Connecticut State University invites applications for a full
time, tenure track position in the Department of Curriculum and
Learning to begin August 2017.  SCSU is a comprehensive university of
approximately 10,000 students located in New Haven, a culturally
vibrant environment surrounded by many fine universities with easy
access to New York and Boston. The university is student-centered and
intentionally diverse, and we regard student success as our highest
priority.  We seek to instill in all of our students the value of the
liberal arts and sciences as the foundation for professional
development.

Brief Description of Duties/Responsibilities
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses
in STEM education for elementary schools.  Additional responsibilities
include student advisement, student teaching supervision, department
and university service, and scholarship.

Required Qualifications:
An earned doctorate or be all but dissertation (ABD) in curriculum and
instruction, STEM Education, learning sciences, or in teacher
education.  If ABD, candidate must have earned doctorate by the end of
the first year of appointment.
A minimum of three years of full-time relevant teaching in elementary schools.
Evidence of ability to teach university level courses in science
education, mathematics education, and technology all related to
teaching in elementary schools.
A strong potential for scholarly activity leading to presentations at
professional meetings and publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in urban school districts.
Experience with design based research methodologies.
Evidence of infusion of technology in pedagogy.
Evidence of work in teacher evaluation and professional development in
K12 STEM curriculum.

Application Process:
Please submit letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, official
graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation via email
to:  Search Committee Chair, Department of Curriculum and Learning,
Re: Search #17-029, at CURsearch2@southernct.edu.

In order for your application to be given full consideration, all
materials must be received by December 15, 2016.  The position will
remain open until filled.

http://www.southernct.edu/faculty-staff/hr/jobs/curriculum-and-learning-elem-ed-in-stem-assistant-professor.html