Assistant Professor

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Assistant/Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

Educ Policy, Res & Evaluation

PFAC - Slotted Faculty

Full-Time

9 mo.

No

The Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences at Coastal Carolina University announces a full-time tenure track position in Educational Leadership beginning January 2022.

The College offers both a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and a Ph.D. in Education. The Ph.D. degree includes specializations in Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration, and Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. The M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership programs are designed to provide advanced professional studies in graduate-level coursework for candidates who are interested becoming leaders within the K-12 setting. Opportunities are provided to work with coordinators, directors, and experienced leaders within K-12 education, both inside the classroom and throughout clinical experiences. The programs prepare these leaders to be committed to continuous growth while building a base of knowledge, skills and dispositions that will enable them to be successful in K-12 leadership, including principal and coordinator positions.

The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate with the program coordinator and other program faculty to: teach courses in the M.Ed. program and the Ph.D. specializations in Educational Leadership; actively participate in established and new program curriculum and assessments development and analysis; provide advisement and mentorship to students; participate in program, departmental, college, and university governance; represent the program with external constituencies; provide assistance with the recruitment and retention of students; and engage in relevant professional activities and scholarship.

The faculty and administrators in the Spadoni College, along with professional staff across the University, will provide meaningful support for your teaching and scholarship as elements of your personal and professional career development. We encourage you to grow professionally, and we support a healthy work-life integration.

Required Qualifications:
• Earned Ph.D./ Ed.D. degree in Educational Leadership or a closely related discipline
• A minimum of three years of successful experience in K-12 Leadership, including experience as a principal
• Potential for excellence in teaching at the university level, specifically graduate level, based on previous teaching excellence
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and building meaningful partnerships
• Experience successfully integrating effective and innovative technology into teaching and learning

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience teaching courses in Educational Leadership at the Masters, Educational Specialist, and/or Doctoral level (including hybrid and online courses)
• Experience with program assessment and accreditation
• Experience with coordinating programs and/or organizational leadership
• Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communication skills

All candidates are expected to contribute to the diversity of our curriculum and community. The Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences seeks to recruit and retain a diverse community of scholars. We seek teacher-scholars who will serve as mentors for our diverse student body, and who have a demonstrated commitment to underrepresented communities as well as the academic success of all of our students. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to student learning; inclusive pedagogy; and to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, minutes from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,000 students from 46 states and 53 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and selective master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in educational leadership, and Ph.D. degrees in Marine Science and Education.

Coastal Carolina University is committed to fostering an environment that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, and we seek candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports the growth and development of a diverse campus community. The University provides equal opportunity without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status or disability in admissions, employment and in all of its educational programs and activities. We encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.

Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.

Interested candidates should submit: a letter of application (outlining interest in the position and specifying how the candidate meets the required and preferred qualifications), current curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts of all graduate work (copies are acceptable at this time), and a list of at least three (3) professional references. All information and material must be submitted electronically. Applicants that are invited for interviews must provide official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work prior to visiting campus. Review of applications and materials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Earned Ph.D./Ed.D. degree in Educational Administration or Educational Leadership or a closely related discipline with a strong content background in educational administration. ABD candidates may be considered, dependent upon the projected date that the terminal degree will be conferred. A minimum of three (3) years of successful experience as a P-12 school-based and/or district office administrator.

Experience in teaching courses in Educational Leadership at the graduate level. Experience with online instruction (synchronous and asynchronous methodologies). Experience with program assessment and national accreditation (National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA)/Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC)/National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) Standards). Experience with online instruction (synchronous and asynchronous methodologies). Experience as a Superintendent and/or district office administrator.

Evidence of or potential for successful scholarship, research, teaching, mentoring, advising, and practice that provides access, equity, education quality and learning of historically marginalized and underrepresented P-12 students, university level students, educators, and leaders; evidence or the potential for successful research and scholarly productivity, including external grant funding for research; demonstrates excellence in interpersonal, written and verbal communication, and analytic skills; experience and/or scholarship in the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods research; experience or evidence of potential to support candidates through the Dissertation process, by serving as a committee member and/or committee chair on graduate student dissertation committees; demonstrates potential to collaboratively work with multiple stakeholders, such as area P-12 school districts, to build meaningful partnerships within a diverse environment; and ability to teach in person, online or in hybrid formats. Expertise in multiple statistical software programs (e.g., R, SAS, STATA, SPSS); expertise in qualitative software programs (e.g., Dedoose, NVivo); and/or experience or evidence of potential to serve as a methodologist on graduate student dissertation committees is preferred. A sensitivity to issues of diversity and difference that face educators in rural, suburban, and urban school settings. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Knowledge of and ability to integrate effective technology into teaching and learning.

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01/03/2022

09/13/2021

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https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/13716