Employment Offered

Assistant or Associate Professor of Education (Special Education)

This is a new tenure-track position offered jointly by the College of Education and the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium. The successful candidate will have faculty responsibilities that include teaching and applied research in the area of language and literacy (reading). Faculty member's tenure line will be in Special Education. The faculty member will have an affiliation with the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, a multi-disciplinary research center.

Beginning

Fall Semester 2005

Appointment conditions

A 36-week tenure track appointment will be made at the assistant/associate professor level starting August of 2005; summer appointments in research and/or teaching may be possible. Full University benefits apply. Penn State has a strong commitment to the diversity of its workforce. We encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• 1. Teach and advise undergraduate and graduate students.
• 2. Develop a successful program of research in a well-defined area that is related to reading/literacy.
• 3. Generate external funding for the support of related research, training, or outreach efforts.
• 4. Work collaboratively with faculty in academic programs throughout the University with particular emphasis on the Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, an inter-college center that focuses on topics like cognition, development, educational attainment, and drop-out prevention.
• 5. Provide service to the education community.

Required qualifications

• 1. Earned doctorate in Special Education or a closely related field with an emphasis in reading and language development for students with special needs.
• 2. Minimum of two years professional experience with individuals with special needs and/or individuals at risk for special education services.
• 3. Evidence of, or strong potential for, significant research and publications relevant to reading and literacy instruction.
• 4. Evidence of a strong background in research design.
• 5. Strong commitment to teaching and advising graduate students.
• 6. Experience in working with individuals of diverse backgrounds.
• 7. Commitment to collegiality and collaboration. Evidence of the capability to undertake interdisciplinary and collaborative research.

Desirable qualifications

Applicants should have an ongoing or emerging program of research in literacy that will focus on the integration of literacy research and effective classroom instruction as related to the issues of literacy instruction for at-risk/special needs students. The program is especially interested in candidates with research interests in developing and evaluating applied interventions that promote academic success.

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