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Assistant/Associate Professor in Educational Leadership
| Institution: | Lewis & Clark College |
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| Location: | Portland, OR |
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| Posted: | 11/03/2009 |
| Type: | Full Time |
The Graduate School of Education and Counseling at Lewis & Clark offers a full-time
assistant/associate tenure-track position in the Educational Leadership Department with appointment
commencing fall semester 2010. The Educational Leadership Department consists of the Educational
Administration Program, School Counseling Program, and the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program.
This position involves substantial teaching and student advising responsibilities in the Doctoral
Program, an expectation for scholarly productivity, institutional service, and the potential of
teaching in other Graduate School programs.
Responsibilities:
* Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to teach applied research methods, program evaluation, policy, and/or institutional change.
* Demonstrate strong foundation in quantitative and mixed methods research.
* Participate as an active member of an Educational Leadership Department faculty with a long standing commitment to the preparation of exceptional practitioners prepared to engage entire school communities in promoting environments for teaching and learning in which all students realize their potential.
* Be an innovator willing to work proactively and collaboratively with school and district partners in the development of programs that can serve as national models of excellence.
* Utilize excellent interpersonal skills and work collaboratively with others in a rigorous program of doctoral study for practitioner/scholars.
* Engage in student advisement and extensive supervision of doctoral candidates as they conduct research, develop their dissertations, and apply research to practice.
* Demonstrate an area of inquiry that can lead to a record of research and publication.
Required Qualifications:
* Earned doctorate in educational leadership, educational administration, educational policy, or related field.
* Record of, or potential for, productive scholarly activity as a college faculty member pursuing an active research agenda.
* Ability and background to teach a variety of courses in education leadership, research, policy, and evaluation.
* Research skills with an emphasis on highly developed quantitative and mixed methods research design and analysis techniques.
* Proficiency with Excel, SPSS and software for qualitative data analysis.
* Strong written and analytical skills.
* Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively and collaboratively with university faculty, graduate students, staff, and with faculty, administrators, students and families from local education agencies and community organizations.
* Ability to serve on dissertation committees and as dissertation chair for doctoral students in educational leadership (experience preferred).
* High level of cultural competence that includes understanding shifting demographics, race, class and gender issues.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience working with students, faculty, and staff in PK-12 setting.
* Expertise in school-community collaborations.
* Knowledge and experience related to working with diverse communities.
The College explicitly acknowledges and affirms its conviction that diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, socio-economic background, religious orientation or spirituality, physical or sensory disability, gender and sexual orientation on the Lewis & Clark campus provides an educational benefit for all students that can be realized only by enhancing and preserving the presence of students and educational professionals from diverse backgrounds within our learning community.
Application Procedures:
The review of applications will begin on December 4, 2009 and continue until the position is filled. To apply, send a letter of application addressing the qualifications and responsibilities noted in this posting; a curriculum vita, a sample of scholarly work, and three letters of recommendation with contact numbers (at least one letter should address the applicant's commitment to, experience with, and potential for working with diverse student and community populations) to:
Ashley Sloan
Lewis & Clark College
Graduate Dean's Office
0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, MSC 93
Portland, OR 97219-7899
or email: asloan@lclark.edu
Additional Information:
For additional information on this position or the Educational Leadership Programs at the Graduate School of Lewis & Clark College contact: Dr. Carolyn S. Carr, Chair, Educational
Leadership Program at cscarr@lclark.edu or call (503) 768-6081.
Lewis & Clark College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to preparing students for leadership in an increasingly interdependent world that affirms the educational benefits of diversity (see http://www.lclark.edu/about/diversity.html). Lewis & Clark College will conduct background checks on the finalist(s).
Responsibilities:
* Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to teach applied research methods, program evaluation, policy, and/or institutional change.
* Demonstrate strong foundation in quantitative and mixed methods research.
* Participate as an active member of an Educational Leadership Department faculty with a long standing commitment to the preparation of exceptional practitioners prepared to engage entire school communities in promoting environments for teaching and learning in which all students realize their potential.
* Be an innovator willing to work proactively and collaboratively with school and district partners in the development of programs that can serve as national models of excellence.
* Utilize excellent interpersonal skills and work collaboratively with others in a rigorous program of doctoral study for practitioner/scholars.
* Engage in student advisement and extensive supervision of doctoral candidates as they conduct research, develop their dissertations, and apply research to practice.
* Demonstrate an area of inquiry that can lead to a record of research and publication.
Required Qualifications:
* Earned doctorate in educational leadership, educational administration, educational policy, or related field.
* Record of, or potential for, productive scholarly activity as a college faculty member pursuing an active research agenda.
* Ability and background to teach a variety of courses in education leadership, research, policy, and evaluation.
* Research skills with an emphasis on highly developed quantitative and mixed methods research design and analysis techniques.
* Proficiency with Excel, SPSS and software for qualitative data analysis.
* Strong written and analytical skills.
* Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively and collaboratively with university faculty, graduate students, staff, and with faculty, administrators, students and families from local education agencies and community organizations.
* Ability to serve on dissertation committees and as dissertation chair for doctoral students in educational leadership (experience preferred).
* High level of cultural competence that includes understanding shifting demographics, race, class and gender issues.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience working with students, faculty, and staff in PK-12 setting.
* Expertise in school-community collaborations.
* Knowledge and experience related to working with diverse communities.
The College explicitly acknowledges and affirms its conviction that diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, socio-economic background, religious orientation or spirituality, physical or sensory disability, gender and sexual orientation on the Lewis & Clark campus provides an educational benefit for all students that can be realized only by enhancing and preserving the presence of students and educational professionals from diverse backgrounds within our learning community.
Application Procedures:
The review of applications will begin on December 4, 2009 and continue until the position is filled. To apply, send a letter of application addressing the qualifications and responsibilities noted in this posting; a curriculum vita, a sample of scholarly work, and three letters of recommendation with contact numbers (at least one letter should address the applicant's commitment to, experience with, and potential for working with diverse student and community populations) to:
Ashley Sloan
Lewis & Clark College
Graduate Dean's Office
0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, MSC 93
Portland, OR 97219-7899
or email: asloan@lclark.edu
Additional Information:
For additional information on this position or the Educational Leadership Programs at the Graduate School of Lewis & Clark College contact: Dr. Carolyn S. Carr, Chair, Educational
Leadership Program at cscarr@lclark.edu or call (503) 768-6081.
Lewis & Clark College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to preparing students for leadership in an increasingly interdependent world that affirms the educational benefits of diversity (see http://www.lclark.edu/about/diversity.html). Lewis & Clark College will conduct background checks on the finalist(s).
Application Information
| Postal Address: | Ashley Sloan Graduate Dean's Office Lewis & Clark College 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road MSC 93 Portland, OR 97219 |
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| Email Address: | asloan@lclark.edu |
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