Assistant Professor of Education - Urban Learning

Assistant Professor of Education - Urban Learning

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Work type : Instructional Faculty Tenured / Tenure-Track

Location : Fullerton

Categories : Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Tenured / Tenure-Track, Full Time, Faculty - Education / Library Science

The Department of Literacy and Reading Education at California State University, Fullerton, invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in education to begin in the fall of 2025.

California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) is a minority-serving institution, affirmative action, and equal opportunity employer.

CSUF is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum, fostering the Guiding Principles of Social Justice, and an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive.

Position

The assistant professor will play a pivotal role in designing, delivering, and assessing an innovative Urban Learning undergraduate degree program centered on transforming education for historically marginalized groups.

This program aims to produce future teachers and education professionals who deeply understand social justice issues and the critical skills necessary to effect groundbreaking and transformative change in educational settings.

As an assistant professor, you will have the opportunity to shape the curriculum, guide students' intellectual growth, engage in cutting-edge research, and foster a learning environment that centers on social equity and inclusion.

Required Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in education or a closely related field, with a research focus that includes elements related to just, equitable, and inclusive practices in education.
• Three years of teaching experience in diverse birth - 22 learning environments.
• Record of experience in post-secondary settings applying epistemologies and methodologies related to social justice and Critical Race Theory to address systemic barriers in educational contexts.
• Experience using asset-based and learner-centered pedagogies that empower teachers and / or future teachers to analyze and transform educational practices critically.
• Demonstrated advocacy working with historically marginalized communities and a commitment to inclusive, critical, and antiracist teaching practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Multiple Subject Credential, Special Education Credential, or Secondary Education Credential.
• Experience working with multilingual communities and evidence of a commitment to honoring plurilingualism and promoting language equity.
• Scholarly publications in antiracism and just, equitable, and inclusive practices in education or related areas.
• Experience in curriculum design, program development, and assessment at the undergraduate level.
• Proficiency in integrating technology and digital media into teaching and research endeavors.
• Experience working collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams and forging community partnerships.
• Strong understanding of diverse epistemologies and methodologies relevant to DisCrit Theory and Queer Theory.
• Proficiency in languages and registers that interrogate and disrupt linguistic hegemony.

Application

A complete online application must be received by electronic submission to be considered. To apply, please visit http : / / hr.

fullerton.edu / careers / Faculty.php, choose full-time faculty, search for the position 540407 , and provide the following required materials :

• letter of application in which you respond to the required and preferred qualifications
• commitment to inclusive excellence statement

Finalists will be required to submit official transcripts and three letters of recommendation.

Application Deadline

To be assured full consideration, all application materials must be received by September 15, 2024. The anticipated appointment date is August 2025.

Compensation

The Assistant Professor (2024-2025) classification salary range is $5,925 to $12,594 monthly (12 monthly payments per academic year).

The anticipated hiring range is $6,819 to $6,955 per month. Salary offered is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

CSUF Benefits

An excellent comprehensive benefits package includes health / vision / dental plans; spouse, domestic partner, and dependent fee waiver;

access to campus child care; and a defined benefit retirement through the state system and optional tax sheltering opportunities.

Additional Information

Multiple positions may be hired from this recruitment based on the strength of the applicant pool.

CSU Policies

The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and must comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083, revised July 21, 2017, as a condition of employment.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be formally offered a position with the CSU.

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