Job Title
Educational Leadership, Assistant Professor

Appointment Type
9 Month

Job Description
As the Educational Leadership, Assistant Professor you will teach master's and doctoral level courses, be involved in course and curriculum development, work effectively with diverse populations of students, colleagues, and members of the community at large, and serve on dissertation committees. The Educational Leadership, Assistant Professor may be asked to coordinate the M.Ed. in Ed Leadership or Ed.D. program.
Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs; committed to innovative delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning; committed to effective use of technology including distance learning; produce peer reviewed scholarship; and provide service to the College, University and Community. Teaching assignments may be on the main campus or at off-campus sites within our region.

Required Qualifications
Earned doctorate (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership or closely related field from an accredited institution that has earned NCATE / CAEP recognition in educational leadership/administration or closely related field.
Extensive experience as a public school principal, assistant superintendent, and/or superintendent.
Established record of scholarly publications (at assistant professor rank).
The candidate's teaching, scholarship, and service record must qualify her/him for the rank of assistant professor, as governed by the College of Education's promotion guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications
A minimum of five years as a public school principal or in combination with experience at the district level.
Expertise in instructional leadership, organizational theory, and/or accountability.
One of more years of successful leadership experience in high poverty schools and/or in the small school movement.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Experience or commitment to the use of technology in distance learning & university teaching. Interest in collaborating both within and outside the University in the development and delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning. Must value continued scholarship and service to the school and university.
Preference will be given to someone who is an experienced practitioner in Pre K-12 and has a working relation with administrators in this field and for someone who has a demonstrated understanding of the small school movement. This individual should also have demonstrated fluency in the literature and research in educational leadership.
Experience teaching at the master's and doctoral levels.
Candidate must demonstrate currency and fluency in the literature and research in educational leadership.
Ability to teach in multiple delivery modalities (i.e., face-to-face, hybrid, and online) serving educational leadership/administration and/or policy and experience teaching at the master's and doctoral levels.

Salary Range

Job Duties

Essential Job Duties
Teaches Ed Leadership courses at the master's and doctoral levels.
Utilizes Boyer's principles of scholarly research, and service to community, college, university and department.
Teaches advanced courses that are embedded in community-based research and in which students learn and apply research skills in service of schools, colleges and universities, and/or non-profit agencies.
Teaches courses and chair and/or serve on dissertation committees.
Works collegially and actively with other department faculty and staff on program/curriculum development and program assessment.
Participates in candidate recruitment, information sessions, interviews, and decision-making.
Serves as an advisor to assigned students and hold regularly published office hours.
Participates in department and College of Education activities, meetings, and committees.
Serves on Department, College, and University committees, and attend general Academic meetings, Commencements, and other special events.

Other Duties

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
F118P

Open Date
04/12/2018

Close Date
12/09/2018

Open Until Filled
No

Special Instructions to Applicants
Appointments will be made at a faculty rank commensurate with the candidate's experience on a 9-month Assistant Professor multi-year appointment basis available August 2018.
Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida's Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore all submitted materials including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED . As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU .
Under Florida's Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request.



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