Associate Professor/Professor And Department Chair Of Education Studies (Tenure Track)

Founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1948, Stonehill is a private Catholic college located just 22 miles from downtown Boston on a beautiful 384-acre campus in Easton, Massachusetts. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1, the College engages its 2,500+ students in 80+ rigorous academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and pre-professional fields.

Faithful to the Holy Cross tradition in education, Stonehill College is committed to developing the moral, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and social competencies of its students and seeks to build and sustain a campus community that embraces diversity and inclusion in its teaching, learning, living, and working. Stonehill values a diversity of persons, opinions, and cultural and religious perspectives. In fulfillment of its motto, Lux et Spes ("Light and Hope"), the College cultivates in its students the competence to think, act, and lead with courage towards creating a more just and compassionate world.

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Position Summary

Undergraduate Education Studies at Stonehill College seeks an experienced, knowledgeable, and collaborative individual to lead our Education Studies department. The candidate will hold a faculty appointment and will have administrative, teaching, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission of the department and the College.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in the field of teacher education and will serve as the department chair, overseeing all Education Studies majors and minors, including undergraduate teacher licensure programs. The department chair will lead all departmental meetings; lead curricular initiatives, oversight of courses, pre-practicum and practicum programs, and pedagogy; work with faculty; and implement regulatory expectations consistent with the policies of the state department of education and the mission of the College. Expertise from coursework, teaching, and research should be in one or more of the following areas: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics/STEM, Mathematics Education, Education of Emerging Multilingual Learners, and/or Social Justice Education.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversight of undergraduate majors/minors and licensure programs.

• Leading the department in curricular vision, revision, and innovation.

• Teaching, service, & scholarship.

• Work closely with the Director of Graduate Teacher Education.

• Work closely with the Undergraduate Field Placement Coordinator.

• Work closely with the Assistant Director for Accreditation and Assessment on state licensure expectations.

Education and/or Experience

• Ph.D. or Ed.D. Expertise in Education or related field.

• Extensive experience overseeing undergraduate teacher education/teacher preparation programs.

• Minimum of five years PK-12 teaching experience.

• Understanding of Massachusetts licensure is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

• Knowledge/expertise in the field of teacher education.

• Knowledge of Massachusetts licensure requirements.

Physical Demands Work Environment Licenses/Certifications

• Massachusetts teacher licensure (preferred).

Competencies

Posting Detail Information

Special Instructions to Applicants

We ask that the applicant provide a CV, Cover letter, brief leadership statement (which should be included in the cover letter), and brief diversity statement. We will require three letters, but we will only read them late in the search.

Please email inquiries regarding this position to Moon Chung, the Search Committee Chair, at mchung1@stonehill.edu.