Special Education Lecturer, One-Year Full-Time Temporary

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Working Title SPECIAL EDUCATION Lecturer, One-Year Full-Time Temporary Department Educational Leadership & Advanced Studies Full Time or Part Time? Full Time Position Number 30028151 Commitment to Inclusive Excellence

Northern Kentucky University (NKU) seeks excellence by enriching its educational environment and culture through the diversity of its administration, faculty, and staff and by embracing inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of its work. NKU is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution.

We encourage applications by members of diverse groups and by persons with a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity and experience in achieving goals relative to inclusive excellence. Our vision is that NKU will be nationally recognized for being a student-ready, regionally engaged university that empowers diverse learners for economic and social mobility. We will do this while promoting a culture of excellence, acting with integrity, fostering a community of belonging, working with creativity and innovation, and maintaining a climate of collegiality. In your role, you will be expected to ensure that students who interact with you have a high-quality experience that supports the vision of the institution.

Purpose of Position

Would you like to teach in a university where students report the greatest strength is faculty and staff who know them by name and who care about them? At NKU we are deeply committed to "up close and personal" education. We are agile and innovative, with a campus culture that is collaborative and collegial.

NKU, located seven miles from downtown Cincinnati in an area offering an outstanding quality of life, is a nationally recognized metropolitan university committed to active engagement with the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati region of nearly two million people. Our institution is built on core values of excellence, integrity, inclusiveness, innovation and collegiality.

NKU is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Institution. For additional information on Northern Kentucky University visit http://www.nku.edu.

The College of Education at Northern Kentucky University aspires to be known throughout the state and region-at-large as the leader in providing opportunities for engaged learning and applied scholarship that fosters individual growth and collective success. We are seeking to add to an already strong teaching faculty who work to dismantle structural inequities in education and demonstrate a clear commitment to serving students from historically minoritized populations. We invite applicants to join our college as a full-time Lecturer in Special Education within the College of Education.

Primary Responsibilities

Responsibilities include teaching online and on-campus undergraduate and graduate special education courses. We are looking for a dynamic faculty member eager to teach, mentor, and advise the next generation of intervention specialists.

Qualifications

Candidates must have an earned doctorate (or ABD) in special education or related field, or a master's degree plus 18 semester hours in special education with related experience. Preference will be given to applicants with broad-based experience in special education across a variety of disability categories to support our current certification programs for high and/or low incidence disabilities.

Experience with diverse populations, inclusive practices, and adapting for access of the general education curriculum is required. The position is a one-year, full-time temporary appointment.

If you meet these qualifications, please e-mail the following information to Dr. Missy Jones, Professor of Special Education at jonesme@nku.edu: letter of interest, current resume, names and contact information of 3 professional references, and copies of graduate transcripts (unofficial accepted at the initial stage). Review of applications will begin July 1, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. The position is a nine-month appointment that begins as soon as August 2024.

Minimum Education Master's Degree Preferred Education Master's Degree

Posting Detail Information

Requisition Number 2024F729 Job Open Date 05/31/2024 Job Close Date 06/30/2024 Open Until Filled Yes Quick Link https://jobs.nku.edu/postings/14018

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