UMBC Education Chair Search

[Nancy Hornberger]

Forwarding for Sarah Shin

Dear Nancy,

I hope this email finds you well. UMBC will be hiring a new Chair of our
Department of Education for the 2010-11 year. Would you please help me
distribute our position description and let any potential candidates know
of the opening?

I've attached the job announcement and have also pasted it below in case
there are any problems with opening the announcement.

Please let me know if there are any questions.

Thanks very much for your help!

Sarah

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Chair, Department of Education
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

UMBC seeks an educational leader with vision and demonstrated ability to
head the Department of Education in the
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Eligible to be appointed
at Full Professor rank, the successful
candidate for Chair must have a doctoral degree, a minimum of 5 years of
administrative experience, a substantive
scholarly record, and a record of successful teaching.
Located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., UMBC is an
NCATE-accredited, Carnegie Research University
(RU/H) widely recognized for its commitment to diversity and excellence in
undergraduate and graduate education,
with a total enrollment of 12,000 students, 40% of whom are minorities.
The Department has 80 full- and part-time
faculty members, with 21 full-time faculty on tenure-track, clinical, and
lecturer lines. Serving over 550 graduate
students, the Department enrolls the largest number of graduate students
on campus in the Master of Arts in Teaching
(MAT) initial certification program, the Master of Arts in Instructional
Systems Development Program , the Master
of Arts in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), and
the Master of Arts in Education (MAE)
advanced degree program. It also partners with six other departments in
offering the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program
in Language, Literacy, and Culture. In addition, approximately 250
students are seeking initial teacher certification
through the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
undergraduate programs. The Department is
actively engaged in state and national initiatives to increase the number
of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) teachers. The department also has strong online programs.
Committed to PreK-16 collaboration, UMBC has built strong ties with the
State of Maryland?s network of teacher
education institutions, as well as partnerships with culturally and
linguistically diverse school districts, including
Professional Development Schools (PDS) and MAE cohort programs for
in-service teachers. The Department also
collaborates on several NSF grants designed to educate more STEM teachers,
and has recently received a $1 million
U.S. Department of Education ESOL development grant, as well as
substantial scholarship funds from private donors.
The Chair will supervise all departmental activities, including curriculum
development, the department budget,
personnel, and coordination of accreditation reviews for the Maryland
State Department of Education (MSDE) and
NCATE. The Chair will also assist in the University?s marketing efforts of
Department programs and pursue funding
opportunities. The Chair must be able to communicate effectively with
multiple stakeholders.
Applicants should send a letter of interest including a description of
major leadership accomplishments and research
activities, curriculum vitae, and manuscript reprints to: Dr. Sarah Shin,
Chair, Search Committee, Department of
Education, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,
Baltimore, MD 21250 or by email to
shin at umbc.edu. In addition, applicants should ask for three letters of
reference to be sent to the same address.
Consideration of candidates will begin October 15, 2009 and continue until
the position is filled; for optimal
consideration, applications should be received by October 15.
For information about UMBC and the Department of Education, respectively,
visit: http://www.umbc.edu/ and
http://www.umbc.edu/education/.
UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages
applications from a diverse pool of
candidates.
Department of Education ! University of Maryland, Baltimore County !
Phone: 410.455.2465


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Sarah J. Shin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Co-Director
M.A. TESOL Program
Department of Education
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250, USA

Phone: (410) 455-2485
Fax: (410) 455-3986
Email: shin at umbc.edu
http://www.umbc.edu/esol
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