[lg policy] open rank math ed/bilingual ed faculty position at university of connecticut

Thu Dec 27 15:40:14 UTC 2012

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*Search Announcement: Math Education/Bilingual Education*

*Educational Equity, Achievement, and Reform*

*Curriculum and Instruction*: Mathematics Education/Bilingual Education ****

*Curriculum and Instruction*: Literacy Education****

*Educational Leadership*: Education Policy ****

*Educational Leadership*: Organizational Change and School Reform (K-12)****

*Educational Psychology*: Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment****

          Large-scale Evaluation of K-12 Schools  ****

*Educational Psychology*: School Psychology/School Climate****

*Educational Psychology*: Special Education/Counseling Education****

The Neag School of Education is hiring seven new faculty to launch a
purpose-built cluster in 2013 to research the causes and consequences of
the achievement and opportunity gaps and find policy and practice
solutions. The research team will be staffed by seven faculty across three
departments – Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology,
Educational Leadership – with expertise in *literacy, mathematics
education/bilingual education, school reform, education policy, large scale
assessment, disabilities, and school climate* and a demonstrated interest
in student educational equity and its impact on understanding and improving
policies, practices, systems, and outcomes for chronically under-performing
schools. ****

*The Department of Curriculum and Instruction invites candidates to apply
for tenure-track, faculty scholar positions at the rank of Assistant,
Associate, or Full Professor and to join this school-wide effort.*  We
strongly encourage people of Color and others from diverse backgrounds to
apply. The successful candidate will join seven other new faculty members
from multiple disciplines in leading* *this endeavor.  ****

Job Responsibilities may include:****

**·         **Apply understandings of issues of diversity, equity, and
multiculturalism to scholarship****

**·         **Conduct innovative research ****

**·         **Pursue and secure external funding to advance the study of
issues related to educational equity, academic performance, educational
policy, and educational practice in an effort to address school improvement
and student achievement ****

**·         **Collaborate with other scholars on large research projects
involving multiple perspectives and disciplines ****

**·         **Teach graduate and/or undergraduate courses as appropriate****

**·         **Advise students at all levels****

**·         **Serve on university committees****

**·         **Provide service to professional organizations****

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Minimum Qualifications****

We seek scholars with an earned doctorate in mathematics or bilingual
education by time of appointment.  Qualified candidates will provide
evidence of scholarship emphasizing (a) improvement of student educational
equity as related to achievement in chronically under-performing schools;
(b) academic performance, school climate and discipline, and/or educational
policy, equity, or practice; and (c) documented capacity for high quality
empirically and theoretically grounded research including demonstrated
experience in quantitative research.  They also should provide evidence or
demonstrate potential of success in securing external funding related to
the above scholarship.  Candidates should have demonstrated success
collaborating with faculty members on research projects, securing external
funding, and/or developing innovative policies, practices, programs, and/or
systems.  Minimum qualifications also include evidence of potential to
contribute to respective departments through teaching at undergraduate
and/or graduate levels, advising students at all levels, and providing
service to the university and the professional community.****

Preferred Qualifications****

Preference will be given to candidates with three years of public school
teaching experience in K-12 settings; and a demonstrated research record
with a dual emphasis on mathematics education and the education of English
language learners.  We are particularly interested in candidates who have
experience working with underserved populations or studying the
relationship between language/mathematics and social inequality; or have
experience and expertise in working with emergent bilinguals and/or
students for whom English is a second language, and whose research agenda
methods, and experiences meet needs/goals of the cluster.  Proficiency in a
language other than English would be an asset. ****

To ensure full consideration, application materials should be submitted no
later than February 1, 2013.****

Appointment Terms****

This is a full-time, nine (9)-month, tenure track appointment with a start
date of August 23, 2013.  Salary is competitive based on qualifications and
experience. ABD candidates appointed at the rank of Instructor will be
eligible for promotion to Assistant Professor if all degree requirements
are completed by December 31, 2013****

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*To apply, p**lease access
**http://jobs.uconn.edu/faculty/*<http://jobs.uconn.edu/faculty/>
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*To learn more abo**ut the Neag School of Education: **
www.education.uconn.edu* <http://www.education.uconn.edu>* *

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