Lewis & Clark College Looking for Assistant / Associate Professor in Secondary Language Arts (tenure-track) at Portland, OR Full Time

The Graduate School of Education and Counseling at Lewis & Clark College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant or associate professor in Secondary Language Arts. The Secondary Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at Lewis & Clark is a leader in the field of graduate teacher preparation, with an explicit focus on issues of diversity, equity, and social justice. The faculty provide extensive pedagogical content preparation and research-based models to create a rich educational experience that weaves together theory and practice. Our goal is to prepare teacher candidates to address systemic issues of equity and access in schools, while promoting the academic, emotional, and social success of each student.

Lewis & Clark’s Secondary MAT program is housed within a unique PK-20 social justice-oriented department and aims to develop teachers who: are critically self-reflective; are students of teaching who use inquiry to improve their practice; and who employ inclusive, democratic, and culturally responsive approaches in the classroom. Program faculty and staff are committed to preparing teacher candidates to work effectively in diverse school settings, recognizing the critical intersection of race, culture, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, first language, ability, and other key elements of identity. Teacher candidates learn to investigate and support each child’s unique growth – academic, social, and emotional – as citizens of the world, by creating affirming spaces and equity-focused school systems for P-20 students and their communities.

Responsibilities

Teaching expectations

• Teach Secondary Language Arts (LA) methods courses in the graduate MAT program.
• Teach additional courses in one or more of the following areas: secondary literacy and teacher research; secondary seminar in support of the MAT practicum; elementary literacy; and elementary seminar in support of the MAT practicum.
• Advise and mentor Secondary Language Arts MAT candidates.
• Serve as Content Coordinator for Secondary Language Arts teacher candidates, which includes providing support for finding and managing field-based placements, advising teacher candidates, hiring adjunct faculty for LA content courses, and hiring field supervisors to observe and assess LA candidates in the field.
• Participate in curriculum development.

Scholarship expectations

• Maintain a strong research agenda and consistent publication record.
• Make presentations at local/regional/national/international academic conferences and professional meetings.
• Participate in activities in support of external funding for research projects.

Service/partnership expectations

• Participate in professional associations at local, state, regional, and national/international levels.
• Participate in the strategic planning process at the program, department, and Graduate School level.
• Collaborate with colleagues in and outside of the program to enhance the program, school, and institutional mission.
• Participate in ongoing recruitment activities and admissions processes.
• Participate in accreditation and program evaluation activities.

Required Qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree in education, with language arts or related specialization.
• Demonstrated ability to teach a variety of graduate level education courses, including LA methods courses, and to advise candidates.
• Strong commitment to preparing teacher candidates in content pedagogy and other teaching skills and techniques.
• Record of, or demonstrated capacity to develop, a strong scholarly research agenda leading to publication.
• Evidence that demonstrates knowledge of and commitment to issues of equity and social justice in the school context.
• Experience as a Secondary Language Arts teacher.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensure or license-eligibility as a Secondary LA teacher in Oregon
• Experience teaching graduate courses in one or more of the following areas: Secondary literacy and teacher research; secondary seminar in support of MAT practicum; elementary literacy; elementary seminar in support of MAT practicum.
• Experience developing and sustaining effective partnerships with school, districts, and community organizations.
•  Experience with higher education program development, collaboration, and leadership.
• Demonstrated involvement/leadership in local, regional, and/or national professional organizations.
• Demonstrate ideas for and/or experience with securing grant funding to support research and classroom practice.

Review of applications will begin on January 9, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, please submit the following:

• A letter of application addressing the responsibilities and qualification highlighted in this position description
• A current curriculum vitae
• Three confidential letters of recommendation
• Graduate transcripts
• 2-3 samples of scholarly work
• A sample syllabus and student course evaluations

Lewis & Clark College will conduct background checks on the finalist(s).

For additional information or questions about the position, please contact Dr. Kimberly Campbell, Chair of Teacher Education: email: [email protected] or by phone: (503) 768-6108.