Rhode Island College Looking for Assistant Professor, Music Education (Tenure Track) at Providence, RI Full Time

Rhode Island College invites applicants for the position of Assistant Director Music Education. This is a full-time, continuing,
tenure-track position.

The music program in the department serves s diverse student body and offers the BA, the BM (performance) and
BM (Music Education), as well as the MMed and MAT. Our music education program is among the strongest in the region and has always been one
of the strengths of the department. The department seeks a colleague to join a faculty that values engagement with students, diversity, and
excellence. We seek candidates whose background, teaching interests, and research or performing agenda will help foster diversity in the
College.

Since its founding in 1854, Rhode Island College (RIC) has been delivering a low-cost, high-quality education in innovative
ways from its beautiful campus in Providence, RI. As Rhode Island’s first institution of public higher education, RIC has
grown from its origins in teacher preparation to become a leading regional comprehensive college. With the goal of preparing students to
become engaged citizens, as well as meeting state and regional needs for today’s workforce and tomorrow’s
leaders, RIC ensures that students have the support, skills, and opportunities necessary to learn and thrive. It offers an
extraordinary collegiate experience with top-notch academic programs, active learning in the classroom, significant experiential learning
opportunities beyond the classroom, and state-of-the-art facilities. Nearly 90 majors and programs are offered through its five distinct
academic schools: Arts and Sciences, Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, School of Business, School of Nursing, and School
of Social Work. Over 40% of the RIC undergraduate student body are students of color and 45% are first-generation college
students. The Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance offers majors in Music Education, Music Performance, Bachelor of Arts in Music (with
three different concentrations), Master of Music Education, and Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT). We are an active and engaged faculty with
diverse teaching, research, and performance interests.

Required qualifications:

• Doctorate required
• Successful experience teaching music in PreK-12 setting
• Knowledge of and experience in K-12 teacher preparation
• Knowledge, experience, and/or research in the use of non-western musical traditions in the classroom.
• Awareness of culturally
  responsive teaching pedagogy.

Preferred qualifications:

• Additional successful college teaching
  experience
• Experience teaching in urban settings
• Certification in a music instruction approach such as Kodaly, Orff, or
  Music Learning Theory.

Application deadline: 12/02/2022

Proposed starting salary:
 Baseline-$58,949 Minimum salary for terminal degree-$61,779