Teachers College, Columbia University Looking for Vice Dean for Teacher Education and School & Community Partnerships at New York, NY Full Time

Job Summary/Basic Function:
Reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost, and Dean of the College,
the Vice Dean for Teacher Education and School and Community Partnerships will provide collaborative, imaginative, strategic leadership and
advocacy for teacher education practice, policy, and research at the College.

The person in this role will represent the College, and
take a leadership role in, city, state, and national partnerships, policy deliberations, and scholarly professional organizations. Across
these responsibilities, the Vice Dean for Teacher Education and School and Community Partnerships will support and further the College’s
commitment to public education as a democratic project and its threefold commitment to teaching as inquiry, teaching as curriculum-making,
and teaching for social justice. In company with other College leadership, and the College as a whole, diversity, equity, and inclusion will
be central to the Vice Dean’s work.

The Vice Dean for Teacher Education and School and Community Partnerships will take advantage of
the current moment not only to support but to enhance teacher education activity at the College, including support for early, mid, and
late-career teachers, catalyzing new visions, innovations, and increased ambitions among the diverse and distinguished group of TC teacher
educators, and will take the lead in developing our partnerships and initiatives in support of New York City children, youth, families, and
communities, in particular, those, primarily Black, Brown, Asian, Indigenous, poor, disabled and newly immigrated, who are and have
historically been most underserved. Equally critically, the Vice Dean for Teacher Education and School and Community Partnerships will
support existing lines of research and scholarship, including public scholarship, in teacher education and related areas of professional
practice and study, and will engage faculty in the development of new research initiatives.

Additionally, the Vice Dean for Teacher
Education and School and Community Partnerships will lead in the reimagination and support of programmatic evaluation of teacher education
at the College and will oversee the activities and initiatives of the Office of Teacher Education and other centers and offices that support
teacher education.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with stakeholders across the College to continue
  developing a vision for teacher education that includes new directions for TC Teacher Education programs; engage in local and national
  education policy discussions.
• Raise external funds to support Teacher Education initiatives.
• Establish and maintain
  productive partnerships with our community, including P-12 partners, particularly our college partnership with NYC Community School District
  #4, NYC Public Schools, New York State Education Department, AAQEP and/or other accreditation agencies as needed, professional organizations
  and associations, and our many clinical placement sites.
• Participate in local, regional, and national associations and networks;
  stay abreast of current and pending policy initiatives; engage in and represent TC in discussions and debates about the future of the field,
  including with respect to governance, accreditation, and the like; communicate with and solicit participation from the teacher education
  community at TC.
• Partner with other College stakeholders to continue reviewing, re-thinking, and ongoing redesign of the teacher
  education programs.
• Lead the Teacher Educators at TC Collaborative to develop policies and evaluate the effects of proposed and/or
  existing policies.
• Attend regular Provost Leadership meetings.

Minimum Qualifications:

•  Experience as a PK-12 educator of at least 3 years and as a university-based teacher educator of at least seven years. Earned doctorate
  from an accredited institution.
•  Earned tenure and the rank of Associate or Full Professor at a prior institution
• A strong
  history in the field of teacher education, as a scholar-practitioner, including a record of leadership (in program, institutional, and/or
  regional contexts).
•  A strong scholarly record and an agenda going forward for research in teacher education.
•  Commitment
  to and demonstrated ability to cultivate strong, just, and innovative partnerships with schools, districts, communities, and city.
•  Experience creating reciprocal and sustainable partnerships with schools and/or districts, and ideas for creating new opportunities for
  student funding
•  Broad knowledge of history, debates, complexities, and nuances of teacher education in the U.S.
•  Strong
  commitment to and experience in public education.
•  Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of assets-oriented, culturally
  sustaining, inclusive pedagogies
•  Collaborative, collegial ethos and skills who can lead faculty collaborative decision-making and
  be a strong advocate for teacher educators at the College
•  Demonstrated effectiveness in leadership that enhances diversity,
  equity, and inclusion.
•  Demonstrated excellence in graduate student education/mentoring.
•  Demonstrated expertise in grant
  writing and oversight.

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Experience with higher education faculty
  affairs and administration.
•  Experience in international educational partnerships.
•  Expertise in fundraising.
•  Experience creating or working in residency and/or apprenticeship programs
•  Experience with teacher induction.
•  Experience creating reciprocal and sustainable partnerships with schools and/or districts, and ideas for creating new opportunities for
  student funding.

Salary Range:

$150,000.00 – $170,000.00

Work Modality:

Onsite

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

The salary range reflects
the College’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for the position at the time of the job posting.  Salary decisions are
dependent on several factors including but not limited to market and organizational considerations, experience, and qualifications of a
selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.

Our benefits contribute significantly to the total
compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance plans; flexible and hybrid work schedules; tuition
remission; life insurance; short and long-term disability insurance; an exceptional employer retirement matching program; health savings
accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, and a robust Employee Assistance Program
(EAP).

If you would like to request any disability related accommodations to complete
the job application or to participate in the interview process, please email:oasid@tc.columbia.edu.

Hybrid/Remote

Teachers College maintains a hybrid work environment, which provides employees with flexible work arrangements, while
ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person college-campus culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues
will either work onsite or in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days). Employees are expected to live within a 150-mile
radius of the College.  

We will consider qualified candidates that reside beyond this radius based on
the responsibilities and duties expected of the position.  All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.