Assistant Teaching Professor of Elementary Reading & Literacy Education (Non Tenure Track Faculty Position)
Rutgers University
Location: New Brunswick New Jersey
Time: 4 months ago
Nationally ranked among US News & World Report’s Best Education Graduate Schools, Rutgers Graduate School of Education is part of New Jersey’s flagship public research university. Committed to advancing excellence and equity in education, the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick seeks outstanding scholars to join the school and to help advance our three thematic strategic plan priority areas of diversity, equity, and social justice, STEM in education, and effective teaching and learning. Accordingly, we seek an outstanding educator at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor (non-tenure track) in Reading and Literacy Education, with expertise in elementary/early literacy, to join the program in Literacy and Reading Education within the Department of Learning and Teaching and the GSE’s award-winning Urban Social Justice Teacher Education program.
Nominations and/or questions should be directed to the Search Committee Co-chairs: Dr. Esther Ohito at esther.ohito@gse.rutgers.edu, Dr. Dan Battey at dan.battey@gse.rutgers.edu and Dr. Keith Weber.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Earned doctoral degree specializing in reading or literacy;
- A minimum of five years of teaching literacy at the elementary school level;
- Practical experience supporting reading development in K-6 schools and/or in clinical settings; and
- Experience in schools and communities serving children with diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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