[nativestudies-l] Penn State Faculty Position

[Lowe, Shelly]

Penn State is seeking applicants for a faculty position in Special Education.  The complete job announcement is available online at:

http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/employment/copy_of_asst-assoc-professor-special-ed-position

Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education
Assistant or Associate Professor of Education (Special Education)

This is a tenure-track position in the Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education in the College of Education.  The successful candidate will have faculty responsibilities that include teaching research, and service.
Beginning
Fall Semester 2009 or Spring Semester 2010

Appointment conditions
A 36-week tenure-track appointment willl be made at the assistant or associate professor level starting August of 2009 or January of 2010; summer appointments in research and/or teaching may be possible.  Full University benefits apply.  Penn State has a strong commitment to the diversity of its workforce.  We encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

 *   Teach and advise both undergraduate and graduate students.
 *   Develop a successful well-defined program of research.
 *   Generate external funding for the support of related research, training, or outreach efforts.
 *   Work collaboratively with fauclty in academic programs throughout the University.
 *   Provide service to the College, profession, and community.

Required qualifications
Earned doctorate in Special Education or a closely related field

 *   Minimum of two years professional experience with individuals with special needs and/or individuals at risk for special education services.
 *   Evidence of, or strong potential for, significant research and publications.
 *   Evidence of a strong background in research design.
 *   Strong commitment to teaching and advising both undergraduate and graduate students.
 *   Experience in working with individuals of diverse backgrounds.
 *   Commitment to collegiality and collaboration; evidence of the capability to undertake interdisciplinary and collaborative research.

Desirable qualifications
Applicants should have expertise in either early intervention, special education law, applied behavior analysis, and/or effective (explicit) instruction.

The Pennsylvania State University
Penn State<http://www.psu.edu> is a comprehensive, multi-campus research university serving all regions of the Commonwealth, as well as the nation and the world in instruction, research, and service roles that require responsiveness to and support from society's public and private sectors.  As a land-grant university, Penn State has responsibility for providing a wide array of programs in the professional and technical disciplines, as well as a balanced offering of undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences.  Penn State shares with other major research universities the traditional responsibilities to discover, develop, preserve, and disseminate knowledge.

The College of Education
The College of Education<http://www.ed.psu.edu/../front-page> at Penn State was established in 1923 to deepen and extend knowledge about the formation and utilization of human capabilities.  It offers resident degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as an extensive outreach effort aimed at continuing professional development for educators at distant locations.  The College's research program is also extensive and College faculty members secured over $52 million in external support during the past three years from a wide range of national and state government agencies, private foundations, and corporations.  The College's location within a large, research oriented, land-grant university provides numerous opportunities for studying education from multidisciplinary perspectives in the context of a university-wide commitment to making life better for all citizens.

The College houses five academic departments:  Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Services; Curriculum and Instruction; Education Policy Studies; Educational and School Psychology and Special Education; and Learning and Performance Systems.  The departments offer six undergraduate majors to more than 2,755 students and 13 graduate programs, under authority of the Graduate School, to more than 1,112 students.  Recent surveys rank the Penn State College of Education among the top colleges, schools, and departments of education in the United States.
Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education (ESPSE)
Three programs constitute this Department:  Educational Psychology, School Psychology, and Special Education.  The graduate program in Special Education was ranked 12th in the nation in the most recent ranking of 1,300 special education graduate programs.  The ESPSE Department is a dynamic group of College faculty, staff, and students within Penn State's College of Education who:

 *   work to develop effective ways of teaching and evaluating both children and adults in a variety of educational settings across the life span;
 *   are a community of scholars that base their teaching and practice on cutting edge research in the field;
 *   are committed to the recruitment of excellent students;
 *   value professionalism, integrity, diversity, and equity.

Application procedures
Applicants must submit a letter of application documenting qualifications for the position, current curriculum vitae, copies of official graduate transcripts (where appropriate), up to three representative reprints or preprints of scholarly publications (if available), and at least three names, mail and e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of academic references.  Applications received by November 1, 2008, are assured full consideration; however, applications will be received until the position is filled.  Send all materials to:

Dr. Charles Hughes, Chair
SPLED Search Committee
The Pennsylvania State University
Box DC, 227 CEDAR Building
University Park, PA  16802-3109


Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
For More Information Contact Gerald K. Henry, Jr., Coordinator, Human Resources & Administrative Services - gkh2 at psu.edu<mailto:gkh2 at psu.edu>

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