The Teaching and Curriculum Program invites applications for a tenure track position in Secondary English at the Assistant Professor level. Applications are expected to have a background in the study of language and literacy as social practices. Responsibilities include teaching secondary English education, reading in the secondary content area, and courses in sociocultural diversity as related to teaching and learning.
Experience teaching English in secondary schools, especially in urban settings, is desirable.
The Teaching and Curriculum Department of the Warner School offers masters' and doctoral degree programs and programs that lead to teacher certification. The program emphasizes a social, historical, and contextual approach to education that is rooted in an interdisciplinary perspective. Send letter of application stating research and teaching interests, current vita, samples of publications or other writing, and letters of reference. The position requires a commitment to teacher education, school reform, diversity and equity, as well as a strong theoretical background and research agenda. The position will begin fall 2001.