These earn teaching certification along with degrees in their major. This tenure-track position will be filled at the Associate or Full Professor level. The new chair will be expected to strengthen and expand a growing teaching certification program working with the university's degree-granting departments.
Salary is negotiable and dependent on the successful candidate's qualifications.
Duties will begin in the summer of 2001. The successful candidate must have an earned doctorate, a record of achievement commensurate with an appointment as an associate or full professor, and a demonstrated commitment to academic excellence, cultural diversity, and equal opportunity. Familiarity with accreditation requirements, established national standards, and program review procedures is desirable, as is experience in partnerships with secondary school teachers and administrators. The candidate must be prepared to coordinate activities with the disciplinary departments involved in teacher education programs. Experience in science or mathematics education at the secondary level is desirable.