Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Department of Music Education

ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE. SMTD cultivates artisticvitality, advances knowledge, and serves the public good through exceptional teaching, creativepractice, scholarly inquiry, and community engagement. As a premier performing arts school ina world class public research institution, we prepare students to lead with both artistic excellence and ethical action, enriching society through the transformative power of the performing arts.

Duties:
Teach undergraduate courses in P-5 general music methods and graduate courses in areas of expertise. Supervise student teaching and fieldwork experiences in local schools. Advise graduate research projects. The faculty member will be expected to (a) demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching excellence for a broad range of students of varied identities and backgrounds, (b) recruit andretain students of exceptional promise, and (c) develop and maintain a visible national and internationalprofile as a scholar and pedagogue.

The faculty member will also be expected to participate in faculty governance, attend faculty meetings, and serve on faculty and university committees as appropriate.

Required:

Candidates must hold an earned doctorate in music education and have at least four years offull-time P–12 school music teaching experience. They must have professional preparation in one ormore general music pedagogies, such as Kodály, Orff-Schulwerk, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Music Learning Theory, popular music pedagogies, world music pedagogies, or creative music making. Candidates mustalso have university-level experience teaching undergraduate music education courses and evidence of effective teaching, including strong course design, pedagogical innovation, mentoring, assessment practices, or demonstrated impact on student learning.

Candidates must have demonstrated ability toempower, advocate for, and value a broad range of students of varied identities and experiences, asshown through pedagogy, mentoring, and related activities. Candidates will have a demonstrated abilityto teach graduate music education courses, guide graduate student research using multiplemethodological approaches, and pursue a compelling scholarly trajectory characterized by significantquality, coherence, originality, and potential for a sustained contribution to music education scholarship.

Preferred:
Preferred candidates will have experience working in early childhood settings and with early childhood educators, as well as evidence of effective teaching in graduate music education courses and successfully guiding graduate student research. Additional preferred qualifications include a record of publications and presentations in music education venues; evidence of impactful community engagement in music education through partnerships, outreach, or collaborative initiatives; and experience teaching in an additional area of P–12 music education, such as band, strings, choir, or secondary general music.

Rank:
Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track

Modality:
On Campus;
All instructional activities are conducted exclusively in person

Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. Applicants will not be sponsored for work visa.