Clinical Assistant​/Associate Professor of Special Education

Classification

Title:

CLIN AST/ASO PROF

Classification

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates for Assistant Professor must hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess equivalent qualifications based on professional experience. A candidate must be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

Candidates for Associate Professor must hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess professional qualifications above those equivalent to the highest degree relevant to their field. They are expected to have produced creative work, professional writing, or research and successful teaching or professional experience. A candidate for this rank must have a distinguished record of achievement beyond the assistant professor level.

Job Description:

The University of Florida invites applications for the position of Clinical Assistant Professor of Special Education. This is a 12-month non-tenure accruing faculty appointment with primary responsibilities in teaching and advising students in our world-class graduate programs. We welcome a candidate whose teaching and scholarship address significant issues in special education. UF's special education programs are consistently ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News and World Report.

We are currently ranked No. 4 in the nation for Special Education Graduate programs, and No. 1 for Online Special Education Graduate programs.

The successful applicant is expected to teach across a range of undergraduate and graduate programs, particularly those designed to support special educators' professional learning in the areas of behavior and academic supports and interventions; support collaborative efforts in program development and continuous improvement; disseminate their scholarship of teaching at professional conferences and through appropriate publications; and engage in service to the program, school, college, university, and profession.

The successful applicant will join a collaborative, cohesive, and energetic community of scholars within the College that is committed to high quality teaching, research, and service.

The 12-month faculty appointment is expected to begin in August 2026. Salary is negotiable, competitive, and commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Special Education Program is housed within the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies. The school's faculty and four associated centers are national leaders in generating more than $50 million in external funding providing excellent opportunities for collaboration with UF colleagues and community partners.

These centers include the CEEDAR Center, the UF Literacy Institute (UFLI), the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies (AZCEECS), and the UF Prevention and Intervention Network (PIN) for Youth, Families, and Communities.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
The College of Education at the University of Florida, founded in 1906, has consistently been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation in Online Graduate Education for the last nine years, No. 2 nationally for undergraduate education and 6th nationally among public and private education schools (U.S. News & World Report). Three of the College's academic programs occupy top-20 spots in the U.S. News rankings:
Counselor Education (1st), Special Education (4th), and Elementary Education (14th). Cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and public scholarship-often conducted in partnership with other UF colleges, school districts and communities across the state and nation-are yielding powerful learning systems and models that are helping to transform education in today's changing world, starting with our youngest learners. Faculty researchers last year garnered more than $150.3 million in external awards supporting studies and projects addressing education's most critical issues.

With both on campus and online options, the college offers 29 bachelor's and advanced degree programs and concentration areas, within nine academic…