Assistant or Associate Professor - Teacher Education focus STEM

Assistant or Associate Professor
- Teacher Education with focus on STEM

New Mexico Highlands University is an EEO Employer.

Highlands University is an open admissions university with over 70% Hispanic, Native American or African American with nearly 40% studying at the Master’s Degree level. The university is committed to student success and improved retention and graduation rates. NMHU serves approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus in Las Vegas, NM (one hour east of Santa Fe) and another 1,300 students at centers in Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, and Albuquerque.

For more information about the university, visit the website u.edu.

Job Title Assistant or Associate Professor
- Teacher Education with focus on STEM

Rank Assistant/Associate Professor

The School of Education seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students and who embrace our vision, mission and core values:

• Vision to prepare educators, leaders, and counselors as agents of social change who transform the lives of individuals and communities they serve.
• Mission to immerse our students in authentic academic and professional settings, providing them with opportunities to bridge theory and practice and to engage in critical reflection that informs action.
• Core Values Authentic Learning, Reflective Practice, Diversity, Social Justice, Excellence/Quality, and Transformation

The School of Education is comprised of five academic departments including Educational Leadership, Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Counseling. The Department of Teacher Education offers an AA in Early Childhood Multicultural Education, and BA concentrations in the areas of Early Childhood Multicultural Education Age 3 to Grade 3, Early Childhood Multicultural Education Birth to Four, Secondary Education (Minor) and in Special Education/Elementary Education.

Applications are invited for an open‑rank faculty position with an annual contract starting in August, 2021 with the possibility of being assigned as Department Chair, Teacher Education.

Specific teaching responsibilities will be commensurate with candidate’s qualifications, but may focus on the individual’s specialization area(s). The successful candidate may teach day, evening, weekend and online courses.

In addition to a normal teaching load of both undergraduate and graduate courses (18 credit hours in the first academic year and 24 credit hours thereafter), the selected candidate will be expected to serve as advisor to undergraduate students.

Selected candidate will be expected to participate in department and university committees; develop and maintain collaborative and professional partnerships with local schools and districts; hold office hours as required; conduct scholarly activities such as research in a particular field of knowledge, and submit for publication and/or presentation at professional conferences.

The person selected for this position will teach teacher education courses particularly in STEM subject areas (undergraduate/graduate) with strong field experience components, supervise student teachers, advise students, assist with recruitment and retention initiatives, engage in scholarly activity, collaborate with PK-12 and university faculty and provide service to the community.

• Education:
  
  Doctorate (Ph.D. or Ed.D) in Teacher Education related to Math and Science (STEM) Education.
• Licensure:
  Current Level III Teaching License (or eligible to apply).
• P-12 Teaching
  
  Experience:
  
  Five years of demonstrated…