Civic Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow – FORGE

Position Title:

Civic Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow – FORGE Compensation:$62,500

Department:

Educational  this opportunity:

The Civic Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow will provide academic and instructional support for FORGE’s (Foundations of Representative Government and Engagement) work with educators, teacher candidates, schools, and regional partners. The Fellow will help translate project content and professional learning into high-quality instructional practice by developing curriculum and professional learning resources; supporting Constitutional Inquiry Cycles and other classroom implementation activities; coaching participating educators;

and mentoring teacher candidates engaged in civic instructional design and field-based experiences.

The Fellow will also contribute to the collection and analysis of project evidence, preparation of scholarly and practitioner-oriented products, conference presentations, and development of open-access resources. The Fellow will work closely with the Principal Investigator, Project Director, faculty leads, Indiana Bar Foundation, participating educators and schools, and the project’s research and evaluation team.

Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

This position is grant funded and is designated as an at-will assignment.

What you'll do and what you'll bring:

Position Function:

Support the development, implementation, study, and dissemination of FORGE (Foundations of Representative Government and Engagement), a statewide civic education initiative administered through Ball State University’s Center for Economic and Civic Learning (CECL). Supported by the U.S. Department of Education’s American History and Civics–National Activities program, FORGE strengthens teaching and learning in American history, civics and government, geography, and constitutional literacy. The Civic Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow will work at the intersection of educator professional learning, curriculum and instructional development, teacher preparation, classroom implementation, and applied research.

The Fellow will support practicing educators and teacher candidates, develop and refine instructional resources, contribute to research and evaluation activities, and help disseminate project findings and resources for use by educators, schools, and educator preparation programs. This is a full-time, grant-funded postdoctoral position. Continued appointment is contingent upon available funding and university appointment terms.

Job

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Develop, adapt, and refine FORGE curriculum, instructional materials, professional learning resources, and open-access teaching resources focused on American history, civics and government, geography, constitutional literacy, founding documents, and evidence-based civic instruction.
2. Support the design and implementation of Civic Humanities Institutes, Constitutional Literacy and Applied History Labs, Constitutional Inquiry Cycles, regional professional learning activities, and other FORGE instructional experiences.
3. Provide instructional coaching and implementation support to participating educators as they design, implement, assess, and refine project-aligned instruction in their classrooms.
4. Mentor participating teacher candidates in civic content, instructional design, field-based implementation, and professional portfolio development.
5. Work with educators to collect and examine student-learning evidence, instructional artifacts, assessments, student work, and implementation documentation and use evidence to support instructional improvement.
6. Collaborate with the Principal Investigator, Project Director, faculty leads, project partners, and external…