Associate or Tenure-Line Professor Education

Job Details

Associate or Full Tenure-Line Professor for Education

Location:

Alpine

Department:
College of Education

Job No.: 999267

Posting Date: 08/21/2025

End Date:
Until Filled (Yes)

Appointment Date:
As early Spring 2026

Salary:
Faculty Line Commensurate with Experience and aligned with compensated practices by rank plus Stipend.

• Terminal degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) in Education or a closely related field; eligible for tenure and appointment to the rank of Associate or Full Professor at the time of hiring
• Expertise in teacher preparation and with disciplinary expertise in a STEM field

• The ideal candidate is collaborative and has a strong interest in developing active partnerships with local and regional schools
• Experience in leading innovative educator preparation programs and/or models (e.g., STEM field related preparation)
• Strong record of success in an academic appointment
• Successful scholar with peer reviewed publications in relevant professional journals, success in the area of grantsmanship, and/or development and publication of curricular materials that are demonstrably impactful in the field
• Experience serving as a dissertation committee member and/or chair
• Experience supporting and nurturing dual credit programs and/or partnerships is preferred

The College of Education seeks a career academic with a record of excellence in teaching, research, and service, who has rich experience in both teaching in doctoral programming and in dissertation support, including committee service and leadership. The successful candidate will also bring experience in educator preparation and have expertise in at least one content area considered as a STEM field.

They will be expected to:

• Teach in the doctoral program anticipated for start in August 2026, with a maximum of four courses, possibly fewer depending on assignment
• Serve as a dissertation chair and committee member
• Lead initiatives to establish and coordinate innovative educator preparation programs/models
• Support implementation and sustainability of programmatic and structured faculty and staff mentoring programs as a senior faculty member
• Report to the Dean of the College of Education
• Participate in compliance and accreditation duties as part of program leadership
• Mentor faculty and staff and potentially serve in programmatic leadership roles

Candidates must submit a cover letter addressing the elements outlined in the Duties section, a CV, three references, and a separate statement addressing their vision for innovation and partnership in educator preparation.

Final date to receive applications:
Until Filled

This position is security sensitive and requires the applicant to exercise due caution and practice safe work habits at all times.

It is the policy of Sul Ross State University to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons in accordance with their individual, job-related qualifications and without consideration of race, creed, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status and ancestry. Equal employment opportunities shall be afforded in all personnel actions or decisions including, but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, promotion, demotion, termination and salary.

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