Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education

Number of Vacancies: 1

Area of Consideration: Open To The Public

Position Status: Full-Time, Regular Tenure Track

Pay Plan, Series & Grade: Commensurate with rank and experience

Salary Range: $79,000 - $85,000

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

Location: 5171 South Dakota Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20017

Brief Description of Duties

The University of the District of Columbia is seeking a dynamic, patron-centered individual with collaboration skills and experiences to serve as the Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education. The Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, is responsible for teaching a full range of courses in early care and education, child development, working with families, communication and problem solving, curriculum, anti-bias approaches, inclusion of children with special needs, and administrative/supervision.

The position also organizes the observation and practica component for students in the program. This is a full-time tenure track 9-month, position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Assistant Professor for Early Childhood

Education:

• Teaches courses in early childhood education
• Counsel and advise student majors and keep orderly records for each student advisee
• Assists with recruitment of new students and retention of current students
• Organize and arrange field experience activities for students, making or recommending assignments when needed
• Answers student inquiries (emails and voice mail messages) in a timely manner
• Keeps abreast of current developments in the field of early childhood education
• Coordinates program activities with other instructors in the discipline
• Maintains and demonstrates competence in teaching, research and professional activities, including participation in professional associations (NAEYC) and community service
• Participates in college governance, department/discipline, division, college-wide, and campus meetings and committees
• Works with other program and/or discipline faculty to complete scheduled program reviews and to use the findings to revise the curriculum
• Prepare and provide students with course outlines that support learning outcomes set forth in the course syllabus. Develop and measure learning outcomes. Assess student performance and maintain grade records
• Develop assessments and activities for assigned courses that are appropriate for upload into the program's electronic assessment system
• Maintains a minimum of five office hours per week
• Assists in the acquisition of external funding for programs
• Help to develop and teach appropriate online courses. Some experience with instructional technology and Blackboard is highly desirable
• Teach during the day, evening, and/or weekend; may include more than one campus site (Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online - asynchronous and synchronous, HyFlex, and/or any combination thereof)
• Adhere to college and program policies and procedures
• Recommends selection of textbooks and other instructional materials
• Participate in the Self-Study of the program as part of the application for the NAEYC accreditation
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Job Requirements

• An earned Ph.D. (preferred) or Master's degree in early childhood education, child development, human development with specialization in child development/early childhood education.
• Must have at least two years of full-time teaching in a post-secondary institution, community college teaching is preferred.
• Additionally, knowledge of and experience in teaching caregivers to develop and implement developmentally appropriate programming for the care and education of infants and toddlers in group care settings are also preferred.
• Certification/training in the Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers (PITC) a plus.
• Fluency in Spanish a plus.

A candidate for appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor shall be required to meet the following qualifications:

An appropriate terminal degree or agree to complete this degree within a period of time to be specified in the terms of the initial contract; and

Appropriate professional experience and achievements may be substituted when formal teaching experience is limited or absent.

When formal teaching…