Job Duties:

The School of Education is committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and socially just community. We are seeking applicants who share this commitment. This is a full-time, academic year (9 month), in-person teaching academic staff position. The successful candidate for this position will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in special education that prepare candidates to support students with a wide range of disabilities across educational settings.  In addition, the position may include: (a) course development and instruction in the following areas: introduction to special education, assessment, curriculum, and methodology in teaching students with disabilities, transition planning, and working with teams and families with individuals with disabilities, (b) developing and maintaining collaborative and productive working relationships with local school systems, (c) advising, mentoring, professional development, and department service activities, and (d) student teaching supervision.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• May supervise student employees involved in development or delivery of instruction

• Facilitates classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction, including assessment of student performance

• Advises students on academic and career direction within a specific field of study

• Contributes to the strategic development of curriculum and academic content through various mediums to ensure the integrity of the educational mission of the work unit

• Contributes to the development of teaching and learning scholarly work including publications and presentations

• Develops and designs curriculum and instructional material relevant to a course of instruction

• Collaborates with department faculty and staff to develop teaching strategies relevant to the discipline

Required Qualifications:

• Earned master’s degree in special education or closely related field.
• Previously or currently licensed special education teacher
• Minimum of three to five (3-5) years of full-time PK-12 teaching experience, including  significant experience in special education.
• A demonstrated commitment to build relationships with students and colleagues.
• High-quality communication and interpersonal skills with diverse populations.
• Clearly articulated scholarly and/or professional development agenda and record consistent with rank at the time of hire.
• Ability to work well in a faculty team setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) or ABD candidate in special education or closely related field.
• Willingness to travel regionally (eligible to obtain a valid WI driver’s license).
• Experience mentoring, coaching, and providing feedback to student/intern pre-service teachers or in-service teachers.
• Experience in collaborative and/or inclusionary settings.
• Experience with college level instruction.