Assistant Professor of MMET- Department of Special Education 25-30
Assistant Professor of MMET- Department of Special Education 25-30
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TenureTrack Faculty Position Announcement
Department: Special Education
Faculty Hire Number: #2530
Rank: Assistant Professor
Effective Date of Appointment: August 20 2025(Subject to Budgetary Approval)
Salary Scale: $80004 to $84000(Dependent upon qualifications)
CSUNs Commitment to You:
CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching scholarship learning and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people building partnerships with the community and the encouragement of innovation experimentation and creativity. CSUN strives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population can learn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions to equity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all members of the university community.
As a Hispanicserving Institution (HSI) inclusiveness and diversity are integral to CSUNs commitment to excellence in teaching research and engagement. As of Fall 2024 CSUN enrolls 36848 students where 56.3 are Latinx 18.9 are White 8.7 are AsianAmerican 5.3 are Black/African American 0.1 are Native American and 0.1 are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
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For information about the Michael D. Eisner College of Education see: the Department:
The Special Education Department at CSUN is committed to preparing educators who advocate for and provide service to students with all levels of support needs. Our program strives to dismantle systems that categorize segregate or limit student expectations on the basis of perceived disability label level of support need assumptions about language access or cultural/linguistic background with special attention to multiplymarginalized students. In this way we prepare educators to be strengthbased service providers and advocates who focus on adaptation of the learning environment and materials to meet the support needs of each student and their family.
For more information about the Department of Special Education see: department of Special Education at California State University Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenuretrack faculty member in Mild/Moderate to Extensive Support Needs (MMESN) at the rank of Assistant Professor with background and qualifications for Educational Therapy (ET).
The successful candidate will teach Special Education teacher preparation and Masters Degree and certification courses in the Special Education department including Educational Therapy courses. The typical teaching assignment is 12 units each semester plus student advisement and committee assignments. The successful candidate may be required to teach on weekdays evenings weekends and/or online and will be held to the standards and requirements of the college and department in which they are housed for recommending tenure and promotion. Tenure Track faculty are eligible for a reduced load of 3 units (equivalent to one class) each semester during the first two years of teaching. Opportunities for reassigned time and other projects are also available.
In addition to teaching the position requires advisement weekly office hours attending faculty meetings service to the department college university and maintaining research and scholarly activities. The position also includes collaboration with the Special Education Department faculty on matters of recruitment enrollment and admissions; collaboratively coordinating the Educational Therapy program; overseeing the Educational Therapy Internship experience; and supervising students in schoolbased clinical and virtual settings. We value candidates who can effectively mentor and supervise students using multiple pedagogical formats (i.e. facetoface hybrid online formats) as well as the ability to prepare students to become justiceoriented educators. The candidate will collaborate with the Association of Educational Therapists (AET) and other community agencies the Special Education Department and ET program instructors.
Given CSUNs commitment to excellence in teaching research and engagement in a diverse environment the successful candidate will help the Department achieve equitable academic outcomes for all students through teaching student mentorship scholarship and service.
Required Qualifications:
- Doctoral degree in Education or related fields from an accredited institution including Special Education Communication Disorders and Psychology. Terminal degree must be completed prior to the first day of employment.
- Minimum of two years virtual or inperson teaching and/or clinical experience with students in schools and related settings.
- An awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in crosscultural study training teaching and/or other comparable experiences.
- Able to communicate pedagogical or collaborative strategies that serve the educational and/or therapeutic goals of a multicultural/multilingual population as might have been gained in crosscultural study training teaching and/or other comparable experiences.
- Strong ability or potential to coordinate programs and supervise adjunct faculty and support staff.
- Strong ability or potential to teach a variety of credential and graduate courses including Educational Therapy across the Special Education credential in Mild/Moderate and Extensive Support Needs addressing the California Teacher Performance Expectations (TPEs).
- Strong ability or potential to provide advisement to students for efficient and timely program completion and support.
- Strong ability or potential to supervise clinical interns and student teachers as they complete their practicum.
Preferred Qualifications:
Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Understanding and applying inclusive culturally sustaining and equity pedagogies in teaching scholarship and clinical settings.
- Record of effective teaching and supervising in higher education settings and experience adopting inclusive approaches to mentoring.
- Experience teaching and working closely with students from diverse backgrounds including those from historically marginalized communities.
- Experience working with ET clients in private or public schools in accordance with AET guidelines; Board Certified educational Therapist (BCET) certification preferred.
- Experience in writing successful grant applications.
- Proven ability to collaborate crossdiscipline in both research and teaching working with students from diverse backgrounds.
- Familiarity with highleverage practices (HLP) for effective teaching; strong knowledge of core content subjects Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and MultiTiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
- Understanding of student needs during transitions across K12 and into adulthood.
- Expertise in positive behavior supports and knowledge of social justice practices including restorative approaches and creating a studentcentered learning environment.
Application Deadline:
Preferred application deadline is December 31 2024 and applications received after this date may be considered on an as needed basis. However the position will remain open until filled.
How to Apply:
Candidates should apply by completing the CSUN online application. To apply and for more detailed information on the application and hiring process please visit this link:
Applicants must submitto the website in the section above:
- A cover letter that directly addresses each of the required qualifications and any of the preferred qualifications that apply to their experience/ expertise 3 pages recommended);
- A statement that demonstrates how the candidate addresses social justice and a commitment to diversity through their scholarship teaching and service 2 pages recommended);
- Curriculum vitae;
- The names of three references who can address the candidates teaching research and service qualifications;
- Unofficial transcripts
In later stages of the search process applicants may be requested to provide additional materials (e.g. course syllabi teaching demonstration letters of recommendation teaching evaluations scholarly writing sample that exemplifies a line of their research verification of terminal degrees licenses and certificates and/or evidence of other relevant certifications).
At time of appointment the successful candidate if not a U.S. citizen must have authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to work in the United States.
Inquiries may be addressed to:
Dr. Vanessa Goodwin Search and Screen Chair
General Information:
In compliance with the Annual Security Report & Fire Safety Report of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act California State University Northridge has made crimereporting statistics available online here. Print copies are available by request from the Department of Police Services the Office for Faculty Affairs and the Office of Equity and Diversity.
The person holding this position may be considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
In accordance with the California State University (CSU) OutofState Employment Policy the CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California and prohibits hiring employees to perform CSUrelated work outside of California.
CSUN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on race color ethnicity religion national origin age gender gender identity/expression sexual orientation genetic information medical condition marital status veteran status and disability. Our nondiscrimination policy is set forth in Interim CSU Nondiscrimination Policy. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants with disabilities who selfdisclose by Reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants with disabilities who selfdisclose by contacting Department of Special Education at .
Employment Type
Full Time
