Assistant Professor of Secondary Science Education
Assistant Professor of Secondary Science Education
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Position Available: Assistant Professor of Secondary Science Education
Beginning Date: Fall 2025
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at the Pennsylvania State University (University Park) seeks applications from individuals with scholarly interests and expertise in secondary science teaching and learning. The position is a tenuretrack appointment at the Assistant Professor rank within the Science Education emphasis area of Curriculum and Instruction.
The College of Education is committed to the creation of more equitable educational opportunities and outcomes for learnersand progressive social change through joint foci on equity access and antiracism In line with this mission candidates should have an explicit diversity equity and/or inclusion orientation to their scholarship. We are particularly interested in applicants whose Science Education research contributes to the Learning Sciences and addresses issues of equity or social justice in teaching and learning. Further we are interested in applicants whose experience teaching science at the secondary level shapes their commitment to a more equitable and just education system.
The position offers opportunities to prepare preservice teachers and provide leadership for secondary science teacher education (U.S. grades 7 12 including contributing to a newly formed teacherinresidence program. Faculty members normally teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. Successful candidates will be expected to engage in recruiting and mentoring graduate students interested in Science Education and to teach graduate courses relevant to Science Education and/or the Learning Sciences. The position also offers the possibility for collaborations with science faculty across the University as well as community and school partners such as the Penn State Arboretum the Rivet at Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania the State College Area School District and the Penn State Center for Science and the Schools.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a research program in Science Education with the potential for or demonstrated track record of external funding commensurate with experience.
- Teach courses in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction supervise doctoral students in their programs and research and supervise graduate teaching assistants.
- Engage with Science Education undergraduate and graduate programs through residential and online instruction.
- Provide service outreach and leadership to the University educational institutions agencies professional organizations and learned societies.
- Contribute to the Collegewide efforts to being becoming and sustaining an antiracist College.
Required Qualifications:
- An earned doctorate in science education or a related field by start date;
- Substantial graduate study in science education or related fields;
- Potential to develop and maintain a research agenda in science education;
- Willingness to teach residential and online courses in Science Education and Curriculum and Instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
- Evidence of a commitment to equityrelated approaches to service teaching and/or scholarship; and
- Potential for obtaining external funding commensurate with experience.
Desirable qualifications:
- Experience teaching science either in traditional (e.g. K12 schools public or private) or nontraditional (e.g. communitybased partnerships museums) settings.
- An interest in aspiring to leadership roles in science education and related fields;
- An investment to connecting science to intersectional environmental justice and/or other forms of social justice;
- Interest in the design of learning environments curriculum in secondary science settings and/or a facilitating professional learning of prospective or practicing teachers.
Applicants should submit a cover letter discussing qualifications for the position a current CV a research statement and at least three references (including name address email address and telephone numbers). Applications received by November 15 2024 are assured full consideration; however applications will be accepted until the position is filled. We encourage applications from individuals who are members of minoritized and/or marginalized groups. For questions please contact: Dr. Julia Plummer Science Education Faculty Search Chair .
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Employment Type
Full-Time
