Assistant Professor of Education
Assistant Professor of Education
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$ 74190 - 79000
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Job Description
The Department of Education at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time tenure track position in Education at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2026. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of undergraduate future educators by teaching foundational courses (including co-teaching a course on differentiating instruction for English learners and students with disabilities) supervising field experiences and student teaching preparing students to develop racial consciousness and employ culturally responsive/sustaining frameworks advising students in academic and pre-professional development and taking primary responsibility for state accreditation and program assessment processes. Faculty members are expected to be productive scholars; the College and department offer significant opportunities and support for faculty to engage in scholarly activity including research with undergraduates and interdisciplinary teaching.
Salary: $74190 - $79000
Qualifications
Required:
- Doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction education educational psychology special education ESL or a related field (advancedABD will be considered)
- Advanced academic preparation and experience in special education and/or ESL
- Work in culturally responsive/sustaining education
- Three years experience as a licensed teacher in a U.S. elementary middle or high school
Preferred:
- Five or more years of recent K-12 teaching experience with a demonstrated record of success in teaching and supporting Latinx Black Asian American and Indigenous students
- College teaching and/or student teacher supervision experience
- Experience with program assessment and/or accreditation
- Expertise in reading instruction
- Administrator license
About the Department
The St. Olaf College Education Department strives to prepare reflective anti-racist educators who adjust their plans instruction and assessments to continually increase their teaching effectiveness. We employ a culturally responsive-sustaining (CR-S) framework to equip teacher candidates to center historically marginalized voices in the curriculum practice anti-racist pedagogy and become advocates for social change. Our teacher candidates learn to affirm their students cultural identities cultivate student-centered learning and teach critical thinking skills. For more information about the department visit strive to be a campus of welcome where students faculty and staff thrive by bringing their full humanitygender identity sexuality race ethnicity national origin socioeconomic class disability religion spirituality and ageto St. Olaf each day. Our goal is to generate conversations and processes that over time create greater clarity transparency trust cooperation consensus respect and measurable outcomes. Practices that support this goal include listening cultivating a growth mindset respecting those with different views being informed by data and understanding that the work is ongoing collaborative organic and ever evolving. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Community and Belongingwebsite to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.
How to Apply
Throughout your materials include how you would contribute to the development of a diverse and inclusive learning community at our college through your teaching research and/or service. A complete application includes the following:
References: Provide contact information for three professional references who can speak to your abilities in teaching and scholarship. Letters will be solicited from references by the search committee for candidates who advance to the interview stage.
Supporting Documents and URLS:
- Cover letter outlining your qualifications and why you are interested in this particular position
- Curriculum vitae
- Graduate transcripts (unofficial)
- Teaching Statement: In 1-2 pages articulate your beliefs about teaching and learning your experience and how your approach aligns with the St. Olaf Education Departments goal of preparing teacher candidates to center historically marginalized voices in the curriculum practice anti-racist pedagogy and become advocates for social change.
- Professional Statement: In 1-2 pages describe how your scholarly interests and research could connect to classroom practice and enhance teaching and service at a liberal arts college.
Review of applications will begin on September 15 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by that date will receive fullest consideration. Finalist interviews are expected in November. Questions about the position department or College may be directed to Elizabeth Leer Search Committee Chair at .
Employment Type
Full-Time
