The Division for Advancing Educator Preparation in the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation invites applications for a Clinical Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education for the 2026-2027 academic year (August 16, 2026 - May 15, 2027). The successful candidate will teach online and in-person courses and may provide online supervision for teacher candidates completing professional experience placements, including internships, apprentice teaching, and student teaching.
The candidate will have opportunities to collaborate with nationally recognized faculty in innovation and program development. Responsibilities include the following:
This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, non-tenure-eligible Clinical Assistant Professor, academic-year (9-month) appointment, renewable contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the university. The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The full-time teaching load consists of four (4) courses per semester, which may include a combination of courses delivered in either in-person or online formats. The position is 80% teaching and 20% service, with an expected start date of August 2026. The selected candidate must reside in the State of Arizona at the time of hire and maintain Arizona residency throughout employment.
About the Program
The Early Childhood Education program in the MLFC prepares students to meet the educational, behavioral and social-emotional needs of children, ages birth to age 8 or grade 3. This program focuses on child development and evidence-based practices in early childhood education, including the skills to create inclusive learning environments; conduct instructional design, planning, and facilitation; and assess, monitor, and report the progress of young children.
About the College
ASU's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation creates knowledge, mobilizes people, and takes action to improve education. Nationally recognized as a leader in teacher preparation, leadership development and scholarly research, Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation prepares over 8,000 educators annually. MLFC faculty create knowledge by drawing from a wide range of academic disciplines to gain insight into important questions about the process of learning, the practice of teaching and the effects of education policy. MLFC mobilizes people through bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs, through non-degree professional development programs and through socially embedded, multilateral community engagement. MLFC takes action by bringing people and ideas together to increase the capabilities of individual educators and the performance of education systems.
Aligned with ASU's charter, MLFC is committed to advancing inclusive excellence in our curricula, programming and institutional relationships.
About ASU
Arizona State University, ranked the No. 1 "Most Innovative School" in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for eleven years in succession, has forged the model for a New American University. Year after year, ASU ranks at or near the top of the list in areas that matter. ASU is a comprehensive public research institution, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves. ASU operates on the principles that learning is a personal and original journey for each student; that they thrive on experience, and that the process of discovery cannot be bound by traditional academic disciplines. Through innovation and a commitment to accessibility, ASU has drawn pioneering researchers to its faculty even as it expands opportunities for qualified students, attracting some of the highest-quality students from all 50 states and more than 130 nations. To learn more about ASU, visit http://www.asu.edu.