Washington, DC30+ days ago
The Assistant Professor for Early Childhood Education: • Teaches courses in early childhood education • Counsel and advise student majors and keep orderly records for each student advisee • Assists with recruitment of new students and retention of current students • Organize and arrange field experience activities for students, making or recommending assignments when needed • Answers student inquiries (emails and voice mail messages) in a timely manner • Keeps abreast of current developments in the field of early childhood education • Coordinates program activities with other instructors in the discipline • Maintains and demonstrates competence in teaching, research and professional activities, including participation in professional associations (NAEYC) and community service • Participates in college governance, department/discipline, division, college-wide, and campus meetings and committees • Works with other program and/or discipline faculty to complete scheduled program reviews and to use the findings to revise the curriculum • Prepare and provide students with course outlines that support learning outcomes set forth in the course syllabus • Develop and measure learning outcomes • Assess student performance and maintain grade records • Develop assessments and activities for assigned courses that are appropriate for upload into the program's electronic assessment system • Maintains a minimum of five office hours per week • Assists in the acquisition of external funding for programs • Help to develop and teach appropriate online courses • Some experience with instructional technology and Blackboard is highly desirable • Teach during the day, evening, and/or weekend; may include more than one campus site (Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online - asynchronous and synchronous, HyFlex, and/or any combination thereof) • Adhere to college and program policies and procedures • Recommends selection of textbooks and other instructional materials • Participate in the Self-Study of the program as part of the application for the NAEYC accreditation • Performs other duties as assigned. A candidate for appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor shall be required to meet the following qualifications: • An appropriate terminal degree or agree to complete this degree within a period of time to be specified in the terms of the initial contract; • Appropriate professional experience and achievements may be substituted when formal teaching experience is limited or absent; • When formal teaching experience is limited or absent, the candidate shall be required to demonstrate verifiable potential for effective teaching.