Instructor/Assistant Professor Elementary – Education Department, tenure-track if eligible, beginning August 2024. This is a full-time position with traditional face-to-face courses enhanced using Blackboard, Blended, and Online formats. Qualified candidates will be joining a dynamic faculty who are committed to excellent teacher preparation and partnerships with public schools. ECU is a student-centered regional state university located in Ada, Oklahoma. ECU offers thirty-three undergraduate baccalaureate degree programs in arts, business, education, mathematics, sciences, nursing, and the social sciences; and six master's degrees in accounting, education, human resources, psychology, management, and water resources. ECU's 4,200 (average) students come from 35 countries and 22 different states. About 65% of the 147 full-time faculty hold doctorates.

The University is committed to teaching excellence and invites applications from candidates with strong records of teaching, scholarly activity, program development, and professional service.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will be responsible for 1) teaching in a variety of capacities and modalities 2) delivering quality instruction in Education courses for the Elementary, Early Childhood Education, and/or professional education undergraduate programs and at the graduate level, 3) advising program candidates, 4) pursuing a focused area of research and scholarship that culminates in publications, professional presentations, and submission of grant proposals, 5) holding active membership in relevant professional associations/organizations, 6) serving on committees and participating in official activities at the department, college, and university levels, and 7) collecting data and completing accreditation and university reports, as requested by department chair and/or the dean.

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates should have an earned doctorate in Education, or a related field from a CAEP/NCATE accredited institution and a minimum of three years of US PK-12 public school teaching/administration experience at the elementary level. Candidates who are ABD will be considered. Minimum qualification is possession of a master’s degree in Education or a related field from a CAEP/ NCATE accredited institution. Candidates must have a minimum three years of US public school teaching/administration experience at the elementary level to be considered.

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Demonstrated commitment to teaching, service, and professional development
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience teaching using a variety of instructional technology (internet, instructional software, Blackboard)
• Ability to teach in traditional and non-traditional formats and settings (off-campus, weekends, online, and/or Zoom)
• Ability to engage in student recruitment and program advising

Qualifications/Skills Desired:

• Experience teaching at the college level
• Experience teaching reading or reading specialist certification
• Experience as an administrator at the elementary level
• Experience coordinating and delivering effective professional development
• Successful grant writing experience or other experience related to seeking external funding
• Successful experience in accreditation report writing (CAEP or SPA)
• Advanced information and communication technology skills related to productivity and instruction, including Windows, Zoom, and mobile devices (iOS and/or Android)

Benefit Information

• Monthly Health (ECU contributes $698 define contribution to optional monthly benefit)
• Monthly Oklahoma Teachers Retirement (ECU pays 100% of Employee (7%) and Employer (8.55%) percentage).
• Added Benefits: All full-time employees, spouses and their dependents may receive tuition waivers. All full-time employees will receive earned sick leave.