Clinical Assistant Professor

Position Number:

999542

Functional Title:

Clinical Assistant Professor

Position Type:

Non-Tenure Stream

Position Eclass:

FC - Faculty 9 month Non Leave earn

University Information:

UNC Greensboro, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is 1 of only 57 doctoral institutions recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for both higher research activity and community engagement. Founded in 1891 and one of the original three UNC System institutions, UNC Greensboro is one of the most diverse universities in the state with 20,000+ students, and 3,000+ faculty and staff members representing 90+ nationalities. With 17 Division I athletic teams, 85 undergraduate degrees in over 125 areas of study, as well as 74 master’s and 32 doctoral programs, UNC Greensboro is consistently recognized nationally among the top universities for academic excellence and value, with noted strengths in health and wellness, visual and performing arts, nursing, education, and more. For additional information, please visit uncg.edu and follow UNCG on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit:

The SES Department offers programs in Special Education, Birth through Kindergarten (BK), and Interpreting, Deaf Education, and Advocacy Services (IDEAS). It includes full-time faculty who have a history of success procuring external funding for both research and development of service providers, teachers, researchers, and leaders. The Special Education program area offers CAEP-accredited initial teacher licensure programs in the following areas:

• Special Education: General Curriculum
• Dual certification in Elementary Education and Special Education
• Post baccalaureate alternative licensure (PAIL) program in Special Education: General Curriculum
• M.Ed. in Special Education
• Ph.D. in Special Education

The Department also offers Bachelor’s degree programs in ASL Interpreter Preparation; Deaf Education and Deaf Advocacy. In addition, the BK program offers a Masters’s degree in Birth-Kindergarten and a post-baccalaureate initial licensure program-BKIL.

Position Summary:

The person in this position offers needed instructional support to the Deaf Education concentration within the IDEAS program in the SES Department. Instructional support includes teaching four classes for each of the fall and spring semesters (face-to-face and online) and supervising students in clinical placements. The clinical assistant professor will also help maintain the integrity of the programs through offering a high degree of expertise in service delivery and instruction for deaf and hard of hearing students and will assume departmental administrative roles such as program coordinator, and service to the department, the School of Education, the university, and the field.

Minimum Qualifications:

• An earned master’s degree in Deaf Education or related field
• Experience teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing students in K-12 settings
• Evidence of service to schools, a university, and/or professional organizations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Documented evidence of exemplary teaching experience in higher education
• Experience with credentialing and licensure programs
• Experience with program development for pre-service and in-service teachers
• Experience with synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid course development and delivery
• Engagement in scholarly work with evidence of conference presentations, grant activities, or publications
• Knowledge and experience with edTPA requirements

Tenure Status:

Not on Track

Recruitment Range:

$67,000

Org #-Department:

Specialized Education Services - 12017

Job Open Date:

10/12/2023

For Best Consideration Date:

04/01/2024

Open Until Filled:

Yes

FTE:

1.000

Type of Appointment:

Permanent

Number of Months per Year:

9

Physical Effort:

Vision-Skilled Trades - F, Reading - F, Writing - F, Eye-hand coordination - F, Hearing - F, Talking - F, Standing - F, Sitting - F

Work Environment:

Inside - F