Title: Assistant/Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Position Type: Academic
Department: Educational Leadership
Closing Date: Screening Begins 01/25/2010 and will continue until the position is filled
Start Date: Fall Semester 2010
Benefits: Medical Insurance/Mandatory Retirement/Professional Development/Partial Tuition Waiver/Wellness
Primary Functions

The Department of Educational Leadership at The University of Montana is seeking a full time, tenure track, assistant/associate professor of Educational Leadership. This position is to begin Autumn Semester, 2010.

  • Teaching of graduate-level courses in curriculum and administration
  • Graduate level advising
  • Chairmanship of doctoral dissertations
  • Doctoral dissertation committee service
  • The writing and presentation of online and face-to-face graduate courses
  • Participation in grant writing activities
  • Supervision of administrative interns, and the maintenance of an active scholarly publication agenda
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    Qualifications

  • Earned doctoral degree in Educational Leadership with a primary or supporting area in higher education, successful doctoral level cohort
  • Successful higher education teaching experience
  • Strong writing and editing experience
  • Successful doctoral dissertation committee experience
  • Experience in adult education
  • Successful state and federal grant writing experience
  • Successful internship supervision experience
  • Experience working with Native American populations
  • International teaching experience. Higher educational administrative experience preferred
    • Program Overview/Environment

    Educational Leadership is an active graduate department preparing graduate students at the masters and doctoral level to serve as school administrators, professors and administrators in higher education, and instructors and leaders in adult education and nonprofit environments. The department has a long and successful history of international and distance learning service. As pioneers in the field of distance education and doctoral cohort service, the department has completed sixteen successful doctoral cohort programs. Faculty members from the Department of Educational Leadership have worked as instructors and consultants with students in all of the United States as well as Canada, Europe, Asia and the Mid East.
    How To Apply/Submitting Materials

    Please send a letter of application addressing each of the stated qualifications along with a vita, copies of transcripts for all degrees, a sample of scholarly writing, and a list of three references to:

    Professor John C. Lundt
    Chairman
    Department of Educational Leadership
    College of Education and Human Sciences
    he University of Montana
    32 Campus Drive
    Missoula, Montana 59812

    PLease include the following forms with your application materials:

  • Background Check Authorization
  • Self-Identification
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    Notices & Disclaimers

    Criminal Background Investigation is required prior to Offer of Employment
    In accordance with University policy, finalists for this position will be subject to criminal background investigations.

    ADA/EOE/AA/Veteran's Preference
    Qualified candidates must be able to meet minimum requirements and perform the primary functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. As an Equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, we encourage applications from minorities, Vietnam era veterans, and women. This material is available in an alternative format upon request. Qualified candidates may request veterans’ preference in accordance with state law.

    References
    *References in addition to those listed on the application may be contacted without applicant's prior approval.

    Testing
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