Assistant/Associate Professor - Special Education

About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

Join an innovative and energized faculty dedicated to the preparation of teacher candidates, leaders and change agents focused on school reform and social justice. The Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky invites applications for a 9-month, on-site, tenure-track position (rank at Assistant or Associate level based on qualifications) with a start date of August 16th, 2024. Applications accepted until the position is filled with a priority deadline of March 29th, 2024. 

Position responsibilities include teaching in-person and online courses that include K-12 special education methods in our undergraduate and master's initial certification programs, along with courses focused on research methods in our advanced and doctoral programs. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent in teaching, research agenda that involves work in special education and/or teacher preparation, interest in securing external funding to support program and research initiatives, and interest in mentoring doctoral candidates. Our new colleague will also demonstrate dedication to community engagement/partnerships, participation in all school accreditation activities and academic advising, mentorship of doctoral and master's students, and service to candidate's professional field, university, and community. To qualify for appointment at the Associate Professor level, candidates must currently hold or have held that rank at a comparable institution.

The search committee is especially interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching and/or service, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.

Requirements:

• An earned doctorate in Special Education from a regionally and nationally accredited university; ABD candidates must hold an earned doctorate at time of hire
• A minimum of three years P-12 teaching experience as a certified special educator
• Evidence of excellence in teaching with demonstrated understanding of Special Education research and practices for teacher preparation
• Evidence of/potential for excellence in scholarly productivity
• Experience working with diverse groups and using culturally relevant and/or social justice principles in teaching

Preferred Qualifications include the following:

• Potential for successful collaboration with school districts (e.g. community engagement and/or conducting professional development for in-service teachers)
• Interest in applying for external funding
• Experience working with learners with disabilities
• Demonstrated research agenda related to Special Education or a closely related area
• Experience and/or interest in serving on/chairing doctoral committees

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please submit a letter of interest, CV, teaching philosophy, unofficial transcript, and three professional references. 

URL: www.bellarmine.edu/education/