Director of Student Teaching and Visiting Assistant Professor: Skidmore College

Director of Student Teaching and Visiting Assistant Professor
of Curriculum and Instruction

Grades 1-6

The Education Studies Department at Skidmore College, a selective liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York, invites applications for a three-year appointment as Director of Student Teaching and Visiting Assistant Professor or Lecturer of Curriculum and Instruction, beginning in April 2010.

Premised on a constructivist approach to teaching and learning, faculty in the Education Studies Department prepare students for initial certification in New York State, grades 1-6. In addition, the on-campus lab school affiliated with the department, the Early Childhood Education Center, offers a minor in early childhood education. Qualifications for this position include a strong commitment to teaching and teaching experience at the elementary education level, as well as a robust commitment to undergraduate education within a liberal arts context. Teaching experience at the college or university level is desirable. A graduate education degree is required. Responsibilities include planning and directing the Education Studies Department’s student teaching program (a full-time semester for seniors each fall) and teaching Curriculum and Instruction courses each academic year.

Review of applications will begin December 10th.

Please send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae
and three letters of reference to the:

Dean of the Faculty
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York, 12866
or electronically to:
dfaculty@skidmore.edu

Skidmore College is committed to being an inclusive campus community and, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, family, veteran or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

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