Johns Hopkins University School of Education invites applicants for the full-time position of Lecturer (clinical faculty), with a focus on Secondary Literacy education, supporting our partnership with the Urban Teachers program. The position will be based in the Dallas area.
Through this partnership with the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, Urban Teachers offers a four-year teacher preparation program that results in the conferral of a Master's of Science in Education degree with dual certification in a content area and special education. The mission of Urban Teachers is to prepare highly effective teachers who significantly accelerate student achievement in the nation's highest-need schools by recruiting outstanding candidates, equipping them with state-of-the-art training, and linking their certification to their demonstration of effective teaching practices and skills.
We seek qualified candidates with expertise in the following content areas:
Secondary Literacy Education
We are currently hiring for full-time lecturers to deliver coursework and provide coaching and mentoring support to program participants. Position hours are approximately 40 hours per week.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Urban Teachers Lecturers have practice-based responsibilities throughout the school year during the day as well as in the evening. Lecturers will:
Teach program courses.
Provide coaching support, give feedback, and evaluate participants.
Attend professional development.
Collaborate with colleagues.
Work closely with Lead Clinical faculty and Director of Clinical Faculty to provide an excellent program for candidates.
Lecturer Responsibilities Include:
Lead coursework by modeling best instructional practices, providing ongoing written and verbal feedback, supporting and grading assignments, and incorporating technology.
Conduct ongoing observation and feedback sessions at program participants' "host schools" (field experience sites).
Evaluate participant performance through coaching visits to classrooms.
Maintain appropriate data on all program participants.
Contribute to the Johns Hopkins School of Education and the Urban Teachers professional communities, including posting work, uploading videos of course instruction, attending program meetings and required program professional development, and teaming with others in support of participants.
Provide ongoing feedback on the quality of curriculum and programmatic support.
Participate in personal professional growth in collaboration with Johns Hopkins School of Education faculty and our Urban Teachers partners.
Qualifications
A graduate degree (M.A. or higher) related to literacy education; PK-12 instructional experience in the content area; experience in urban public education as a teacher, staff developer, and/or administrator; extensive knowledge of the content and pedagogical content knowledge in the relevant discipline; skills in group facilitation and mentoring; experience with internship programs.
Application materials should include the following:
Vita that includes thorough information on prior employment related to education (especially any prior experience doing professional development, working with prospective teachers, or other work related to urban public PK-12 education) ?
Educational background (i.e., degrees) ?
Information on teacher certification status ?
Three references (with contact information)
?The interview process includes:
Interviewing both on the phone and in-person with Urban Teachers site team, content team, and university program representatives
Submitting a critique of a video of teaching
Developing a course session plan on a core concept or topic ?
Submitting a content assessment task
Application Instructions
Applicants must provide requested application materials to http://apply.interfolio.com/76901. Please contact Christina Kubilius, Senior HR Coordinator, at Ckubili1@jhu.edu, with any questions regarding the application process and contact Katie Eisel, Director of Clinical Faculty at keisel1@jh.edu with any questions regarding the position expectations.
Johns Hopkins University and Urban Teachers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. The University promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans. Johns Hopkins University is a drug-free, smoke free workplace.
Internal Number: A-76901-8
About Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.
