Open Rank - Associate/Full Professor

Position Number: 004856

Department: College of Education (Col)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 9

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Department of Educational Leadership at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Learning, Design and Technology. This is a nine-month, tenure-eligible faculty position. The Learning, Design and Technology ( LDT ) programs include award-winning M.Ed. and graduate certificate in LDT with three concentrations; a post-master’s certificate in university and college teaching; an LDT concentration in the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and an LDT concentration in the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. These programs prepare professionals to hold learning, design and technology positions in the areas of K-12, higher education, corporate, government, and military settings. Hiring is subject to budget availability.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Design and teach online undergraduate and/or graduate courses

• Engage in an active research and publication agenda and seeking internal or external funding support

• Provide impactful service to the program, department, college, university, community, and profession

• Advise and mentor undergraduate, master’s and/or doctoral students, and supporting student-directed scholarship

• Collaborate with the LDT faculty to coordinate and direct the various LDT programs.

Minimum Experience / Education:

UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

Required qualifications:

Earned doctorate in Learning, Design and Technology or a closely related field from an accredited university

• An established and active research agenda as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications in Learning, Design and Technology, preferably in training and development

• Record of pursuing external grant funding to support one’s research

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching, designing and developing online undergraduate and graduate level courses and/or programs

• Professional-level design and technology skills required to advise and mentor LDT graduate students

• Demonstrated well established and impactful leadership in service to the college of education, university, community, and the profession

• Demonstrated excellence in research methodology

• Mentorship of doctoral student research projects, including chairing and serving on dissertation committees

Preferred experience and skills: We seek a faculty colleague to join a high-achieving, dynamic, and collaborative Cato College of Education and Department faculty that is committed to the development of highly effective and ethical educational leaders who have a positive impact on children, youth, families, community, and schools and who are successful in urban and other diverse settings.