Leadership Program | Tenure-Track Assistant Professor | I01642
- Employer
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Feb 23, 2021
View more
- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Professional Fields, Public Administration & Policy, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Other Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania seeks a full-time Assistant Professor within the College of Liberal Arts. This position will support the leadership program within the Department of Cognitive Science and Leadership. Teaching responsibilities may include courses such as Leadership Theory, Self-Leadership, Multicultural Leadership, Leadership Practicum. All department faculty are expected to recruit/advise/retain/mentor students.
The candidate will be expected to assume a leading role in the successful development, innovation, and recruitment for the program, including collaboration with faculty and staff across campus.
Successful applicants must demonstrate commitment to excellent teaching, scholarly activity, and active service on campus and beyond. Application materials should include a teaching philosophy that includes evidence of successful strategies and/or experience in engaging students both within and beyond the classroom.
A commitment to diversity, collaboration, collegiality, and excellent communication and organizational skills are essential.
Minimum Qualifications
- Earned doctorate in Leadership, or relevant discipline, by the time of appointment
- Demonstrated three years of related leadership experience
- Working knowledge of traditional and online curriculum platforms
- Commitment to the education of diverse populations
- Successful performance in an interview and teaching demonstration
Preferred Qualifications
- Three years experience teaching leadership courses (including designing curriculum)
- Established record of academic advisement
Company
Slippery Rock University is a four-year, public, coeducational, regional comprehensive university that offers a broad array of undergraduate and select graduate programs to more than 8,000 students. SRU is one of 10 institutions and 14 campuses that make up Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. SRU is fully accredited by the Middle State Commission on Higher Learning.
Founded in 1889, SRU is shaped by its teaching (normal) school heritage. For more than 130 years, the university has embraced the same hard-working, tenacious personality espoused by the people of western Pennsylvania. With a steadfast yet adaptable commitment to intellectual development, leadership and civic responsibility, SRU provides students with a comprehensive learning experience that helps them become engaged citizens and succeed in their lives and professional careers.
Located in western Pennsylvania, the 660-acre campus is less than an hour’s drive north of Pittsburgh, one hour south of Erie, and 45 minutes east of Youngstown, Ohio. Two major highways, I-79 and I-80, intersect 10 miles from the University, conveniently linking it to the entire commonwealth and its contiguous regions.
As a member university of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, SRU employees are state employees of the Commonwealth. Slippery Rock University offers competitive salaries and wages, a comprehensive benefit package, and a number of retirement options.
Get job alerts
Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert