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Open-rank faculty position in Early Childhood Education Policy

Employer
Vanderbilt University
Location
Tennessee, United States
Salary
Salary Commensurate with experience
Date posted
May 5, 2021

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Position Type
Faculty Positions, Education, Other Education
Employment Level
Tenured/Tenured Track
Employment Type
Full Time

We seek an early childhood education policy leader and researcher whose work enhances the future lives of children and their families, including children with disabilities. A successful candidate will engage in research, teaching, and service that advances and improves policies, procedures, and movements that impact children and their families. We are especially interested in scholars who would add to the diverse perspectives currently represented in our college. 

We seek a scholar who will participate in the launch of a new Center for Research with Young Children and Families. This endeavor will provide opportunities for faculty with similar interests to interact, collaborate, discover new research synergies, and advance research endeavors across the college. Successful candidates will have a strong record of scholarly publication, external research funding, excellent teaching, and a commitment to mentoring the next generation of educators. Peabody College is a world-class college of education and human development working to enhance the human condition, with a particular focus on children’s learning and development. 

Applications will be reviewed beginning immediately and until the position is filled. Applicants should submit:

  1. Letter of interest including 1-2 paragraphs describing how their research has contributed to the field of early childhood policy and how they envision contributing to a new center on early childhood research
  2. Separate statement on teaching
  3. Two to three scholarly papers
  4. Separate statement that explains how their cultural, experiential, and/or academic background contributes to their understanding of diversity   
  5. Names of three references

The committee will request three letters of recommendation from a small group of finalists. Please apply at the following link: http://apply.interfolio.com/86829.

 Questions may be addressed to: Dr. Amy Needham, Chair, Early Childhood Search Committee, Amy.needham@vanderbilt.edu

Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the Vanderbilt Peabody College website at http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/.

Vanderbilt University has made the safety of our students, faculty and staff, and our surrounding communities a top priority. As part of that commitment, the University recently announced that students, faculty, and staff, are required to be vaccinated against COVID. As a prospective and/or a new employee at Vanderbilt, you will be required to comply with the University’s vaccination protocol.  Effective, August 1, 2021, proof of full vaccination or an approved accommodation will be required before the start of employment in order to work at Vanderbilt University. 

Accommodations for medical and religious exemptions can be requested with the Equal, Opportunity and Access Office https://www.vanderbilt.edu/eoa

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

In compliance with federal law, including the provisions of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Executive Order 11246, the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, as amended, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, Vanderbilt University does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, military service, covered veterans status, or genetic information in its administration of educational policies, programs, or activities; admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other university-administered programs; or employment. In addition, the university does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of their gender expression.

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