"Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership"

Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership

Company: Bridgewater State University

Job Location:

Category: Teacher Education - Secondary Education

Type: Full-Time

Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership

Rank: Assistant Professor

Tenture Information: Tenure Track

Department Summary:

The Secondary Education and Educational Leadership Departments (SEEL) mission is to prepare educators and related professionals to teach, lead, and serve in a diverse and evolving global society. We are a team of diverse faculty committed to the success of students preparing to teach and lead in education. We are collaborating to make social justice education our hallmark, and we invite applicants who share our mission to prepare educators, administrators, and related professionals to teach, lead, and serve in the complex contexts of education in the United States and beyond.

Bridgewater State Universitys campus community provides professional opportunities for faculty advancement in teaching and scholarship and a clear path to tenure. Funding for faculty research is available through the Center for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship as well as the Office of Teaching and Learning. The University values scholarship and other ways in which faculty express their professional contributions and accomplishments. This flexibility sustains the need for faculty excellence, while also recognizing the diversity of talents and interests of our faculty as they move up the tenure ladder.

SEEL is committed to supporting equal opportunity, access and belonging among its faculty, staff and students, and to strengthening a justice-informed identity as identified in the Universitys strategic plan. This emphasis is reflected throughout the Universitys curricular and co-curricular activities. SEEL, as part of Bridgewater State University, is a teaching institution and faculty are committed to their critical role in successfully graduating our students. In addition, the department supports a significant institutional commitment to undergraduate research and international engagement.

Essential Duties:

The Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership (SEEL) invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position. Successful candidates will be staff members who can collaborate with their colleagues to help meet the mission of the department and our campus community.

The successful candidate will educate students primarily in the Secondary Education program, which includes undergraduate courses, the Masters Core, and the Accelerated Post-Bac program. Responsibilities may also include student teaching/practicum supervision and/or teaching and advising in other undergraduate and graduate courses in the department.

A successful applicant will collaborate with faculty members in the program and the department as well as engage with College of Education and Health Sciences colleagues and other internal and external partners in the program assessment, continuous improvement, marketing, and expansion of existing programs through the creation of off-campus cohorts. This position requires contractual scheduled in-person office hours for student advising and consultation. Additional responsibilities may include mentoring graduate students and other related duties as assigned and/or required.

The successful candidate will display effective teaching and mentoring practices that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within our department, student learning, and the university at large.

Required Qualifications:

Applicants are required to demonstrate:

• a Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Education or Curriculum and Teaching by August 2026.
• Three or more years of experience as the teacher of record in grades 5-12.
• Effective interpersonal, oral, written, and digital communication skills.
• Evidence of collaboration working with others.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred applicants will demonstrate:

• Experience teaching in grades 5-12 public schools.
• Demonstrated ability to design and teach online graduate and undergraduate courses utilizing effective online/hybrid teaching strategies to promote student learning.
• Experience in program assessment and evaluation utilizing state and national accreditation standards.
• Commitment to excellence in teaching and advising, and to professional work in a diverse environment that embraces excellence, multiple perspectives, equity, and inclusiveness.
• Ability to work collaboratively and use technology effectively in teaching and learning.
• Experience with State, national, and professional accreditation, including the MA Department. of Elementary & Secondary Education Standards for Effective Teaching.
• Record of professional activities commensurate with the rank of assistant professor.
• Experience with student recruiting and advising students.
• Demonstrated ability to work with and advise diverse student populations.

Special Conditions for Eligibility:

Please be aware that employment at Bridgewater State University is contingent upon completion of a successful background check. Bridgewater State University is an E-Verify employer.

Posting Number: F00588P

Open Date: 10/07/2025

Close Date: 11/07/2025

Open Until Filled: No