Empire State University is seeking applications for SUNY's PRODiG+ Post Doctoral Fellow in Early Childhood Education. This is a two-year, post-doctoral fellowship, with a reduced teaching expectation, mentoring, research support, and professional development to assist the fellow's development as a teacher-scholar in a comprehensive university setting.
The selected applicant will be knowledgeable about the foundations of early childhood education and/or childhood education with expertise in areas such as child development, special education, and learning requirements in core areas such as math, science, and English language arts. Furthermore, the ideal applicant should be prepared to develop and teach undergraduate curricula. The candidate must also have personal, academic, and/or work experience with inclusion, equity, and diversity, as well as a desire to promote and improve university-wide initiatives. Such experience might include an academic/scholarly track record in diversity, equity, and inclusion; a career, volunteer/unpaid/community service; or comparable experience/expertise in supporting underrepresented or marginalized communities.
The selected candidate will teach in the new early childhood education program which will be offered primarily in virtual modes, with some in-person advisement of teacher candidates required. Central to the faculty role is helping adults from diverse cultural backgrounds design and complete degrees that meet their personal and professional goals.
A highly distributed organization, Empire State University makes extensive use of technological applications for communication, teaching and learning, and administrative purposes. Working in cooperation with local and statewide faculty and staff, the successful candidate will provide high-quality educational services to students, engage in an active scholarly agenda, and enhance the university's reputation within the community.
Preference will be given to candidates who are:
The PRODiG+ Fellowship is open to any and all prospective candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, or sex, and is consistent with all current governing federal and state nondiscrimination law. All application submissions will be assessed and evaluated in accordance with the required eligibility criteria.
ligibility Criteria:
Additional required qualifications include:
Preferred Qualifications:
Application Requirements:
In addition to a current CV and cover letter, please submit and essay in 750 words or less using the following prompt:
"Please describe how you've engaged, facilitated, and/or enhanced diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the campus community. Examples could include personal, academic, and/or work experience and may include, but is not limited to, an academic/scholarly track record focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion; work, volunteer/unpaid/ community service; or related experience/ expertise in serving underserved or vulnerable areas and/or populations."
Application Instructions:
Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position is filled.
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