Assistant/Associate Professor, Master’s Program in Teaching Students with Disabilities (All Grades)

Responsibilities

• Designs, revises, and teaches graduate courses in teaching students with disabilities (All grade bands)
• Maintains current knowledge of early childhood, childhood education, middle, and high school curricula (NYSED/NYCPS and other), including literacy and mathematics
• Experience with assessment and effective teaching methodologies for students with special needs, utilizing a variety of instructional delivery methods, instructional and assistive technologies, and educational resources for educational equity and access
• Supports the candidate's work related to the intersection of multilingualism and special education
• Serves as an instructional leader, facilitating and participating with collaborative faculty teams, course revisions, and developing and sustaining transformative pedagogy in graduate teaching and learning, whether online or in-person
• Provides academic advisement to program candidates and outreach to potential candidates
• Contributes to clinical partnerships with schools and mentors in PreK-12 Teaching Students with Disabilities, and to the development of a clinically rich teacher preparation program
• Maintains a current record of scholarly activities and publications, as well as professional service
• Serves on Graduate School of Education committees
• Supports and contributes to program-level continuous improvement for national/professional accreditation
• Engages in successful grant writing

Requirements

• Earned doctorate in special education or related field; ABD with anticipated conferral date within one year of hire considered
• Successful PreK-12 teaching students with disabilities, with classroom teaching experience of three or more years, working with students who have individual education programs, and with diverse students
• Successful experience in assessment and data use in the PreK-12 teaching of students with disabilities in the classroom, with evidence of positive learning and development for diverse groups of students
• Experience using Canvas and other technology in educational settings to support effective teaching and learning in educational settings
• Experience using Canvas or other learning management systems, along with a range of instructional technologies to support effective teaching and learning in educational settings
• Experience in course and program design
• Commitment to culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy
• Demonstrated ability for scholarly productivity

Qualifications

• Knowledge of school and community-based programs and experience building partnerships in diverse communities is highly desirable
• Experience as an educator preparer at the college or university level in traditional classrooms and online
• Expertise in urban education
• Experience with students with multiple special needs

Benefits

Attends three in-person faculty retreats per academic year in September, January, and June, as well as any other meetings organized by the GSE and Touro University

Travel Some travel to Touro University GSE sites in New York City, including occasional evenings

Pay

Maximum Salary USD $84,448.00/Yr.

Minimum Salary USD $67,238.00/Yr.