Assistant Professor, Non Tenure Track - Literacy
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key sections: - About the role: description of position: assistant professor (non tenure-track) in literacy education, 9-month appointment, doctorate, potential for excellence in teaching, commitment to leadership in online and face-to-face teaching, skills pertinent to research, teaching, service, collaboration. Maintain active program of teaching and service consistent with College of Education and Human Development non tenure-track faculty. Particular interest: instructors whose teaching based in reading development and literacy education and examines critical issues in literacy education including literacy methods, standards, policies, community contexts in relation to literacy education. We can put that in
under About the role. - Responsibilities: list bullet points: Lead the online literacy education graduate program; Advise students in the online literacy education program; Coordinate the review of graduate students’ state reading certificate programs; Teach face-to-face undergraduate and online graduate courses related to literacy education consistent with the program and departmental instructional needs (e.g., early literacy methods, assessment, or a combination thereof); Incorporate the current limitations and possibilities of the Science of Reading landscape in teaching and collaboration; Contribute primarily to the Literacy Masters and Undergraduate program through teaching and service; Provide leadership and service to the program, department, college, and university. - Qualifications: list bullet points: An earned doctorate in literacy or reading education; At least 3 years of experience teaching in an early/elementary literacy classroom or teacher education setting. - Additional criteria: "Applicants Will Be Evaluated Based Upon The Following Criteria" list many items. Could be considered Requirements or Skills. The instruction says use headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide where to place criteria. Likely they are Requirements or Skills. Since Qualifications already used for doctorate and experience, we can put the evaluation criteria under Requirements or Skills. The heading "Requirements" could be for mandatory requirements; "Skills" for desired skills. Let's treat the evaluation criteria as Requirements (or Skills). We'll put them under Requirements as a list. - Benefits: The posting says "Benefit Eligibility This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses." That's substantive. So we create Benefits section with that content. - Pay: The posting says "Anticipated Hiring Range Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications." That's vague; we should not create Pay section if it's just "competitive and commensurate with experience". The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state salary but it's vague. However it's still stating something about salary. The instruction says: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state "Anticipated Hiring Range Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications." That is a statement, albeit vague. Should we include? The instruction also says: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". So "Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications." is filler/placeholder. So we should NOT create Pay section. - Schedule: Not mentioned; no schedule specifics. So omit. - Skills: Could be separate from Requirements; but we already used Requirements for evaluation criteria. Could also put some skills under Skills heading. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine evaluation criteria under Requirements and not have Skills. Or we could put some of them under Skills. However we need to follow instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So better to have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including qualifications and evaluation criteria), Benefits. That's four sections. But we also have Qualifications separate? The instruction includes Qualifications as a possible heading. We have doctorate and experience as qualifications. Could put those under Qualifications heading. Then evaluation criteria under Requirements. That would be more sections but still substantive. Let's do: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Benefits. Check if any content duplicated: The "Applicants Will Be Evaluated Based Upon The Following Criteria" list is lengthy; we will put under Requirements. Now we need to strip boilerplate: Remove lines like "Hiring Department", "Job Description", "Application Materials", "Application Procedure", "Apply on-line at ...", "Upload a complete application including:", "Letter of application...", "Curriculum Vita (CV)...", "In addition, at the end of the CV, include a list of names and contact information for three professional references.", "Search Committee Chair: Dr. Angie Zapata (zapatam@missouri.edu)", "Application Deadline Review of applications will begin October 22, 2026, and continue until filled.", "Sponsorship Information Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this position.", "Other Information The College of Education and Human Development and LTC ..." (some of that is substantive about college; we might keep some description? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Other Information" includes description of College and Department; that seems substantive about the institution, maybe relevant to About the role? Could be considered background but not required. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep that info about College and Department. However it's quite long; we can incorporate into About the role maybe as a brief description. But we must not invent or summarize away detail; we can keep the prose as is, but we need to avoid duplication. The "Other Information" includes description of College and Department; we could keep that as part of About the role (maybe after the role description). However we must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The "Other Information" also includes "The College of Education and Human Development and LTC The University of Missouri College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) prepares and supports professionals..." That's substantive. We'll keep it. But we also have "Community Information" about Columbia; that's also substantive about location. Could be included maybe under About the role or a separate section? There's no heading for location; we could incorporate into About the role as additional context. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we should not drop it. So we need to include that info somewhere. Since we have only certain headings allowed, we could put it under About the role as a paragraph. Thus About the role will contain: description of position, plus College description, plus community info. That's a lot but okay. We must not include duplicated lines: there may be duplicate sentences; we need to check. Let's extract the substantive paragraphs: From the posting: - "Hiring Department The Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum (LTC) Job Description The Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum (LTC) at the University of Missouri seeks applicants for an assistant professor (non tenure-track) position in literacy education (9-month appointment). The successful candidate will have a doctorate in literacy education, a demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching, a commitment to strong leadership in both online and face-to-face teaching, and skills pertinent to research, teaching, service, and collaboration. A faculty member filling this position will maintain an active program of teaching, and service that is consistent with current College of Education and Human Development non tenure-track faculty. Of particular interest are instructors whose teaching is based in reading development and literacy education and examines critical issues in literacy education including literacy methods, standards, policies, community contexts in relation to literacy education." That's the role description. - Then Responsibilities list (we have). - Then Qualifications: "An earned doctorate in literacy or reading educationAt least 3 years of experience teaching in an early/elementary literacy classroom or teacher education setting" (note missing space; we will format). - Then "Applicants Will Be Evaluated Based Upon The Following Criteria" list. - Then "Anticipated Hiring Range Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications." (we will ignore for Pay section). - Then Application Materials etc (remove). - Then "Search Committee Chair: Dr. Angie Zapata (zapatam@missouri.edu)" (remove). - Then "Application Deadline Review of applications will begin October 22, 2026, and continue until filled." (remove). - Then "Sponsorship Information Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this position." (remove? It's not boilerplate but it's info about visa sponsorship; could be considered substantive. However it's a negative statement; maybe we keep? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This is not those; it's about visa sponsorship. Might be considered substantive. However it's a short line; we could keep it under About the role or a separate note. But we have no heading for sponsorship; we could incorporate into About the role as a note. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we should not drop it. So we need to include that info somewhere. We could add a short paragraph under About the role: "Note: Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this position." - Then "Other Information The College of Education and Human Development and LTC The University of Missouri College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) prepares and supports professionals in education, information, lifespan, and intervention sciences that improve the quality of life and economic development for the people of Missouri, the nation and the world. The College’s mission is fulfilled by taking a comprehensive, collaborative approach across a wide range of disciplines and professions, including educator preparation, leadership, counseling, early childhood education, special education, higher education, public policy, family and lifespan development, information sciences and technology. The CEHD serves more than 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students across a broad portfolio of bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctoral programs. Nationally recognized for the strength and breadth of its academic programs, the College ranks among the nation’s top 30 graduate schools of education and among the top 20 public institutions, according to U.S. News & World Report. Several of its programs also hold strong national rankings, including special education, online education, educational administration, and library and information studies. The College has a substantial research and outreach footprint, with nearly $47 million in annual research expenditures supporting work that advances education, human development, and information sciences, as well as outreach activities extending throughout Missouri and beyond. The Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum includes more than 30 faculty members from a range of emphasis areas, including early childhood education, science education, social studies education, literacy/English language arts, art education, and more. The mathematics education emphasis area has a proud tradition of both research and teaching excellence. It offers undergraduate degrees in elementary, middle school, and secondary education and multiple graduate certificates (Elementary Mathematics Specialist) and degrees (M.Ed., Ed.Sp., Ed.D., Ph.D.). Its doctoral program has been ranked in the Top 5 nationally and features active research efforts particularly focused on working with teachers, students, and leaders in public K–12 school districts." - Then "Community Information Columbia offers small-town friendliness with big city features and a high quality of life for people of all ages and interests. Founded on education and known as an ideal college town, its location also makes it an attractive spot for businesses and travelers. Located on Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 63, Columbia is right in the middle of the state and the nation. Just a couple hours’ drive from St.