Full-Time Lecturer, Early Childhood Education (1 -Academic Year 2025-2026, Renewable)

About the role

The Full-Time Lecturer B (Academic Year) classification salary is $74,652 to $158,688 per academic year (paid as 12 monthly payments). The anticipated hiring range is $75,000 to $85,088 per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities

• Teach a range of courses in Early Childhood Education.
  • EDEC 400 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
  • EDEC 410 Social-Emotional and Cognitive Learning in Early Childhood Education
  • EDEC 420 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Education
  • EDEC 422 Developing Family, School, and Community Partnerships
  • EDEC 430 Advocating for Early Intervention with Young Children and their Families
  • EDEC 450 Teaching Early Language and Literacy (Birth-K)
  • EDEC 526 Infants and Toddlers in ECE programs
  • EDEC 521 Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood
  • EDEC 522 Family /School/Community Partnerships
  • EDEC 525 Early Literacy Development/Instruction/Assessment
  • EDEC 527 Early Childhood Math and Integrated STEM
• Supervise student teacher candidates in preschool or elementary education programs
• Contribute to college-wide and/or community-based efforts to close/ address equity and opportunity gaps
• Participate in service and faculty governance through program, department, college and university meetings and committees
• Maintain a campus office work schedule aligned with department workload (which may include evening and Saturday class sessions) and varied in person and online office hours

Requirements

• M.A. or M.S. in Education or a related field with an emphasis on early childhood education, preschool education, preschool learning, elementary education, elementary content area methods, or another closely related area of education
• Earned a U.S. public school teaching credential or California Teacher Permit or higher permit (supervisor or director permits)
• Experience being the teacher of record in United States preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third-grade classrooms
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students in higher education
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and working successfully with racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse, multilingual, and neurodiverse preschool and/or elementary level students, especially those similar to the surrounding CSULB communities

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Education or a related field with an emphasis on early childhood education, preschool education, preschool learning, elementary education, elementary content area methods, or another closely related area of education
• Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2025
• At least three years of experience being the teacher of record in United States preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third-grade classrooms, and especially in classrooms with racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse, multilingual, and neurodiverse students
• Demonstrates experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience with mentoring and/or coaching preservice teachers in PK-3 settings
• Demonstrated capacity and potential for classroom-based research with PK-3 partnerships or school settings
• Demonstrated capacity and potential for leadership (i.e., supporting other teachers, professional development) and/or curriculum design
• Demonstrated potential for effective use of a wide range of instructional technologies pertaining to teacher education, including online teaching
• Demonstrated potential for working with accreditation agencies or community partners

Qualifications

• M.A. or M.S. in Education or a related field with an emphasis on early childhood education, preschool education, preschool learning, elementary education, elementary content area methods, or another closely related area of education
• Earned a U.S. public school teaching credential or California Teacher Permit or higher permit (supervisor or director permits)
• Experience being the teacher of record in United States preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third-grade classrooms
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students in higher education
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching and working successfully with racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse, multilingual, and neurodiverse preschool and/or elementary level students, especially those similar to the surrounding CSULB communities

Benefits

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: CSU Employee Benefits