TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAIR POSITION

Misericordia University’s Teacher Education Department (TED) is committed to the Mercy values of mercy, justice, service and hospitality. The usual term of office for the TED chairperson is three years, with renewal for additional three-year terms based upon 360-degree evaluation. The Teacher Education Department offers programs in several areas of Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Middle School Education, and Special Education, some of which are at the graduate level. Our search is open to candidates who have the credentials and experience necessary to lead a department, who demonstrate strong potential in the area of scholarship, are committed to service learning and strengthening partnerships with local school districts, and possess an expertise in the area of curriculum development. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise related to reading and/or middle school education.

Duties of the department chair include, but are not limited to, administering the budgeting process, preparing the schedule of classes, making catalog revisions, hiring and retaining full-time and adjunct faculty, overseeing textbook ordering, scheduling department meetings, inputting and monitoring Title II data, and preparing annual reports. The TED department chair is a full-time, twelve-month, tenure-track faculty position with requirements to teach twelve credits per year and to advise education majors.

The selected candidate must hold a doctoral degree and will be required to have substantial experience that indicates the ability to effectively lead a Department at the higher education level that prepares students for elementary, middle school and secondary teaching, and that offers graduate programs for practicing educators. The successful candidate should also be familiar with the new Pennsylvania Certification Regulations (Chapter 49-2) and NCATE. The person selected, should he or she not continue as department chair at the end of a three-year term, would continue as a tenure track nine and one-half month faculty member assuming a full teaching load (twelve credits per semester) within the department and be expected to meet the requirements of a faculty member set forth in the Faculty Handbook. The contract salary for a person moving from a twelve-month position to a nine and one-half month position is pro-rated accordingly.

For confidential consideration, please forward a letter of application, vitae, and names of three references to: Misericordia University, Office of Human Resources, 301 Lake Street, Dallas, PA 18612 or email hr@misericordia.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Misericordia University is committed to excellence and actively supports cultural diversity. To promote this endeavor, we invite individuals who contribute to such diversity to apply, including minorities and women.