University of the District of Columbia-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Washington, DC
Educational Services

The University of the District of Columbia is seeking a dynamic, patron-centered individual with collaboration skills and experiences to serve as the Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education. The Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, is responsible for teaching a full range of courses in early care and education, child development, working with families, communication and problem solving, curriculum, anti-bias approaches, inclusion of children with special needs, and administrative/supervision. The position also organizes the observation and practica component for students in the program. This is a full-time tenure track 9-month position.

  • Teaches courses in early childhood education
  • Counsel and advise student majors and keep orderly records for each student advisee
  • Assists with recruitment of new students and retention of current students
  • Organize and arrange field experience activities for students, making or recommending assignments when needed
  • Answers student inquiries (emails and voice mail messages) in a timely manner
  • Keeps abreast of current developments in the field of early childhood education
  • Coordinates program activities with other instructors in the discipline
  • Maintains and demonstrates competence in teaching, research and professional activities, including participation in professional associations (NAEYC) and community service
  • Participates in college governance, department/discipline, division, college-wide, and campus meetings and committees
  • Works with other program and/or discipline faculty to complete scheduled program reviews and to use the findings to revise the curriculum
  • Prepare and provide students with course outlines that support learning outcomes set forth in the course syllabus. Develop and measure learning outcomes. Assess student performance and maintain grade records
  • Develop assessments and activities for assigned courses that are appropriate for upload into the program's electronic assessment system
  • Maintains a minimum of five office hours per week
  • Assists in the acquisition of external funding for programs
  • Help to develop and teach appropriate online courses. Some experience with instructional technology and Blackboard is highly desirable
  • Teach during the day, evening, and/or weekend; may include more than one campus site (Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online - asynchronous and synchronous, HyFlex, and/or any combination thereof)
  • Adhere to college and program policies and procedures
  • Recommends selection of textbooks and other instructional materials
  • Participate in the Self-Study of the program as part of the application for the NAEYC accreditation
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • An earned Ph.D. (preferred) or Master's degree in early childhood education, child development, human development with specialization in child development/early childhood education.
  • Must have at least two years of full-time teaching in a post-secondary institution, community college teaching is preferred.
  • Knowledge of and experience in teaching caregivers to develop and implement developmentally appropriate programming for the care and education of infants and toddlers in group care settings are also preferred.
  • Certification/training in the Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers (PITC) a plus.
  • Fluency in Spanish a plus.
  • Eligible for health and life insurance
  • Sick leave
  • Covered under the University of the District of Columbia's retirement plan (TIAA-CREF)
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