Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor / Professor in Teacher Education

 

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College of Education, Health and Human Development

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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor in Teacher Education

School of Teacher Education

We have a vision of people prepared to make a difference: tangata tu, tangata ora

Are you a dedicated, motivating and visionary teacher education academic willing to provide strategic contribution to the College of Education, Health and Human Development?

Applications are invited from academics for three positions within the School of Teacher Education:

·        Two STEM Education positions (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). One role at the rank of Associate Professor/Professor, with a focus on science education in primary or secondary, and the second role at the rank of Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor with a focus in mathematics and/or numeracy in primary

·        One Teacher Education position - Teacher Learning / Professional Inquiry and Practice. At the rank of Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, with expertise and research in teacher education and teacher learning with a second subject specialism in curriculum (e.g. Social Science, English or other)

Applicants will need to demonstrate:

·        an understanding of and the ability to apply bicultural (and/or cultural) competence

·        the ability to lead and develop undergraduate and postgraduate courses in their area(s) of expertise

·        evidence of effective supervision of Doctoral level students and be developing a track record of research success, including externally funded research grants.

The School of Teacher Education offers exciting research and teaching opportunities through its new home in a world class facility, located in the heart of the University of Canterbury Ilam Campus.The Education building will be opened at the end of 2017 and will offer state of the art digital technologies and innovative learning and social spaces that encourage collaboration and multidisciplinary ways of working. The discipline of Education at the University of Canterbury is consistently ranked in the top 100 in the world (QS 2017 rankings).

The successful applicant will have opportunities for international conference travel to support their research and teaching activities and will have the opportunity to network with international leaders in Education, Health Sciences and a range of disciplines through the University’s unique Erskine Fellowship and Canterbury Fellowship Scheme (which enables the University to host world leading academics) and through the University’s academic staff exchange programmes with Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the UK.

Applicants will require a Ph.D. or Ed.D in Education or a related discipline, have experience working in educational contexts and be a leader in scholarly and research achievements related to teacher education. A Tertiary Teaching qualification is desirable or the commitment to undertake such a qualification with the support of the School.

Download the full Position Description for all three positions from our website.

The closing date for this position is: Sunday, 18 June 2017.

The University of Canterbury is committed to promoting a world-class learning environment through research and teaching excellence You will have the opportunity to work alongside members of a diverse academic community and enrich your own professional and personal development.

To apply and for information about the range of benefits in joining UC please visit us online at:http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus

Applications for this position should include a cover letter, resume (and any additional attachments) combined into one document and submitted online.

Should you have queries in relation to the application process please forward these to Michelle Davies, Recruitment Coordinator,michelle.davies@canterbury.ac.nz

Informal enquiries of an Academic nature should be directed to Stuart Wise,stuart.wise@canterbury.ac.nz, formal applications should be uploaded to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus

Internal candidates should apply via the Careers option in Employee Self-Service: https://ucpeople.canterbury.ac.nz

The University of Canterbury is an EEO employer and actively seeks to meet its obligation under the Treaty of Waitangi.