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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Special Education

Assistant Professor, Tenure Track

The Department of Student Development and Pupil Personnel Services (SDPPS) in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is seeking candidates to join a dedicated and accomplished community of faculty, students, and staff as an Assistant Professor in Special Education. This is a full-time tenure track position beginning in September 2010.

The School is NCATE-accredited and offers a comprehensive program leading to Master's and Doctoral degrees. We share a fundamental commitment to social justice and the pursuit of educational excellence. Located in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth's university system and a leading center of public higher education in the Northeast.

The SDPPS Department offers four concentrations; Special Education, School Counseling Education, School Psychology, and Social Justice Education. The Special Education faculty possesses strengths in literacy, assessment, instruction, behavior management, and leadership.

The Special Education Concentration seeks a dedicated faculty member to work closely with the Department of Communication Disorders in the area of neuro-developmental disabilities with a desired focus on autism and other related neurologic disabilities. The candidate will possess strong research skills, a programmatic line of inquiry that has the potential of generating grant funded research, and will be expected to collaboratively engage in ongoing scholarship with a dedicated, energetic faculty. The successful applicant will also participate in already established, funded programs of research. In addition, we are seeking candidates with excellent teaching skills who will contribute broadly to our efforts to prepare Doctoral students and PreK-12 practitioners who will become PreK-12 school leaders and university faculty. The successful applicant will help to expand the School of Education's and Department's capacity to be of greater service to students with special needs and their families.

Responsibilities: The new faculty member will engage in ongoing research and seek external funding, teach courses in special education and area of expertise, and provide service to improve the delivery of special education services to children with disabilities and their families that will have far-reaching effects both nationally and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In addition, the successful applicant will advise and direct Master's and Doctoral students specializing in special education and communication disorders.

Qualifications: Doctorate in Special Education or a closely related area; excellent potential or an already demonstrated ability to conduct externally funded scholarship, research and publication in the area of neuro-developmental disabilities with a particular focus on autism as well as other neurologic disabilities, (e.g., cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis), and a host of numerous other genetic, chromosomal and teratogenic syndromes associated with learning, communicative, and physical disabilities. This research would complement the ongoing research of the Special Education and Communication Disorders faculties. The candidate will also demonstrate evidence of high quality inquiry in special education; and the ability to become an outstanding teacher at the university level.

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply. Send a curriculum vitae, letter of application, three letters of reference, transcripts, and samples of written work to:

Search Committee Chair, Special Education
c/o Jean Fleming
jeanf [at] educ.umass.edu
School of Education
126 Furcolo Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003.

Review of candidates will begin January 19, 2010 and will continue until a qualified candidate is identified. Salary is commensurate with qualifications. Final appointment is contingent upon the availability of funds. * For more information regarding the School of Education and the SDPPS Department please visit our website at: http://www.umass.edu/education/ or you may reach us by telephone at 413-545-2231.

Women, minorities, and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

The School of Education is committed to developing a more diverse faculty, student body and curriculum.