Assistant Teaching Professor of Justice in Early Learning

Assistant Teaching Professor of Justice in Early Learning Situated on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territory of
the dx?d?w?abš(Duwamish people) and Coast Salish peoples, the
College of Education (COE) at the University of Washington (UW) is
seeking a visionary educator whose academic, professional, and
personal experiences speak to early learning, racial equity, and
social justice. We are a College that takes racially,
anti-colonial, and linguistically just education as central to our
mission, as well as awareness of the indigenous lands on which we
live and work. They will join the early childhood faculty of the
existing early childhood undergraduate programs (both on campus and
online) as well as other faculty in the college who share a strong
commitment to justice in education and society and building
partnerships with Black, Latinx, Indigenous and other BIPOC
communities in addressing issues of linguicism, anti-Black racism,
anti-Indigeneity and ableism. Our early childhood programs prepare
students to work with and for young children, families, and
communities to thrive in a variety of early educational spaces.
The Assistant Teaching Professor filling this role will
collaborate with a team of faculty, staff, students, and community
partners working to advance and sustain a diverse early childhood
workforce with commitments to educational justice.
The role combines continuous undergraduate instruction and
program improvement, relying on critical, sociocultural, and
justice-driven perspectives on early childhood development,
learning and teaching, and community engagement with deep
commitments to the values set forth in the NAEYC's Advancing Equity
in Early Childhood Education Position Statement.
A successful candidate could bring a variety of perspectives and
interests to the position, including but not limited to:

instructional expertise in areas such as (but not limited to)
(1) critical perspectives and justice-centered approaches to early
childhood education, (2) culturally and linguistically sustaining
pedagogies; (3) one or more curricular areas such as early
childhood math, science, or interactive media and digital
literacy
experience in coaching and supervising early childhood
educators
experience and/or instructional expertise in inclusive
education and disability studies in early childhood
The position will carry the non-tenure rank of Assistant
Teaching Professor and is a three-year, 9-month position at 100%
FTE with two paid months of summer available based on curricular
need. Renewal of this appointment will be considered in the second
year of the appointment. There are two positions available to be
filled.
Primary responsibilities include:

Serve as a member of both the Early Care and Education (ECE,
online) and Early Childhood and Family Studies (ECFS, on campus)
program teams (including other faculty, staff, and graduate
students) that collaboratively plan and maintain the curriculum for
these programs, including both required core courses and electives
for undergraduates. Participate in the programs' ongoing work to
make meaningful connections between university and community
partners to support young children and their families to thrive in
building racially equitable and socially just communities.
Be the lead instructor for the ECFS senior project course
sequence designed to support students completing a yearlong
culminating community-based project that integrates research,
policy, and teaching practice, and is aligned with NAEYC's
Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood
Educators Develop and teach foundational courses (both on campus
and online), including methods courses in the area of early
learning.
Develop and teach additional elective courses in partnership
with other faculty that pertain to emerging program needs and the
candidate's areas of expertise and practice.
Work with the ECFS and ECE academic advisers and Lead Faculty
to provide support structures and processes for monitoring student
progress through the program that supports the College's efforts to
diversify the early childhood educator workforce.
Collaborate with the Community-Based Learning Coordinator to
cultivate partnerships with university or community organizations
to link theory with practice and build shared capacity to do
justice and equity work together.
Collaborate with the early learning faculty and staff in the
development and implementation of recruitment efforts to support
Black, Indigenous, and students of color. Contribute to
practices and curriculum that help BIPOC students thrive as members
of our college community.
Participate in undergraduate events to promote the mission of
the college and the Undergraduate Programs.
Work with and develop just relationships with diverse groups of
adult learners who hold both historically privileged and excluded
identities, including race, culture, gender identity, sexual
identity, social class, age, language, well-being, mental health,
disability, and/or religion.
The UW College of Education, the nation's 5th ranked public
school of education, dedicates its resources to making excellent
education a daily reality for all students and is committed to
solving real-world educational challenges and closing opportunity
gaps. Members of the College maintain a set of active partnerships
with more than 300 educational institutions in the region, state,
and nation-schools, school districts, community-based
organizations, informal educational institutions, and professional
organizations. Our College's mission leads us to invest in
recruiting colleagues who demonstrate experience with, knowledge
of, and a commitment to working with culturally diverse communities
to address pressing educational challenges and foster a more just
and caring society. The University of Washington is committed
to building a vibrant environment for American Indian and
Indigenous Studies. The University's growing infrastructure
includes the Department of American Indian Studies; the Indigenous
Wellness Research Institute; the Intellectual House, a
longhouse-style facility opened in 2015; the Burke Museum's Bill
Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Indian Art; and the newly
developing Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and
service.
Required qualifications include:

An earned doctorate (e.g. PhD or EdD) or foreign equivalent in
Education or other relevant field by the date of appointment, with
a strong emphasis in an area including, but not limited to, early
learning development, sociocultural learning theory, curriculum and
program development, critical and culturally sustaining pedagogies,
and/or educational and social policy
A minimum of two years of early elementary or preschool
teaching experience. Positive factors for consideration include,
but are not limited to, teaching experience in settings serving
racially, socioeconomically, and culturally diverse communities,
including publicly-funded early childhood programs,
community-centered non-profits, home-based care or private
centers.
Applications should include

A detailed letter describing qualifications for the position,
including academic preparation and experience; 2. Curriculum vitae;
3. The names and contact information of 3 individuals who can
provide written references (Please do not send letters of
recommendation at this time; the College of Education will request
letters for all semi-finalists); 4. A one-page diversity statement
describing your experience and commitment to diversity, equity and
inclusion; your philosophy of teaching and learning and how it
supports university-school-community partnerships; and how your
work will further the College of Education's commitment to racial
equity and social justice; 5. Any additional materials that you
might provide to evidence relational, justice-centered teaching
practices.
Please submit applications electronically to Interfolio at
https://apply.interfolio.com/98710.
The committee will begin reviewing applications on January 15,
2021. The position will remain open until filled. Appointment to
commence on or about September 16, 2022. Please send queries about
this position to Dr. Lynn Dietrich, Assistant Dean for
Undergraduate Programs at lynn76@uw.edu.
Search committee members include: Lynn Dietrich (search chair),
lynn76@uw.edu; Maggie Beneke,
beneke@uw.edu; Miriam Packard,
mpackard@uw.edu; Soojin Oh
Park, parkso@uw.edu; Scott
Weatherman, weather9@uw.edu, and Zainab Alhassani, zeeuw@uw.edu.
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College of Education (http://education.washington.edu),
our mission and goals, research and outreach activities, faculty,
and academic programs, please visit us on the web.
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consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed,
religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status,
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disability, or protected veteran status.
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Additionally, the University's Faculty Code recognizes faculty
efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity
and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty
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