Job Description Summary:

• Maintaining a 4/3 teaching load (the equivalent of seven three-hour courses or 21 credit hours) of undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses and modules. Courses are offered in university classrooms, while modules are field-based learning experiences which primarily are taught within partner sites. Enrolled students are pursuing Illinois teaching licensure in early childhood, elementary, secondary, and/or special education. 

• Teaching and program leadership of integrated and sequential modules focusing on our program, learning and developmental theory, teacher identity development, and teaching for social justice. These largely involve generalist modules for students with a variety of educational interests who have not yet chosen a specialty area.

• Teaching in elementary-focused courses and modules focusing on inclusive early elementary education, including methods across the content areas. 

• Fulfilling the service responsibilities of a clinical professor, including advising of students, supporting our accreditation process, continual service to T&L, the SOE, the larger university, community, and profession. This involves continual collaboration with T&L faculty across specialty areas in efforts to provide student supports, maintain high quality programming, and improve TLLSC. 

• Research and publication are not required, but opportunities for collaborative research are available and encouraged. 

• Maintaining and enhancing existing partnerships with schools and community agencies. This includes building partnerships with teachers and administrators to support field-based teaching and learning. 

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