COE-3829, Assistant Professor of Secondary & Middle School Education | Towson University - Military Veterans

Assistant Professor of Secondary & Middle School Education  

Department of Secondary & Middle School Education  

College of Education

COE-3829

Position:

The College of Education invites applications for a tenure-track, 9-month position in the Department of Secondary & Middle School Education beginning August 2025. Assistant Professor in Secondary & Middle School Education to teach courses in adolescent literacy for students in grades 6 – 12 with a focus on assessment and remediation of reading challenges in middle and high-school students. Expertise in adolescent literacy, disciplinary literacy, and writing is necessary. 

Qualifications:

A doctorate in education with a focus on adolescent literacy or a closely allied field and at least three years successful teaching experience in a grade 6-12 setting. Demonstrated excellence in teaching. Demonstrated evidence of scholarly expertise in adolescent literacy and active research agenda. Proven ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse student body and to support the University’s Diversity Strategic Plan . Experience with supervision or mentorship of teachers and pre-service teachers. Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills. Preferred qualifications include experience working in and with urban school settings as well as success in seeking external grant funding.  

Responsibilities:

Teach undergraduate and graduate courses, work closely with interns, teachers, and students integrating inquiry and practice in the context of professional development schools; collaborate with colleagues across the college and region and demonstrate knowledge of curriculum, assessment, digital literacy, and multimodal literacies. Applicants will demonstrate the potential for strong research, excellent teaching, service, and external grant seeking aligned with the college’s expected outcomes of impact, innovation, and engagement toward R2 status and the university’s new strategic plan. Applicants will commit to shared governance through active participation and service to the department, college, university, and discipline. 

Towson University:

Towson University ( www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is the Baltimore area’s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 19,000 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has of 900 full-time faculty, and offers 65 bachelor’s, 42 master’s, and 4 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia.  

Application Process:

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Priority is given to complete applications received by November 25 th . Upload the following application items:

a cover letter

curriculum vitae

copies of graduate transcripts

two samples of published scholarship, and

contact information for four references.

Click here to apply. Please note that the search number for which you are applying is COE-3829.

Please be sure to visit the Applicant Data Form to complete a voluntary on-line form. All data collected are for internal, state, and/or federal reporting and will not be used for other purposes.

Please address Dr. Laura Jacobs, lejacobs@towson.edu for any application questions.

Official copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts are required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

Salary and Benefits :

Targeted Salary Range: $63,000 - $70,000 commensurate with experience.

Benefits:  TU offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes excellent health, life and retirement plans; and tuition remission. To learn more about our benefits, click here for regular faculty/regular lecturer or here for contingent lecturer. TU also offers a variety of great perks and discounts, which can be found here.

Background Check:

A Criminal Background Investigation is required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

COVID-19 Statement:

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and neighbors has been our top priority and the focus of every one of our decisions since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the University System of Maryland (USM) has strongly encouraged full COVID vaccination and

up-to-date booster shots (when eligible) for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM as both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Towson University is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in “A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 – 25).” TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years. We encourage applications from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expressions, national origins, ages, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientations and belief backgrounds.