Assistant Professor of Urban Secondary Education - Military Veterans

Job Description

Metro State University, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor of Urban Secondary Education. This is a full-time, probationary/tenure-track position within the School of Urban Education and will start on August 18, 2025.

Responsibilities

Faculty members are expected to:

• Demonstrate the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate level urban secondary education program courses effectively to a post-traditional student population rooted in strategies that guide teacher candidates successfully to licensure, and contribute to the meaningful assessment of student learning aligned to state licensure standards. Â
• Coordinate and manage undergraduate and graduate urban secondary education licensure programs with collaboration skills that will further strengthen and grow these programs, including working with arts and sciences colleagues in academic major departments to ensure program strength and cooperatively support teacher candidates.
  • (NOTE: This work is done in addition to teaching and advising responsibilities through a reduced instructional credit load.)
• Engage in scholarly activity, creative achievement, and/or research.
• Provide evidence of continuing preparation and study.
• Contribute to student growth and development through advising and assistance.
• Engage in service to the university and community.
• Demonstrate a commitment to serving a diverse student body by delivering a student-centered education and using approaches that support equitable outcomes for all students.
• Provide excellent learning environments through in-person, online, and/or hybrid course modalities.
• Work regularly from the School of Urban Education primary campus for effective, in-person meetings and collaborative engagement with colleagues in the School, and students while also working remotely at times, as well as attend other meetings across the university.

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of a master's degree in Secondary Education, Curriculum & Instruction, English Education, Math Education, Science Education, Social Studies Education, or Urban Education, with enrollment in a doctoral program for fields in which the doctoral degree is the terminal degree. Doctoral program must be successfully completed within 5 years to meet the requirement for tenure.
• Currently or previously licensed to teach middle and high school English/language arts, mathematics, science or social studies within the U.S.
• Extensive understanding and effective application of culturally responsive teaching strategies based on middle and/or high school teaching experience with BIPOC students from background whose incomes are below the federal poverty threshold in urban, inner-ring suburban, or tribal settings in which such students represented a majority or near majority of the student population.
• Demonstrated interest in faculty position that prioritizes teaching and emphasizes teaching excellence.
• A plan for scholarly activity, creative achievement, and/or research in the specified discipline(s), or related disciplines.
• Effective communication skills (written & verbal) to communicate with a variety of persons and groups.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with students and colleagues who are culturally, economically, and linguistically diverse.
• Specific Technical, Computer, and/or Software skills (as needed).

Preferred QualificationÂ

• A completed terminal degree (PhD, EdD) in Curriculum & Instruction, Secondary Education, English Education, Math Education, Science Education, Social Studies Education, Urban Education or closely related field.
• At least 5 years licensed teaching experience in urban grades 6-12 schools within the U.S.
• Experience coordinating or directing an academic program at a post-secondary level.
• Demonstrated organizational, time management, communication and collaborative leadership skills needed to effectively manage, grow and support the continuous development of urban secondary education licensure programs with cross-disciplinary understanding.
• Demonstrated effectiveness teaching at a post-secondary level.
• Experience developing course curricula at a post-secondary institution.
• Demonstrated contributions to assessment of student learning at a post-secondary institution.
• Professional development and/or expertise in culturally responsive pedagogy, anti-racist pedagogy, and/or universal design.
• Experience as an academic advisor for students at post-secondary institution.

Other Requirements

Notice : In accordance with the Minnesota State Vehicle Fleet Safety Program, employees driving on university business who use a rental or state vehicle shall be required to conform to Minnesota State's vehicle use criteria and consent to a motor vehicle records check.

About

Metro State University empowers learners to transform their lives and communities through relevant, student-centered education in an inclusive, anti-racist, and supportive learning environment.

Metro State University provides an excellent, inclusive, and engaging education to eliminate opportunity gaps and empower our students to lead our communities to a prosperous and equitable future. The university offers programs leading to baccalaureate, masters, and applied doctoral degrees. We provide accessible, high quality liberal arts, professional, and graduate education with continued emphasis on marginalized groups, including adult learners. Metro State is a five-time recipient of the Insight into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, most recently in 2023. Federally recognized as a Minority Serving Institution, its employees serve more than 9,000 post-traditional learners, two-thirds of whom identify as belonging to communities of color or American Indian nations, are first in their family to attend college, and/or are eligible for Pell Grants. Since we do not operate residential facilities, Metro State University students all commute to class locations across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, or take their courses wherever they are through our many distance-learning and hybrid course offerings, allowing Metro State to truly be âœwhere learning meets living.â Metropolitan State is recognized by CollegeNet as a leading higher education promoter of social mobility for students (Ranked # 31 out of 1,206 in 2024). Recognized in 2008 and 2016 by the Carnegie Foundation for Community Engagement, the university is committed to academic excellence and community engagement through curriculum, teaching, scholarship, and services designed to support an urban mission. As a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Metro State University actively works to achieve the