Associate Faculty, MEd Curriculum and Instruction, Capstone Project

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City University of Seattles School of Education and Leadership is seeking an experienced educational leader for course ECU 601- Capstone Projectin our MEd in Curriculum and Instructionprogram.

This capstone course gives students the opportunity to apply what they have learned throughout the program to an authentic problem of practice in their school or classroom. Students identify an important educational challenge explore relevant research develop a focused research question and use evidence and data to better understand the issue and inform practical recommendations for improving educational practice.

As an Associate Faculty member you will guide students through this applied research process helping them connect their professional experience with scholarly research and evidence. You will support students as they refine their problems of practice develop appropriate research questions and methodologies synthesize existing research interpret data and translate their findings into meaningful recommendations for their educational settings.

In this course students will:

• Identify and clearly describe a problem of practice within a school or classroom setting
• Develop appropriately scoped research questions to explore their problem of practice
• Locate evaluate and synthesize existing research into a literature review
• Select appropriate research designs methodologies and methods
• Analyze and interpret data and research findings
• Develop evidence-informed recommendations for addressing a problem of practice and improving educational practice

What Were Looking For

We are looking for an experienced educator who can help graduate students bridge research and practice and who understands the realities of conducting applied inquiry in K-12 educational settings.

Required qualifications:

• Masters degree in Education or a closely related field
• Experience as a K-12 classroom teacher instructional coach and/or school-level educational leader
• Experience applying research data or evidence to inform educational practice

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience teaching mentoring or advising graduate students
• Experience supporting educators with action research practitioner inquiry or other applied research
• Familiarity with research design qualitative and/or quantitative research methods and data analysis
• Experience teaching or facilitating learning in an online or hybrid environment

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand sit talk hear and perform repetitive motions of the hands or wrists.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand walk grasp or handle stoop or bend and reach.

Working Conditions:

The working conditions described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is generally performed indoors in a typical office and classroom setting.
• Weekend hours may be required depending on class availability.

Salary Information:

Associate Faculty compensation ranges from $500 to $4600 per course assigned. Compensation varies based on factors including course level (undergraduate or graduate) number of course credits and enrollment.

City University of Seattle accepts applications through this online process only. For consideration please submit a complete application packet. A complete application includes the following:

• Completed Electronic Application Form
• Resume
• Cover Letter

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City University of Seattle is an equal opportunity employer and is continuously working to build a diverse faculty and staff. City University strongly encourages inquiries from all qualified individuals interested in becoming part of the CityU team including women Aboriginal peoples persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.