Description
Marquette University - Advanced Rank, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Educational Leadership
The Department of Educational Policy and Leadership (EDPL) at Marquette University is seeking candidates for an advanced rank, tenure-track position focused on Educational Leadership to support the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership (Principal, Director of Instruction) and PhD/Superintendent certification programs beginning Fall 2026. Candidates must be able to teach graduate-level educational leadership and doctoral classes, provide strategic vision and academic leadership for programs, pursue an active research agenda (including participating in the pursuit of grant funding), advise dissertations, and engage in service to the university and/or community as appropriate. Faculty are expected to teach across programs as needed and appropriate.
Situated in the College of Education, EDPL consists of fifteen faculty members and offers undergraduate majors in Teacher Education and Educational Studies, master’s degrees in Educational Leadership, Student Affairs in Higher Education, and Public Service, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Leadership which may include Superintendent certification.
Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit University with 8,100 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate and professional students across a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs. We seek candidates who understand and respect the University’s Jesuit Mission Statement, which can be found at http://www.marquette.edu/about/mission.shtml. Marquette follows a teacher-scholar model, in which teaching and research are both valued. Candidates should have a record of research reflecting strong conceptual foundations and rigorous methods, as well as effective teaching and leadership experiences.
Marquette University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity and equity for all individuals including age, culture, faith, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, language, disability, and social class (http://www.marquette.edu/diversity/statement.shtml). The university is located in Milwaukee, a large and ethnically diverse city. The university and department support community engagement in teaching, research, and service.
In keeping with the teacher-scholar model, faculty are expected to:
- Teach Educational Leadership (online, hybrid, in-person) and other courses (undergraduate or graduate) in the candidate’s area of expertise.
- Advise students in the Educational Leadership and doctoral programs.
- Direct and advise dissertations in education-related fields.
- Provide strategic vision and academic leadership for the Educational Leadership master’s program, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards.
- Pursue an active research agenda, including participating in the pursuit of grant funding.
- Engage in service to the EDPL department, university, profession, and community as appropriate.
The successful candidate will:
- Teach online, hybrid, or in-person in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership. Evaluate student learning using appropriate assessment methods.
- Advise and mentor Educational Leadership and doctoral students regarding course selection and professional development.
- Serve as chair or co-chair of dissertation committees, guiding students in study design and implementation.
- Provide vision, leadership, administrative support, and recruitment for the Educational Leadership program in collaboration with other faculty and in conjunction with accreditation standards.
- Pursue scholarship and publication through established and active research agenda that includes pursuit of grant funding.
- Engage with colleagues in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership and across the university to advance goals of Educational Leadership.
- Engage with the profession and community to advance educational aims.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Earned doctorate in education.
- Quantitative and/or qualitative research experience.
- K-12 and/or college level teaching experience.
- Experience and/or licensure as a principal, director of instruction, or superintendent.
- Successful mentoring of doctoral students.
- Established research agenda.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of or experience in K-12 Catholic and/or large, urban school districts.
- Experience teaching online and hybrid courses.
- Demonstrated ability to procure grant funding.
- Capacity to teach courses in in Teacher Education, Public Service, and/or Student Affairs in Higher Education when warranted.
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