Job description
Chickasha, OK
SALARY: $53,000
REPORTS TO: Dean of the School of Education and Speech-Language Pathology
BENEFITS: Institutional fringe package includes pension plans, life, health, dental and vision insurance
POSITION DETAILS: Full-time
HOURS: Dependent upon class times and faculty responsibilities.
START DATE: Spring 2025
SUPERVISORY DUTIES: N/A
ABOUT USAO: The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) is a public liberal arts college located in Chickasha, Oklahoma, about 40 minutes from Oklahoma City, and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). It is charged by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education “to provide an outstanding general education program for the State of Oklahoma with strong offerings in the liberal arts and sciences. The experience will feature interdisciplinary team-teaching and will extend throughout the undergraduate experience.” To support this charge USAO is directed “to assemble a faculty whose interests, knowledge, and experiences transcend their specialized fields of graduate study and who are dedicated to liberal arts education.” For more information about USAO, seewww.usao.edu.
POSITION SUMMARY: The School of Education and Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level effective Spring 2025.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The primary responsibility of the person filling this position will be to teach undergraduate level courses in the Deaf Education major program and in the Special Education minor program commensurate with the applicant’s qualifications and experience. Other duties include advising Deaf Education majors and minors, advising Special Education minors, advising ASL minors, recruitment for these programs, correspondence with the Oklahoma School for the Deaf, accreditation efforts and reports, maintaining office hours, supervising teacher candidates, serving
on committees, participating in university activities, and engaging in professional development/scholarly activity.
QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Candidates with an earned Doctorate in Education are preferred. Minimum qualifications require an earned M.Ed., teacher certification in a Special Education or Deaf Education area, and a minimum of three years of teaching experience in a public school in a PK-12th grade level Deaf Education or Special Education classroom. Candidates with experience in accreditation may receive additional consideration. Selected candidates must demonstrate a high degree of individual initiative and high standards of personal and professional dispositions.
How to apply
You MUST complete the USAO application at ( https://usao.edu/about/personnel.html ). Upon completing the USAO application, please attach a letter of interest, detailed resume, 3 professional/academic references, and any necessary transcripts to [email protected].
Application review begins immediately and will continue until position is filled. Employment is contingent upon the results of a national criminal and sex offender background check.
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, a member of COPLAC, is Oklahoma’s only publicly supported four-year liberal arts college. A function of the institution is to provide an outstanding general education program with strong offerings in the liberal arts and sciences. The program features interdisciplinary team teaching and extends throughout the student’s entire undergraduate experience. Operating on a flexible trimester system which permits the opportunity for accelerated studies, USAO offers a limited number of career, professional and specialized degree programs which are especially strengthened when combined with an interdisciplinary, liberal arts foundation. The University is located in central Oklahoma, 35 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, in a community of 16,000.
