Job description
The Department of Education at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Education at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2026. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of undergraduate future educators by teaching foundational courses (including co-teaching a course on differentiating instruction for English learners and students with disabilities), supervising field experiences and student teaching, preparing students to develop racial consciousness and employ culturally responsive/sustaining frameworks, advising students in academic and pre-professional development, and taking primary responsibility for state accreditation and program assessment processes. Faculty members are expected to be productive scholars; the College and department offer significant opportunities and support for faculty to engage in scholarly activity, including research with undergraduates and interdisciplinary teaching.
Salary: $74,190 – $79,000
Qualifications
Required:
- Doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction, education, educational psychology, special education, ESL, or a related field (advanced ABD will be considered)
- Advanced academic preparation and experience in special education and/or ESL
- Work in culturally responsive/sustaining education
- Three years experience as a licensed teacher in a U.S. elementary, middle, or high school
Preferred:
- Five or more years of recent K-12 teaching experience with a demonstrated record of success in teaching and supporting Latinx, Black, Asian American and Indigenous students
- College teaching and/or student teacher supervision experience
- Experience with program assessment and/or accreditation
- Expertise in reading instruction
- Administrator license
About the Department
The St. Olaf College Education Department strives to prepare reflective, anti-racist educators who adjust their plans, instruction, and assessments to continually increase their teaching effectiveness. We employ a culturally responsive-sustaining (CR-S) framework to equip teacher candidates to center historically marginalized voices in the curriculum, practice anti-racist pedagogy, and become advocates for social change. Our teacher candidates learn to affirm their students’ cultural identities, cultivate student-centered learning, and teach critical thinking skills. For more information about the department, visit wp.stolaf.edu/education.
We strive to be a campus of welcome where students, faculty, and staff thrive by bringing their full humanity-gender identity, sexuality, race, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic class, disability, religion, spirituality, and age-to St. Olaf each day. Our goal is to generate conversations and processes that over time create greater clarity, transparency, trust, cooperation, consensus, respect, and measurable outcomes. Practices that support this goal include listening, cultivating a growth mindset, respecting those with different views, being informed by data, and understanding that the work is ongoing, collaborative, organic, and ever evolving. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Community and Belonging website to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.
About Us
Who We Are:
Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.
The college offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 9% retirement match, contributions to eligible employees’ health savings accounts, a significant tuition discount (up to a 90% reduction) at ACM, GLCA, and ELCA colleges and universities for employees’ children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of the college’s benefits, please see the summary of our benefits here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/
To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.
A summary of the Flexible Work Policy for staff: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/
A link to our Community and Belonging page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/
A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483
An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/
An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/
For Staff Application Assistance:
507-786-3068
For Faculty Application Assistance:
[email protected]
507-786-3356
Nondiscrimination Policy
St. Olaf College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance. St. Olaf College prohibits discrimination and harassment based upon these and any other legally protected status in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admissions and employment.
Inquiries about this nondiscrimination policy may be referred to St. Olaf College’s Director of Equal Opportunity, the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights, or both. St. Olaf’s Director of Equal Opportunity (who serves as the College’s Title IX, Title VI, and Section 504 Coordinator) is Pamela McDowell, Tomson Hall, [email protected], (507) 786-3465.
How to apply
To apply, visit [email protected].
