Job Description

About the Department
About the NC State College of Education
As one of the nation’s top-ranked public colleges of education, NC State’s College of Education leads the way in North Carolina in preparing extraordinary educators, conducting transformational research, and engaging communities where they are to improve the educational outcomes of all learners and advance the greater good.
The college’s faculty are widely-recognized thought-leaders who use their research to transform the practice of teaching, learning, and leading. They have particular strengths in improving technology-enhanced learning and teaching; fostering community-based learning and PK-16 partnerships; increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in education; and innovating leadership and workforce development, educational policy, and evaluation. About two-thirds of the faculty are grant active. They are engaged in over 200 active projects totaling more than $125 million, making them the most productive in terms of research activity compared with other colleges of education in North Carolina and among the Top 5% in the nation. In FY23, the college’s research expenditures exceeded $14 million.

The college has over 1,600 students studying across five graduate certificates, seven undergraduate majors, two undergraduate minors, 13 master’s degrees, three Ph.D., and two Ed.D. programs housed in three academic departments: Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education; and Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, with approximately 130 tenure-track and professional-track faculty, 110 support and professional staff, and about 160 graduate and teaching assistants. The College of Education is also home to the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

The college has over 18000 living alumni, with over 6,000 working in public schools in North Carolina. Those who are teachers rate the highest in effectiveness on surveys of school employers in North Carolina.

NC State promotes an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and around the world. NC State’s land grant mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision and strategic plan, and consider how their background, interest and experience would enable them to support the university.

STEM
The Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM Education) comprises over 24 full-time faculty members, 400 undergraduate students, and 150 graduate students. STEM Ed advances education through scholarship, leadership, and advocacy. Faculty in STEM Ed prepare professionals who have deep content knowledge, demonstrate a strong working knowledge of effective discipline-based pedagogies, and realize the potential of digital technologies to enhance learning. The department offers a Ph.D. in Learning and Teaching in STEM with concentrations in Mathematics and Statistics Education, Science Education, and Engineering and Technology Education. The department also offers an online Master of Education degree in STEM Education, with additional concentrations in Mathematics and Statistics Education, Science Education, and Engineering and Technology Education. In addition, STEM Ed offers undergraduate programs in Science Education, Mathematics Education, and Technology, Engineering and Design Education as well as an online Master of Arts in Teaching in all three content areas. Through the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as well as two minors and a graduate certificate, the department exemplifies an innovative merging of teacher education and the learning sciences that results in new pathways for teaching, scholarship, leadership, and service.
Essential Job Duties
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Assistant Teaching Professor to join our team, focusing on undergraduate education in Technology Education. The successful candidate will teach a variety of courses, mentor students pursuing licensure, and actively engage with student organizations. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of future educators and professionals in technology and engineering.

Job Duties
Teach in-person undergraduate courses on Technology Education licensure, methods, core technology, engineering and design education, technical graphics, and advanced technical graphics.
Mentor and support undergraduate students pursuing Technology Education licensure.
Advise undergraduate students on academic and career-related matters.
Collaborate with and support student organizations related to technology and engineering education.
Contribute to curriculum development and program improvement efforts.
Engage in departmental and university service as needed.
Other Responsibilities
Attend meetings and conferences within the field
Present and conduct practitioner-based research within the program area

Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
Doctorate in Technology Education or Engineering Education (K-12) or equivalent.
Other Required Qualifications
Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and service.
Experience with teacher education in an engineering/technology-related area.
Ability to teach in areas related to teaching methodology, technical engineering graphics communications, engineering design, and general materials and processes laboratory.
Demonstrated capacity to work with all students as well as to prepare future education professionals
Minimum of three years teaching experience in K-12 education.
Preferred Qualifications
6-12 CTE/Technology Education teaching license from a state
Ability to teach advanced areas of CAD and engineering design graphics.
Ability to teach licensure methods courses