henderson who-is-at duq3.cc.duq.edu
gary shank
shank who-is-at duq.edu
Duquesne University School of Education -- Faculty Position Anticipated
Vacancy Notice
1. Do you possess a doctoral degree in educational leadership or in a
comparable field?
2. Have you had successful experience in a school superintendency or in a
similar position?
3. Are you energized by the prospect of preparing aspiring educational
leaders for positions of responsibility in the 21st Century?
4. Are you a good teacher? . . . a productive scholar?
5. Are you excited about the prospect of building programs and exercising
initiative and entrepreneurial action while depending on your colleagues to
support and critique your efforts?
6. Are you looking for a career in higher education (even if the salary is
not commensurate with your current level of administrative compensation)?
7. Can you effectively utilize technology in service of teaching and learning?
If your answer to these questions is "Yes," please consider
applying for the position of Assistant / Associate Professor (non-tenure
stream) in the Department of Foundations and Leadership in Duquesne
University's School of Education -- "Home of the Nation's Leading
Teachers." Your responsibilities will include coordination of the new
doctoral program cohort of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program for
Educational Leaders (IDPEL) that Duquesne University is establishing at
Shippensburg University; coordination of The Leadership Institute, an
in-house means of providing workshop, colloquium, and in-service
educational leadership programs to aspiring and in-service school leaders;
and execution of other faculty teaching, scholarship, and service
responsibilities. The successful candidate will begin work on or about 1
July 1998. An initial one-year contract will be offered to the successful
candidate to be followed by renewable three-year contracts based upon
positive performance appraisals. Compensation and University benefits are
very competitive in higher education.
Please forward a letter of application/nomination, a copy of your
vitae, undergraduate and graduate college transcripts, and three letters of
professional reference (at least one of which should speak to your
potential to serve as a college faculty member) to Dr. James E. Henderson,
Dean, Duquesne University School of Education, 103C Canevin Hall,
Pittsburgh, PA 15282-0502. Applications and nominations will be accepted
until the position is filled.
Duquesne University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex,
age, religion, national origin, marital status or handicap. However, as an
institution operated in affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church in the
U.S., Duquesne University reserves the right to specify as a qualification
for employment the ability and willingness to support the values of Roman
Catholicism as set forth in the University Mission Statement.
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omnis mundi creatura
quasi liber et pictura
nobis est, in speculum,
nostrae vitae, nostrae mortis,
nostri status, nostri sortis
fidele signaculum.
--Master Alanus de Insulus, 12th century
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