Collaborate with local school districts to improve elementary
student outcomes, including literacy education.
Demonstrate a commitment to teaching and working with a broad
range of students with various educational goals and needs.
Chair and serve on graduate student committees.
Provide service to the department and institution as well as
national, state, and local service to the profession.
Engage in academic scholarship, including grant writing, and
conducting and publishing in elementary literacy education (e.g.,
early literacy acquisition, oral language development, literacy
with English learners/multilingual learners, writing instruction,
teacher education in literacy).
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Earned EdD or PhD by August 2027, with expertise in teacher
education at the elementary level.
- Demonstrated experience or potential for teaching elementary
education literacy courses at the university level.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication
skills.
- An emerging record of publications in elementary literacy that
aligns with the assistant professor level.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with distance education delivery and learning
management systems.
- Evidence of ability to establish a program of research that
includes practicing professionals in field-based settings.
- Potential for obtaining extramural research funding through
grant writing and/or public/private contracts.
- At least two full-time years of demonstrated successful
experience teaching English Language Arts at the elementary level
(grades K-6) in U.S. schools.
Required Documents
Along with the online application, please attach:
- A curriculum vitae to be uploaded at the beginning of your
application in the Candidate Profile under "Resume/CV"
- Names and contact information for three (3) professional
references to be entered in the Candidate Profile
- A cover letter describing your qualifications for this position
to be typed/pasted at the end of your application
**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**
Advertised Salary
Commensurate with education and experience, plus excellent
benefits.
ADA
Employees typically work indoors and are protected from weather
and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature
changes.
College/Department Highlights
Department Highlights
The School of Teacher Education and Leadership offers undergraduate
programs for early childhood education (PK-3), elementary
education, and the professional education framework leading to
secondary education licensure in other teaching majors. We also
offer endorsement programs in early childhood education, literacy
education, and math education. Our graduate programs include a
Graduate Route to Licensure, a Master in Elementary teaching, a
Master in Secondary teaching, a MEd in school leadership, a MS,
MEd, and EdS in curriculum and instruction, an EdD in Education,
and a PhD in education with a specialization in curriculum and
instruction and concentrations in school leadership, literacy
education and leadership, mathematics education and leadership,
cultural studies in education, and science education.
As part of a land-grant institution, we deliver our programs to
students on campuses across the state of Utah through interactive
broadcasts and online delivery. We value our partnerships with
local, state, national, and international leaders and welcome the
many ongoing opportunities we have to collaborate toward common
goals. Drawing on an extensive knowledge base spanning both
theoretical and practice-oriented research, we design programs and
conduct research focused on improving the quality of teaching,
learning, and leadership in complex local and global
contexts.
Uintah Basin Campus Highlights
The Uintah Basin Campus offers excellent access to higher education
for approximately 900 students across the Roosevelt and Vernal
campuses, as well as through remote learning for students in rural
Utah. Located in one of the state's most diverse and dynamic
regions near the Colorado border, USU Uintah Basin also serves the
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, expanding
educational opportunities in a historically underserved area.
Spanning nearly 15,000 square miles in northeastern Utah, the
Uintah Basin forms an asymmetric bowl east of the Wasatch Mountains
and south of the Uintah Mountains. Once driven by agriculture and
mining, the region's economy has since diversified, with energy
extraction and tourism becoming key industries. Utah is a paradise
for outdoor recreation, and local attractions include Dinosaur
National Monument, Starvation Reservoir State Park, Flaming Gorge
National Recreation Area, and the Uintah Wilderness Area. Residents
enjoy easy access to breathtaking natural landscapes and year-round
recreational activities, including world-class hunting, fishing,
rafting, and hiking.
College Highlights
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education, Health, and
Human Sciences is committed to academic excellence in research,
teaching, and service activities across a wide array of education
and human service fields. The college is home to eight academic
departments with approximately 200 faculty who are engaged in
innovative research and high-level graduate and undergraduate
education. The college is consistently ranked by US News and World
Reports as one of the top Graduate Colleges of Education in the
country, ranking 26th among public institutions of higher education
in 2025 and 1st in the state of Utah for the past 25 years. The
college's programs and outreach missions are strengthened by an
on-campus elementary laboratory school and five stand-alone
centers, including the
Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for
Clinical Excellence,
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Research Center,
Center for the School of the Future,
Institute for Disability Research, Policy, &
Practice, and
National Center for Hearing Assessment
& Management. Faculty, students, and staff within the
college also engage with a broad range of community partners to
both provide opportunities for community-engaged research projects
and learning, which enhances the overall quality of education and
human service programs throughout the state of Utah.
University Highlights
As Utah's student-centered, land-grant research university, Utah
State University expands opportunity and strengthens communities
across the state through learning, discovery, extension, and
engagement. Founded in 1888, USU now holds two Carnegie
distinctions: R1 status for very high research activity and the
Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. Its innovative
research and scholarship is grounded in reciprocal partnerships
with local, regional, and global communities, advancing knowledge
and serving the public good across Utah, the nation, and the world.
With over 50 world-class research facilities and the nation's
second-oldest undergraduate research program, USU prepares students
to become active, civically engaged leaders who can address
critical societal challenges.
USU enrolls over 29,800 students, both online and in person at
locations throughout the state. Utah State's 30
locations include a main campus in Logan, Utah, residential
campuses in Price and Blanding, and six additional statewide
campuses, along with education centers serving every county. USU
educates students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
For over 100 years, USU Extension has served and engaged Utahns,
serving every county in the state.
Competing at the NCAA Division I level in 16 sports, USU is a proud
member of the Pac-12 Conference, which it joined July 1, 2026. The
Aggies capped a historic final season in the Mountain West by
capturing nine combined regular-season and tournament titles in
2025-26, with five teams advancing to postseason play. This
tradition of excellence extends to the classroom, where 232
student-athletes earned academic honors, and to the community,
where USU ranked second nationally in Division I service hours,
with nine teams placing in the top 10 for community service.
Utah State is dedicated to fostering a community where all
individuals feel respected, valued, and supported and where
diversity of thought and culture are cultivated. We seek to
recruit, hire, and retain people from all walks of life who will
champion excellence in education, research, discovery, outreach,
and service. We believe that promoting a strong sense of community
and belonging empowers and engages all members of USU to thrive and
be successful. Forbes recognized our commitment to employees when
it named
Utah State the best employer in
Utah in 2023.
Learn more about USU.
The university provides a Dual Career Assistance Program to support
careers for partners who are also seeking employment. Additionally,
USU is committed to providing access and a reasonable accommodation
for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable
accommodation for a disability, contact the university's ADA
coordinator in the Office of Human Resources at 435-797-0122 or
hr@usu.edu.
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