Assistant Professor of Education

Assistant Professor of Education

Posted on 10/2/2025

Accepting applications

About this position

The School of Education at Florida Southern College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with experience in teacher education at the undergraduate and/or graduate level effective January 6, 2026.

Candidates must have earned a doctorate degree in education and have completed at least five years of successful teaching at the P-12 school level or teaching/administrating in an educational setting.

Candidates must have specialized knowledge in education, a promising research agenda, and dedication to professional service.

The successful candidate will possess proven skills in implementing engaged learning, the use of instructional technology, and student advising. In addition, they should be college-wide citizens skilled in effective committee work and other activities supportive of the college at large.

Much of our academic administration is performed by our faculty. They chair, or serve, on committees and they generate advice for the improvement of our over-all academic program. They often lead important college-wide functions such as faculty development programs, internships, international study and service learning. Candidates should be excited about sharing these responsibilities. Finally, it is important that faculty members be willing to consider leadership positions by serving as department chairs or division heads at some future time in their career.

The faculty member will be expected to:

Teach subject areas including, but not limited to, undergraduate and graduate education courses

Advise prospective and active students

Serve on dissertation committees

Perform departmental and institutional service

Demonstrate scholarly activity in accordance with the rank of the position

Other duties as assigned by the Dean of Education About our ideal candidate

Qualifications:

An earned doctorate from an accredited institution

Demonstrated record of P-12 teaching in U.S. public schools or teaching/administrating in an educational setting (five-year minimum).

Highly collaborative and dedicated to school-university partnerships.

Demonstrated record of publishing and presenting research

Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills Preferred:

Holds a current Florida P-12 teaching certificate or qualified to obtain one

Hold both ESOL and Reading Endorsements

Proof of Clinical Educator training

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and should include a cover letter and curriculum vitae. Ideally cover letters should not exceed two pages. All applications are treated confidentially.

About us

The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan.

The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves.

The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not. The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices. At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%. Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!

Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.

Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.

Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022." The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.