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The University of Alabama will be conducting a search for an assistant professor of mathematics education in our elementary education program area. Attached is the full description of the position.
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education at The University of Alabama invites applications for an energetic, full-time tenure-track faculty member to join the elementary education faculty in the area of elementary mathematics education. U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 rankings placed The University of Alabama 46th among public universities nationwide. The total enrollment has grown 29% since 2008, reaching a record high of 37,665 that includes more than 50% of out-of-state students. The University of Alabama students continue to win prestigious national awards and recognition, with more than 500 National Merit Scholars currently enrolled. Fifty-one UA students have been named Goldwater Scholars, including four in 2017. The University of Alabama has produced a total of 15 Rhodes Scholars, 16 Truman Scholars, 32 Hollings Scholars and 11 Boren Scholars. Forty percent of the 7,559-member freshman class scored a composite of 30 or higher on the ACT.
The elementary education program offers students dual Early Childhood (birth-grade 3) and Elementary Education (K-6) certification. Small class sizes (maximum of 25) allow students and faculty to engage in hands-on, research-based teaching methods. Elementary education includes approximately 500 majors seeking initial teacher licensure (grades Pre-K-6) and more than 50 graduate students in master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral degree programs. Elementary mathematics education has a strong partnership with secondary mathematics education faculty and the mathematics department demonstrated by a pair of three-year Math Science Partnership grants totaling $2.2M. In the last five years, existing STEM partnerships have generated over $5M in externally funded projects with more than $8M in submissions by mathematics education faculty this year.