Assistant Professor
Music
Posting: 9263
Location: Eugene
Closes: Open Until Filled
POSITION: Music Education
RANK & SALARY: Tenure-track appointment. Assistant Professor, salary commensurate with training and experience.
STARTING DATE: September 16, 2010
DUTIES: Primary responsibilities include teaching music education courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including teaching, directing, and supervising graduate research. Additional courses and responsibilities assigned are dependent upon departmental needs and candidate's expertise and can include curriculum development, assessment, technology, psychology of music, supervision of student teachers, and advising graduate and undergraduate students. Maintain an active program of appropriate research/scholarly, creative activity. Serve on committees and perform other appropriate university service. Position provides opportunities for Summer Session instruction.
QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate in Music Education by Fall 2010 required. Evidence of an exemplary record of teaching, including a minimum of three years in public schools. Candidates should have a demonstrated record of publication/research, experience in guiding graduate research, expertise in areas of research, statistics, measurement and evaluation, and the ability to produce scholarly writing and research sufficient to achieve tenure. We seek candidates with the demonstrated potential to contribute effectively to a faculty team dedicated to creating a positive, dynamic, and inclusive learning environment for an increasingly diverse student population.
SCHOOL: The School of Music and Dance has an enrollment of more than 400 music majors, 65 dance majors, and a faculty and staff of 100 plus 80 Graduate Teaching Fellows. A wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Music Education are offered including a B.M., Fifth-year program for Initial Teacher Licensure, M.M., and Ph.D. The music education program has consistently placed 100% of its graduates in teaching positions. The School is designated as the only full-range professional school of music and dance in the Oregon University System.
PROCEDURE: Interested and qualified candidates should send a letter of application, current r?m?urriculum vitae, at least three recent letters of recommendation sent by writers under separate cover, an example of professional or scholarly writing, and a DVD recording of unedited undergraduate and graduate teaching.
Please send application materials for this new position to this address:
Chair, Music Education Search Committee
School of Music and Dance
1225 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1225
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: November 15, 2009 or until the position is filled.
The University of Oregon is an AA/EO institution, committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. We seek candidates with a commitment to working effectively with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Official transcripts are required upon employment.
The UO School of Music and Dance
The University of Oregon School of Music and Dance celebrated its centennial in 1986 and has been a member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1928. It is a fully-accredited institution for degrees in music through the doctoral level, and is designated as the only full-range professional school of music in the Oregon University System, offering programs in performance, accompanying, music education, composition, theory, history, jazz studies, piano and string pedagogy, conducting, music technology, and music with a liberal arts emphasis. Since 1991, the School has included a Department of Dance. Our 540-seat Beall Concert Hall recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, and is acclaimed for its beauty and world-class acoustics.
The Eugene-Springfield Area
The Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area supports an amazing diversity of cultural, recreational, and educational opportunities. With a population of more than 250,000, the metropolitan area is large enough to have a full range of business and entertainment opportunities and small enough to retain a friendly, open atmosphere and a healthy environment. The community features resident symphony and chamber orchestras, as well as ballet, modern dance, and opera companies, community theatre groups, community band, art galleries, museums, and craft associations. Eugene's award-winning Hult Center for the Performing Arts attracts many guest performers, ranging from Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Dawn Upshaw and Marilyn Horne, to Ravi Shankar, Bobby McFerrin, the Tibetan Monks, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
For additional information, please visit the university and school's web sites at: www.uoregon.edu and www.music.uoregon.edu