Assistant Teaching Professor of Counselor Education

Posting Number PG193824EP

Internal Recruitment No

Working Title Assistant Teaching Professor of Counselor Education

Anticipated Hiring Range Commencement with experience

Work Schedule Monday – Friday

Job Location Raleigh, NC

Department Educational Leadership, Policy & Human Development (ELPHD)

About the Department

About the NC State College of Education

As one of the nation’s top-ranked public colleges of education, NC State’s College of Education leads the way in North Carolina in preparing extraordinary educators, conducting transformational research, and engaging communities where they are to improve the educational outcomes of all learners and advance the greater good.

The college’s faculty are widely-recognized thought-leaders who use their research to transform the practice of teaching, learning, and leading. They have particular strengths in improving technology-enhanced learning and teaching; fostering community-based learning and PK-16 partnerships; and innovating leadership and workforce development, educational policy, and evaluation. About two-thirds of the faculty are grant active. They are engaged in over 160 active projects totaling more than $115 million with a three-year average of $26 million in grants awarded, making them the most productive in terms of research activity compared with other colleges of education in North Carolina and among the Top 5% in the nation. In FY22, the college’s research expenditures exceeded $15.9 million.

The college has over 1,800 students studying across five graduate certificates, seven undergraduate majors, two undergraduate minors, 13 master’s degrees, three Ph.D., and two Ed.D. programs housed in three academic departments: Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development; Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education; and Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, with approximately 130 tenure-track and professional-track faculty, 110 support and professional staff, and about 160 graduate and teaching assistants. The College of Education is also home to the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

The college has over 17,000 living alumni, with over 5,000 working in public schools in North Carolina. Those who are teachers rate the highest in effectiveness on surveys of school employers in North Carolina.

NC State promotes an integrated approach to problem solving that transforms lives and provides leadership for social, economic, and technological development across North Carolina and around the world. NC State’s land grant mission of teaching, research and service is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Applicants are encouraged to review the institution’s mission, vision and strategic plan, and consider how their background, interest and experience would enable them to support the university.

About the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development

The Department of Education Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD) comprises 40 full-time faculty members and more than 750 students. ELPHD advances education through scholarship, leadership, and advocacy. Faculty in ELPHD prepare counselors, educational leaders, and workplace professionals who are committed to improve education—from K-12 schools, to community colleges and universities, to workplace training—through applied theory, rigorous research, professional ethics, and data-driven best practice. ELPHD offers graduate programs in Adult and Lifelong Education; Community College Leadership; Counselor Education; Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis; Educational Leadership; and Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice. The department emphasizes exemplary scholarship, teaching, and service in the context of a university education and has a vibrant research culture that inspires and guides students through teaching, advising, and dissertation supervision. As researchers and teachers, the faculty explore complex and pressing contemporary issues and problems facing education and society with a view toward solutions that will make a real, positive difference for students and higher education institutions.

Essential Job Duties

The NC State University Counselor Education program is an inclusive learning community. Our program integrates and operates from our values of inclusivity, justice, advocacy, collaboration, leadership, technology, and community engagement in our teaching, research, scholarship, and service. We have a long, rich history as leaders in counseling and counselor education, responsive to the counseling needs of North Carolina, the United States, and the world.

Established in 1946, with a foundation rooted in developmental theory, school counseling and career development, our program has evolved and emerged as an innovator of justice-centered counseling. A prominent example of our innovation is the Community Counseling, Education, and Research Center (CCERC) of the NC State Counselor Education Program, with the vision of a national model for world-class humanizing— counseling, supervision, education, training, research, and advocacy.

We offer CACREP-accredited master’s programs in clinical mental health counseling, college counseling and student development, and school counseling, in both on campus and online delivery modalities, along with a CACREP-accredited doctoral concentration in Counseling and Counselor Education. We also offer a four-course certificate program in counselor education.

Responsibilities Include:

• Prepare and teach on-campus (i.e., face-to-face) and online graduate counselor education classes (3 courses for the academic year), particularly, but not limited to, clinical courses, such as Techniques in Counseling, Practicum in Counseling, Internship in Counseling, and Supervision Practicum.
• Serve as on-campus clinical coordinator for three on-campus Master’s programs: clinical mental health counseling, college counseling, and school counseling.
• Serve as clinical coordinator for doctoral concentration in counseling and counselor education.
• Clinical coordination responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Site Supervisor training at the beginning of Fall for Practicum orientation and the end of the Fall for Internship orientation for the Spring.
  • Coordinate administration and maintenance of student clinical contracts, evaluations, and records.
  • Maintain communication with doctoral supervisors, faculty advisors, site supervisors, and students regarding clinical processes.
  • Communicate with faculty advisors regarding clinical placement.
  • Maintain, track, and file students’ clinical contracts and records
  • Make sure our clinical program is in compliance with CACREP, NCATE, NCDPI, Graduate School and Licensure standards.
  • Coordinate with Assistant Dean for Professional Education and Accreditation regarding electronic records and system management.
  • Coordinating clinical and internship experiences for doctoral students
  • Create, maintain, and/or update database of clinical sites/placements used by students for Practicum and Internship.
  • Communicate with the internship instructors regarding any documentation, such as contracts, logs, evaluations or any other records.
  • Communicate with students regarding required documentation for Practicum and Internship courses.
  • Coordinate scheduling for supervision involving doctoral and Master’s students.
• Attend ELPHD department and Counselor Education program meetings
• Advise and mentor students in the counselor education program
• Serve on counselor education dissertation committees
• Participate in recruitment and selection of future Counselor Education graduate students.
• Collaborate with other programs across the college as appropriate and needed
• Assist in department and college governance and outreach
• Integrate instructional technologies into courses
• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., site supervisors) across disciplines and across local, national, and international boundaries

Other Responsibilities

Minimum Education and Experience

• Doctoral Degree in Counselor Education or a closely related area by July 30, 2025.

Other Required Qualifications

• Evidence of effective teaching, advising and supervision; potential to establish scholarly research and publication.
• Demonstrated commitment to using emerging technology in teaching (online instructions and others), service, and research.
• Professional experience in counseling; appropriate professional memberships and identity as a counselor/counselor educator; understanding of the changing nature of counseling and counselor education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral degree from a CACREP-accredited program
• Experience with clinical coordination (e.g., clinical placement, collaboration with stakeholders, student/site supervisor orientation, etc.)
• Professional experience in clinical mental health settings, college, and school (K-12) settings.
• Leadership experience in the profession
• Professional counseling licensure
• Clinical supervisor licensure

Required License(s) or Certification(s)

Eligible for counseling licensure

Valid NC Driver’s License required No

Commercial Driver’s License required No

Job Open Date 12/02/2024

Anticipated Close Date

Special Instructions to Applicants

Please include a cover letter, resume/CV, and contact information for professional references.

Position Number 00108388

Position Type Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week) 1.0

Appointment 9 Month Recurring

Mandatory Designation – Adverse Weather Non Mandatory – Adverse Weather

Mandatory Designation – Emergency Events Non Mandatory – Emergency Event

Department ID 131601 – Educational Leadership, Policy & Human Development (ELPHD)

AA/EEO

NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process are welcome to contact 919-515-3148 to speak with a representative at the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity.

If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or [email protected].

Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.

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