Assistant/associate professor - educational leadership

Essential Functions

The Educational Leadership Department (EDL) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor of educational leadership to start August 2027. We seek candidates passionate about high quality scholarship, research, teaching, and service in educational leadership. The successful candidate will bring executive educational leadership experience, with superintendent experience strongly preferred, and will help position UNO as a statewide leader in superintendent preparation, development, and retention.

To be considered for this position, applicants should demonstrate success in teaching and the potential for or experience obtaining external research funding, with a well-defined research agenda. Community engagement is a core value of UNO and our program, and the successful candidate must be committed to working with both internal and external partners in Omaha and beyond.

The Department of Educational Leadership offers masters, specialist, and doctoral programs that also lead to certification in school leadership, including principal, special education director, and superintendent. The ideal candidate will have the experience and ability to teach a variety of courses across degrees and certifications. Nebraska is experiencing significant superintendent turnover and a growing need to prepare and retain executive school leaders; this position will help coordinate statewide collaboration and responsive supports for current and aspiring superintendents.

Duties

Duties include teaching courses; active engagement in scholarly research activities leading to publication; advising graduate students; supervising fieldwork and internship experiences; collaborating with community and school district partners; leading statewide collaboration and trusted networks focused on superintendent preparation, shortage, and retention; developing innovative learning opportunities for novice and practicing executive leaders; service activities at the program, department, college, university, and professional levels; and generating external funding. Advancing the department’s mission and vision.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to preventing and eliminating discrimination against employees and prospective employees based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. The University of Nebraska at Omaha does not condone or tolerate discrimination. In support of this policy, the University has implemented employment programs to recruit, employ, and promote qualified individuals based solely on their knowledge, skills, abilities and talents. These factors, along with our commitment to recruit, assess and select all candidates/employees using job-related criteria, ensure fairness, equal evaluation, and treatment in our selection decisions and processes.

Additional Duties

Responsibilities for this position include teaching courses; active engagement in scholarly research activities leading to publication; advising graduate students; supervising fieldwork and internship experiences; collaborating with community and school district partners; leading statewide collaboration and trusted networks focused on superintendent preparation, shortage, and retention; developing innovative learning opportunities for novice and practicing executive leaders; service activities at the program, department, college, university, and professional levels; and generating external funding.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regularly sits; may stand, walk. See, hear, speak and use of hands.

Required Qualifications

Doctoral degree in educational leadership or closely related field and successful executive educational leadership experience; superintendent experience is strongly preferred. Successful candidate must have content and working knowledge of the Professional Standards of Educational Leaders (PSELs) and evidence of ability to engage in professional service. The successful candidate will advance the department’s mission and vision through teaching, scholarship, and statewide educational leadership collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be given to candidates with successful superintendent-level leadership and demonstrated ability to build trusted statewide partnerships and professional networks, proven ability to conduct meaningful educational research, and evidence of educational leadership network.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regularly works indoors. Noise level is low to moderate.

Work Schedule

Varies