Department Chair for Elementary & Early Childhood Education

serve as a tenured Kennesaw State University seeks a highly accomplished scholar and strategic leader to Professor and Chair of the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education in the Bagwell College of Education with a preferred start date of July 1, 2025. This is a twelve-month administrative contracted position. This position is for work to be performed in the state of Georgia.

For a full description of this position, application deadlines, and application procedures, visit https://hr.kennesaw.edu/careers.php.  Search for Job ID 279359.

Responsibilities

As a key member of the College's administrative leadership team, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Cultivate excellence of the Department's academic programs and provide visionary leadership in developing innovative research, educational initiatives, and accreditation.
• Lead, manage, and advocate for a growing department comprised of a dedicated faculty and staff promoting student success, with respect to the mission and expectations of the department, college and university.
• Support, sustain, and expand the scholarly excellence of the department, and endeavor to be the leading program in the country.
• Collaborate with the EECE faculty and partners, to design, execute, and align the department's strategic plan to that of the college and campus strategic plans.
• Demonstrate effective and innovative leadership practices, including a commitment to shared governance.
• Evaluate faculty and staff performance according to departmental and university guidelines.
• Oversee the fiscal management of department resources.

Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.
 

Required Qualifications

• An earned doctoral degree, or the foreign equivalent, in Elementary or Early Childhood Education or closely related field with an academic background and appropriate credentials to be a tenured Professor in the Department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education in the Bagwell College of Education at KSU.
• Demonstrated record of effective teaching, supervision, mentoring and professional service.