The School of Education (SOE) at Loyola University Chicago invites applications for a 1-year (2024 - 2025 academic year) non-tenure track Clinical Assistant Professor position in the School Psychology program area. The selected individual will join faculty in the SOE’s CAEP-accredited undergraduate and graduate programs, all of which are shaped around the SOE’s conceptual framework of advancing professionalism in the service of social justice. The School Psychology Program is NASP and APA approved.
The main responsibilities of the selected candidate include the following:
- Primary responsibility of teaching.
- Maintain a 2/3 teaching load (teaching two courses in the fall and three in the spring or vice versa depending on course needs/interests) of graduate courses in the NASP-approved EdS and APA-accredited PhD programs. Other courses may include teaching courses for the EdD CAEP-accredited fully online program designed for practicing school psychologists.
- Serve as the Capstone Director for 6-8 culminating capstone projects for students in the EdD program. This responsibility is equivalent to teaching one course each semester.
- Advise school psychology students, engage in service and program development to the school psychology programs, specifically in taking a lead role in the delivery of cohort and program specific trainings and events with graduate students, provide service to the SOE, and the larger university, community, and profession.
Successful candidates will demonstrate expertise in assessment, prevention, intervention, individual and systems-level consultation and collaboration within a MTSS framework. We seek candidates who demonstrate a strong commitment to anti-racist school psychology pedagogy, urban education, and dedication to serving a historically minoritized P-12 student body in the greater Chicago area consistent with Loyola University Chicago’s commitment to advancing social justice through transformative education. Candidates will demonstrate a commitment to collegiality and collaboration within the School Psychology programs and larger SOE and University community.
About Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Jesuits, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Loyola's professional schools include programs in medicine, nursing, and health sciences anchored by the Loyola University Medical Center.
Comprising eleven colleges and schools, Loyola offers over 80 undergraduate and 140 graduate/professional programs and enrolls approximately 16,000 students. Loyola has six campuses across the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as a campus in Rome and guest programs in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City. The flagship Lake Shore Campus is on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago, eight miles north of the Loop.
