Position Summary

The Department of Teacher Education at Fort Lewis College invites applications for a tenure-track Associate Professor, specializing in Special Education, to begin Fall Term 2027. The Teacher Education Department offers licensure programs in early childhood, elementary, several secondary and K-12 teaching areas, and five Master’s degree programs.

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

- A teaching load of 12 credits per semester with a 3-credit research release within the academic year. Teaching load will include teaching education courses, mentoring special education candidates, and program coordination. Additional duties include academic advising, scholarship, and service to the college and department, and contribution to accreditation and reauthorization processes.
- Responsive, respectful, and effective teaching of students from a range of identities
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities
- Maintain knowledge and awareness of digital accessibility including the American with Disabilities Act and Section 508
- Produce and remediate digitally accessible materials in accordance with FLC standards
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Normal full-time teaching load is 15 credit hours per term, including 12 credits of assigned courses and 3 credits of reassigned time for service. Tenured/Tenured Track Faculty also receive a three-credit release per year to support their scholarship/research.

Required Education, Specialized Skills and Experience

- Doctorate (Ph.D or Ed.D) in Special Education or closely related field




- A minimum of three years of experience as a Special Education Teacher in K-12 schools
- Appointment at the Associate Professor rank requires an advanced degree appropriate to the field, six years of successful teaching experience in higher education, and substantial evidence of professional development, consistent with the Fort Lewis College Faculty Handbook.
- An active scholarly agenda and demonstrated ability to fulfill teaching, scholarship, and service responsibilities at the Associate Professor level.
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusive instruction, student success, and collaborative academic work
- An active research agenda in Special Education or Special Education/Teacher Education

Preferred Education, Specialized Skills and Experience

- Undergraduate and/or graduate level higher education teaching and research
- Experience with online, hybrid and/or remote instruction
- Experience with academic program coordination
- Experience with and ability to manage state licensure requirements and processes, both traditional and alternative
- Experience with grant development and management
- Development of local and regional partnerships in rural areas

Reports To / Supervisory Responsibility

This position reports to the Chair of the Teacher Education Department.

Work Environment





The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that an employee can expect while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).
- Ability to work in a confined area.
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Physical Demands

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop kneel to install computer equipment
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
- Light to moderate lifting is required

Travel

Less than 5% is expected for this position.

FLSA Status/ Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

- Exempt
- Full-Time 1.0 FTE
- Permanent
- 9 Month Position.
- Typical Work hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Compensation

- Salary is $70,000, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

The successful candidate will be required to submit official transcripts and pass a background check.

About Fort Lewis College

On a sage-brushed mesa overlooking downtown Durango and the La Plata Mountains, Fort Lewis College is Southwest Colorado’s premier public undergraduate research institution. With more than half of the 3,300 students identifying as people of color, FLC’s academic programming and campus life thrive on nurturing safe, diverse spaces for intellectual exploration an

📌 Associate Professor of Teacher Education (Durango)
🏢 Fort Lewis College
📍 Durango