Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education

Posting Number: F260053P

Open Date: 03/01/2026

Close Date
04/30/2026

Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor

Salary

$71,000 Annual

Benefits

This position is eligible for health, dental, life insurance and other benefits through Chicago State University. Click here for a complete list of benefits: https://csu.edu/humanresources/benefits.htm

Is Tenured/ Tenure Track: Yes

Full-time/ Part-time: Full-time

Job Description Summary

Chicago State University (CSU), is the oldest public university in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago State University is Illinois’ only four-year U.S. Department of Education-designated Predominantly Black Institution (PBI). CSU serves over 1,500 undergraduate students and nearly 900 graduate students. The university is a nationally accredited university with five colleges in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences and Pharmacy and proudly supports a diverse and non-traditional student population that hails from 28 countries and 36 states.

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All faculty positions are governed by the tenets of a collective bargaining agreement. Faculty are hired, evaluated, retained, promoted, and tenured on the basis of conditions covered in the union contract. Primary duties include teaching and related activities assigned during a 9-month year. It is expected that each faculty member engages in all three activities of teaching, research/creative activities and service.

Teaching: faculty members are expected to teach 4 to 8 credit courses per year; develop syllabi, teaching materials (ability to organize, analyze and present knowledge or materials) related to courses taught; and collaborate with other faculty in the development of new courses and/or programs. Some disciplines require discipline specific certifications and/or licensure in the field for practice or functioning within the State of Illinois; degree specific course work and/or graduate degrees in the discipline. In addition, faculty advise students, participate in professional development activities, as well as engage in assessment activities related to accreditation and program evaluation.

Research: Faculty members are expected to engage in research and/or creative activity germane to an academic discipline, which results in submissions and material as works in refereed, professional and/or general readership publications; submit and receive externally awarded grants; submit proposals for presentations at academic and professional conferences; or engage in creative pursuits if in a creative, performing or theatrical arts discipline.

Service: Faculty members are expected to serve on committees, programs, and/or special task forces at the department, college, university, professional and community levels; assume leadership roles over time and as they increase in rank. These activities are not for compensation and have a relationship to the employee’s assigned responsibilities and to the university.

Required Education

Earned terminal degree from an accredited university.

Meets tenure and/or rank requirements from a discipline within the unit as defined by the collective bargaining unit;

Previous academic experience at a four year college or university: 5 or more years teaching experience as determined by rank criteria;

Previous professional experience related to the discipline: 5 or more years as determined by the discipline and rank criteria; and

Record of scholarly research, creative activity in a discipline as well as receipt of competitive grants or externally awarded funding.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Primary background/experience in teaching Early Childhood classrooms;
* Illinois Professional Educator License with an Early Childhood endorsement, or the ability to acquire the Illinois PEL;
* A defined scholarly research agenda; and
* Collaborative experiences with public school systems, as well as public and private agencies relevant to the Early Childhood discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional experience in Special Education, Primary Education, and/or young ESL populations;
• Evidence of teaching at the college or university level for a minimum of two years;
• Experience supervising student teaching and other field experiences; and
• Experience with preparation for program recognition and/or accreditation.

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