About This Role:

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor open-rank, tenure-track Professor of Counselor Education

Department: Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs

Appointment Type: Nine-month, tenure-track

Beginning Date for Employment: August 2025

Location of Teaching Site: College of Education, Kansas State University, Bluemont Hall, Manhattan, KS  66506        

The Department of Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs in the College of Education at Kansas State University (K-State) invites applications for an open-rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) professor in counselor education for the Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision and Ed.S. in School Counseling programs. The position offers the successful candidate an opportunity for providing programmatic leadership in counselor education along with collaboration with award-winning colleagues and students at a Research I university.

This position is based at the main campus in Manhattan, Kansas. Must be license-eligible in Kansas as an LPC, LCPC and/or school counselor license.

Responsibilities

The position involves teaching graduate courses for Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision and Ed.S. in School Counseling programs. The courses in these programs are offered via online instruction, either synchronously or asynchronously, and may incorporate supervision. Other responsibilities include engaging in research and creative endeavors, ensuring continued alignment of counseling programs with the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards, advising graduate students, seeking external funding, providing service, participating in faculty governance, and being involved with professional counseling organizations at the state, regional, and national levels.

This position is required to be performed on-site. Work is performed on employer premises or designated assignment location.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

 Required Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate from a CACREP-accredited Counselor Education program with a demonstrated focus in clinical mental health and/or school counseling (by May 2025)
• Effective written and oral communication skills, and collaboration with stakeholders
• Demonstrate knowledge/experience of CACREP accreditation
• Clear and discernible professional counseling identity
• Commitment to respecting shared differences in attributes, traits, and characteristics of all people
• Experience as a professional counselor (e.g., clinical mental health counseling, school counseling)
• Record of university teaching and advising commensurate with rank
• Experience with online instruction and advising
• Experience supervising counselors and counselors in training
• Record of peer-reviewed publications in counseling, counselor education, or education commensurate with rank
• Record of presentations at professional counseling conferences
• Active involvement in professional counseling associations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leadership experience in professional counseling associations
• Experience as a program coordinator, unit director, CACREP liaison, or clinical coordinator
• Experience in clinical mental health and school counseling
• Established record of successful teaching and advising
• Experience developing and teaching pedagogically sound online courses/advising
• Experience with professional supervision and/or instruction of supervision courses (e.g., Supervision Practicum, Doctoral Practicum/Internship)
• Experience teaching coursework in clinical assessment, psychopathology, and/or research methods
• Record of an active agenda of research and scholarship with demonstrated success in securing external funding

How to Apply:

Please submit the following documents:

1. A cover letter describing how your educational background and professional experience meet the required and preferred qualifications for the position;
2. Your curriculum vitae;
3. Transcripts showing your highest degree earned (unofficial transcripts may be submitted; official transcripts will be required prior to an offer); and,
4. Three letters of reference from your colleagues, professional supervisors, or professors.

For questions about the position, please contact Drs. Lorraine Dinkel (dink5@ksu.edu), and Jessica Lane (jjj3636@ksu.edu), Search Committee Co-Chairs.

Screening of Applications Begins:

Applications received by February 28, 2025, will receive priority; however, applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Anticipated Hiring Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications.