Western Washington University, with over 16,000 students across four locations, includes seven colleges and the graduate school. It is nationally and regionally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The largest campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, but this program is located in Everett, Washington, a coastal community of 112,000 overlooking Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 30 miles north of Seattle in Snohomish County, with a mix of rural and urban communities and 15 school districts. Faculty in the Multilingual Education program will work together across the 3 sites.

Western is the highest-ranking public, master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

Woodring College of Education supports Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. WWU’s commitment to institutionalizing inclusive practices seeks to ensure that we welcome and celebrate the intrinsic worth of all members of our community. We will become an even stronger university as we enhance equity at every level of our institution. We encourage applications from women, BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

Washington State’s Superintendent of Public Instruction has established the goal of ensuring “statewide access to dual language education to all students by 2040.” The Multilingual Education (MLE) Program at Western Washington University is responding to this call to grow capacity for dual language education in the State through innovative, residency-based, Grow-your-own (GYO) programming. We invite you to be part of recruiting, preparing, and supporting - in active collaboration with our partner school districts and Educational Service Districts (ESD) - a diverse generation of multilingual, equity-centered teachers prepared to work in dual language settings.

The two positions will be based in Snohomish County (Everett, WA), which recently received state funding to establish and build Dual language programs across 6 districts. Current Dual Language programs are Spanish English, 90-10 models. Multilingual learners across these districts vary tremendously in language and cultural background, so our commitment is to prepare elementary teachers able to support native language literacy across ML program types. Candidates in these programs work in one of our partner districts during the day, typically in paraeducator positions, and take courses during evenings, some Saturdays, and in hybrid formats.

All new faculty will be supported by and work in collaboration with experienced MLE faculty across program locations and their positions will be located in the Early

Childhood, Elementary and Multilingual Education Department of Western Washington University. Information about the WWU Multilingual Education Program and Snohomish County Multilingual Teaching Fellows Program can be found at: https://wce.wwu.edu/multilingual-education

• Earned doctorate at time of application or ABD at time of application in fields related to Bilingual/Multilingual Education. If ABD, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15th of the first year of employment (e.g., for a September 2025 start date, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15, 2026).
• Scholarly record or demonstrated scholarly potential sufficient to warrant appointment at the tenure-track assistant professor rank.
• A minimum of 3 years of K-12 teaching experience.
• Experience or potential to teach and develop courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in one or more of the focus areas (listed above) with a social justice and culturally sustaining orientation.
• Demonstrated experience and skill working with multilingual learners in K-12 and/or higher education settings and with diverse students, staff, and constituents, particularly those from historically marginalized communities.
• Expertise in one or more of the following:
  • -Literacy/Biliteracy
  • -Dual-language/bilingual education
  • -Family and community engagement
  • -Culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy and assessment practices
  • -Intersection of content area(s) expertise and dual language pedagogy
• For appointment at the tenure-track Associate Professor level (without tenure), demonstrated significant research and evidence of successful teaching commensurate with standards for promotion to associate professor in the department, college and university.

• Scholarly and professional experience in biliteracy development.
• A demonstrated record of scholarly research, including grant-funded research, in the area of Multilingual Education or closely related field.
• Experience working with residency-based and/or grow-your-own (GYO) district partnership teacher education programs.
• Demonstrated experience in successful teaching in higher education settings which include face to face, hybrid and online educational options.
• The ability to communicate fluently orally and in writing in two or more languages.
• Experience teaching in P- 8 Dual-language bilingual education and/or immersion settings.
• Leadership and demonstrated impact in innovative school/community/sovereign tribal nation and university partnerships.
• Record of ability to foster school and community partnerships and engage in learning collaboratively with students, families, school and community partners and colleagues.

Salary

The starting salary range for assistant professor appointment, tenure-track is generally between $74,000-$77,000, with placement within the position’s salary range being based on qualifications and professional experience. The entire salary range for the assistant professor position is $74,000 - $83,000, with the upper end of the salary range typically being achieved through collectively bargained salary adjustments.

The starting salary range for associate professor appointment, tenure-track is generally between $77,000-$80,500. The entire salary range for the associate professor position is $77,000-$93,000 with the upper end of the salary range typically being achieved through collectively bargained salary adjustments.

Relocation assistance may be available per University guidelines. Salary and Start-up funds are to be determined upon being offered the position.

Bargaining Unit

 United Faculty of Western Washington

Application Instructions

Apply via PageUp at our career website. A cover letter and curriculum vitae are required and should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

You will be asked to provide contact information of three references. Please do not send letters of recommendation; these will only be requested if needed, and will be requested from the provided references via Western’s PageUp electronic application system.

Required Supplemental Materials

In addition, the following application materials are also required:

• Brief Statement of Teaching philosophy
• Scanned unofficial academic transcript showing highest degree
• Two scholarly writing samples

Priority Review is January 10, 2025, open until filled.

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained faculty and staff. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and parenting status), disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities, including employment, admissions, and educational programs. See WWU’s Policy on Ensuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance, Title IX and ADA Coordinator, Western Washington University, Old Main 126 (MS 9021), 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay); crtc@wwu.edu

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