Friday, August 29, 2014

Call for Chapters, Volume 19: Advances in Early Education and Day Care


Discussions on Sensitive Issues

Early childhood educators often shy away from difficult topics in conversations with children. They are also often unsure how to address difficult topics with families and communities. Family diversity, disabilities, death, race, and incarceration can be referred to as sensitive topics in early childhood settings. They can also be difficult for teachers to discuss with young children, or to address with diverse families.  Vivian Gussin Paley challenged early educators more than 20 years ago in Kwanzaa and Me (1996) and White Teacher (1979) to directly address one sensitive issue, race, in our classrooms. It was only until Paley was confronted with her own biases that she realized that she was often blinded to the ways others viewed the classroom. This volume seeks to continue that dialogue with other sensitive issues.

How far have we come? It is important that early educators view sensitive topics not as problems, but as subjects that are part of our global society. Early educators need to engage children in conversations in which to consider and share diverse perspectives. Early educators also should examine their own experiences when addressing these serious issues. This volume is seeking chapters that invite conversations about sensitive issues to help educators, children and families use real-life experiences to construct knowledge about their world and other people. Submissions should specifically address early education in their approach to the call.

Potential topic areas include, but are not limited to: Race, ethnicity, gender, lgbt, religion, death, abuse, incarceration

Potential submission genres include, but are not limited to: Formal and action research, qualitative and quantitative approaches, essays, literature reviews

A short note describing possible content, type of chapter (lit review, original research, theoretical) is due October 1, 2014.

Chapters will be due January 15, 2015

Volume will be published in Spring 2015

Please send inquiries to
John Sutterby
Editor Advances in Early Education and Day Care

John.Sutterby@UTSA.edu

AERA Job Postings

1.       The Department of Administrative and Instructional Leadership at St. John’s University, New York is seeking applications for the position of Associate/Full Professor of Administration and Supervision, to teach primarily at the Oakdale, Long Island location. Doctorate in Education, 5 years leadership experience in schools, evidence of scholarship, and success in obtaining external funding is required. Expertise in preparing leaders for urban schools and alternative schools, and policy research is desirable. The faculty position includes teaching in the Advanced Certificate programs for School Building and School District Leadership, and in the Ed.D. program in Educational Administration and Supervision. Candidates will be expected to maintain an on-going program of research and scholarship, as well as engage in educational leadership activities within the region.

2.       The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is seeking a faculty member at the assistant/associate/professor rank and Director for its Center for Educational Leadership. The Center houses an exemplary leadership preparation program recognized throughout the state. The mission of the Center is to provide the next generation of school leaders to school districts in the state, with particular attention to expanding to meet this need for smaller, more rural school districts in East Tennessee. The Director will be expected to provide innovative leadership to this focus, in collaboration with the Assistant Director, as well as to enhance the scope and visibility of the Center and its work. See Attachment for more information.

3.       The Graduate School of Education (GSE), University of California, Berkeley, seeks applicants at the Assistant Professor level for a tenure-track position in the economics of education to begin in the 2015-2016 academic year, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2015. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong foundations in economic and educational theory (including heterodox approaches such as behavioral economics), with the ability to think about underlying social and school processes and how they work. Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to studying enduring issues of equity and improvement in education. Relevant topics may include the structure of inequality and its impact on students; education finance and the effects of resources on student outcomes; the effects of schooling on economic and noneconomic outcomes; the effects of poverty and racism on educational outcomes; teacher labor markets and effects of incentives and assessments; the effects and effectiveness of school reform, including students' and teachers' responses to incentives and disincentives; or the economics of market-based school reforms or school choice.
The successful candidate will have a primary affiliation with the Policy, Organization, Measurement and Evaluation (POME) area in the GSE; POME is a multi-disciplinary group whose faculty and students focus on education policy, organizational processes in schools and school systems, program evaluation, and measurement and assessment. The individual should be prepared to teach courses in the economics of education and applied econometrics, teach and advise doctoral students specializing in economic analysis of education policy and practice, and contribute as appropriate to the GSE’s innovative MA and EdD programs in educational leadership. Faculty in the GSE also have the opportunity to teach in the School’s popular undergraduate minor.
The minimum basic qualification to be considered an applicant for this position is a doctoral degree or equivalent in education, economics, public policy, or a related field of the social sciences, or all degree requirements except the dissertation, by the time of application. The doctoral degree must be completed by the date of hire. Additional qualifications include the potential for significant research accomplishment, evidenced by working papers and/or contributions to published works in leading journals, letters from experts in the field, a vision of research to be accomplished in the next 5 years, or participation in the research community (e.g., presentations of work at conferences). Demonstrated ability to teach economics of education and to develop new material for courses, and experience working with diverse students is preferred.
As part of their application, applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter, a research statement, a teaching statement, and 3 - 5 letters of reference. All letters of reference will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please arrange for letters of recommendation to be uploaded directly by recommenders. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html prior to submitting their letters. Visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00472 to apply. The deadline date to apply is October 10, 2014. Please contact Rochelle Niccolls at (510) 644-4917 orNiccolls@berkeley.edu with questions.  The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct. We are interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service. UC Berkeley is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples and single parents. For more information see http://calcierge.berkeley.edu/