Educational Leadership and Foundations, Full-time Professorial CFS faculty (tenure equivalent)

Cpedinitiative; Provo (UT); On-site; USD 95,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Brigham Young University in Provo, UT invites applications for a Continuing Faculty Status track (tenure track equivalent) faculty position in Educational Leadership and Foundations beginning August 1, 2027. PhD required by start date; 2-2-1 teaching load; maintain a strong research agenda; mentor master's and doctoral students.

Candidates should demonstrate excellence or potential in graduate teaching, research in school leadership, mentoring, and possibly experience in educational policy

Qualifications

• Ph.D. by start date.
• Demonstrated excellence or clear potential in teaching graduate-level courses in educational leadership content areas.
• Strong record or clear potential for high-quality research in school leadership.
• Demonstrated excellence or clear potential in mentoring and advising graduate students on evaluation and/or research projects.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses in school leadership and/or education research at the graduate level (masters and doctoral), with possible undergraduate teaching.
• Mentor doctoral students in research.
• Engage in high levels of research activity and publication.
• Demonstrate leadership at department, school, and university levels.

Skills

Graduate teaching

Research agenda

Mentoring

Education

Ph.D. in Educational Leadership or related field

Job description

Educational Leadership and Foundations, Full-time Professorial CFS faculty (tenure equivalent)

Brigham Young University - Provo, UT

Full-time

Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2026

Education

Position Summary:

The McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University invites applications for a Continuing Faculty Status track (tenure track equivalent) faculty position in the department of Educational Leadership and Foundations (EDLF) beginning August 1, 2027. Starting rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Our mission is to expand education vision and empower educational leaders to improve practices, policies, and systems that create high-quality and equitable learning environments, by developing students' knowledge, skills, and dispositions in a faith-based, intellectually rigorous, and inspiring learning environment, collaborating with and supporting current educational leaders, and producing high-quality scholarship by study and by faith.

The EDLF Department offers the following degree programs:

MEd in School Leadership

EdD in Educational Leadership

PhD in Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation

This position will potentially teach and mentor students in all three programs. As a professorial faculty position, this position will have a 2-2-1 teaching load (or equivalent negotiated 15-credit teaching load), have an expectation to maintain a strong research agenda, and mentor master's and doctoral level students on theses and dissertations.

Required Degree:

Ph.D. in Educational Leadership or a related field

The required degree must be completed by the start date.

Required Experience:

• Demonstrated excellence or clear potential in teaching graduate-level courses in educational leadership content areas
• Strong record or clear potential for high-quality research in school leadership
• Demonstrated excellence or clear potential in mentoring and advising graduate students on evaluation and/or research projects

Additional Preferred Experience:

• Experience working as a school leader, school teacher, or university administrator or in educational policy settings
• Deep methodological expertise in specialized quantitative or qualitative methods
• Deep understanding and ability to teach educational foundations (e.g., philosophy of education, ethics, multiculturalism, equitable education)

Teaching

• Teach courses in school leadership and/or education research and related topics at the graduate (masters and doctoral) level, with the possibility of some undergraduate teaching
• Mentor doctoral students in research
• Engage in high levels of research activity and publication
• Demonstrate a pattern of leadership at the department, school, and university levels
• Fulfill committee assignments and other citizenship activities inside the university, community, and profession

This position requires the successful candidate to relocate and/or reside in Utah for the duration of their employment.