About the Position Woodring College of Education invites individuals with dual language / multilingual education experience and a demonstrated commitment to social justice to apply for tenure-track appointment as an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Multilingual Education (MLE) Program. We are seeking 2 MLE tenure track faculty members who will serve in the new Everett Multilingual Elementary Education Residency program. We are seeking faculty members with complementary expertise to join with current MLE faculty and school partners across our 3 locations to collaboratively expand our dual language residency programs supporting paraeducators to become teachers. These are unique faculty positions for teacher- scholars who have the ability and desire to partner with schools to develop teachers who come from the communities in which they will teach. This collaboration between the university and schools is intended to simultaneously enhance the quality of education for multilingual learners while also developing multilingual teachers. We are seeking applicants with varied expertise in multilingual education to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and schools. We strongly encourage applications from members of groups who have been, and still are underrepresented in university faculty positions. The 2 positions are for nine-month appointments with opportunities for summer employment, and are anticipated to begin September, 2025. Candidates hired into the associate professor rank (pre-tenure) may have an expedited timeline to tenure. 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 Responsibilities: Engage in extensive collaborative work with our partner districts to build and sustain residency model programs. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses - some field-based - with a focus on one or more of the following broad areas: -Literacy/Biliteracy -Teaching methods for culturally and linguistically diverse students -Dual-language/bilingual education -Family and community engagement -Culturally and linguistically responsive assessment practices Refine and develop new courses and programmatic efforts in collaboration with the MLE faculty team. Maintain an active and visible program of applied scholarship and research in one of areas of multilingual education identified in this position announcement. Participate and collaborate with colleagues in service and leadership within the program, department, college, university, community, state, and in professional organizations. Advise and recruit students in collaboration with Snohomish County site leadership teams (mix of faculty and staff), partner districts, and regional Educational Service Districts. Supervise students in community-based, sovereign tribal nation, and/or school-based practica and internship settings. |