Location
RESEARCH ASSISTANT & INSTRUCTOR- GET THE FACTS OUT, Colorado School of Mines
The Opportunity
The Colorado School of Mines seeks a full-time research assistant and instructor to work with an NSF grant-funded project called Get the Facts Out: Changing the Conversation around STEM teaching and Teach@Mines. Get the Facts Out is an innovative partnership led by Mines that includes the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Chemical Society, the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, behavior change researchers, teacher educators, and several colleges and universities which serve as study sites.
The grant aims to tackle misperceptions about the teaching profession with the goal of increasing the fraction of physics, chemistry, and math majors that choose to pursue middle and high school teaching as a career. The incumbent will also have the opportunity to teach mathematics or science methods courses to preservice teachers in the Teach@Mines program.
The research assistant will be part of a very collaborative, reliable, and geographically diverse group that meets weekly. The team works on a range of projects including a large-scale longitudinal research study of student and faculty perceptions of the teaching profession, ongoing development and testing of STEM teacher recruitment resources, and management and support of a national community of faculty who are working to share accurate information about the teaching profession with students. The group is led by Wendy Adams, Associate Professor of Physics at Mines and David May, GFO Project Manager.
Responsibilities
Research
- Conduct research on perceptions of teaching as a profession, including longitudinal analyses of perceptions through surveys, site visits, interviews, and focus groups
- Collaborate with other research assistants/consultants, and report findings through peer-reviewed publications
- Assist with developing and submitting research grant proposals.
Teacher preparation
- Teach mathematics or science methods courses to preservice teachers
- Conduct teacher recruitment activities at Mines including presentations and advising
- Assist with the application process for state approval of Mines’ teacher education program
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in physics, chemistry, mathematics, science education, or math education by employment start date
- Previous pedagogical experience, with a post-secondary degree in education research or demonstrated interest in education research
- Excellent communications skills, strong quantitative skills, the ability to work collaboratively, the self-discipline to work independently, and multi-task
More information and application instructions may be found here.