Program: Teacher Education Department
Rank: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
Title: Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education
Effective Date of Appointment: August 19, 2025
About the University:
California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) opened in 2002 as the newest campus in the California State University system. Since that time, the University has grown and developed into one of the premier public universities, not only in the California State University system, but also in the nation. Indeed, U.S. News & World Report listed CSUCI as 29th among “Regional Universities West” in its 2023 edition of Best Colleges Rankings. In 2023, CollegeNET ranked CSUCI 71st out of over 1,400 schools in its “Social Mobility Index.” In 2020, Money Magazine rated CSUCI as the 15th “Most Transformative College” in the nation.
CSUCI is a public comprehensive university that engages students in critical inquiry and is dedicated to educating leaders for a global society. The University is located in Ventura County and is home to more than 4,959 undergraduate and 168 graduate students. Approximately 48% of CSUCI’s students are Pell Grant eligible, and approximately 60% are first-generation college students. CSUCI is also proud to be designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), with 61% of its undergraduate students self-identifying as Latinx, 23% as White, 6% as Asian/Asian American, 4% as multiracial, and 2% as Black/African American. In 2022, CSUCI was among the first institutions to be recertified with Excelencia in Education’s "Seal of Excelencia” for its facilitation of Latinx student success.
CSUCI is committed to diversifying its faculty in order to address students’ ever-changing needs in the 21st century. The University is also taking steps to confront racism and to advocate for social justice. To this end, CSUCI encourages applicants to apply who are motivated to serve and contribute to the university’s tenure-track body, which self-identifies as 54% White, 24% Latinx, 11% Asian/Asian American, and 4% Black/African America.
Diversity Statement:
CSUCI is committed to recruiting individuals who are dedicated to furthering inclusive excellence in our campus community. We seek to enhance our diverse University population by welcoming people from all backgrounds, and by working to sustain an environment where colleagues can not only work and learn, but also create and thrive.
CSUCI Mission Statement:
Placing students at the center of the educational experience, California State University Channel Islands provides undergraduate and graduate education that facilitates learning within and across disciplines through integrative approaches, emphasizes experiential and service learning, and graduates students with multicultural and international perspectives.
CSUCI’s Commitment to You:
CSUCI is committed to helping newly hired faculty develop a sense of belonging in a collaborative and supportive community dedicated to providing resources and opportunities for establishing and sustaining a research agenda and engaging in continuous improvement in equitable teaching and learning.
About the Program:
CSU Channel Islands is a Hispanic-Serving Institution with a commitment to successfully engage a diverse population of students and faculty. The Teacher Education Department offers elementary, secondary, and special education teaching credentials with the option of earning the Bilingual Authorization in Spanish and offers a teacher residency pathway or a traditional student teaching pathway. We also offer a stand-alone program by which credentialed teachers may seek the Bilingual Authorization. The candidate hired into this position will teach Bilingual Authorization courses and may also teach foundational prerequisite courses for the teaching credential programs, or courses in the MA in Education with emphases in Curriculum & Instruction or Disability Studies, also housed in the Teacher Education Department. Other departments in the School of Education include Educational Foundations which offers a BA in Liberal Studies, Early Childhood Education which offers a BA in Early Childhood Studies, and Educational Leadership and School Counseling and Psychology which offers an MA in Educational Leadership, with emphases in Higher Education and P-12 Administration, a Preliminary Administrative Services Credential embedded in the P-12 emphasis, an MS in School Counseling, and an EdD in Educational Leadership.
Our Mission:
The School of Education at California State University Channel Islands works collaboratively with communities to prepare culturally sustaining educators who inspire learning and promote belonging, equity, accessibility, and justice.
Nuestra misión:
La Escuela de Educación de California State University Channel Islands trabaja en colaboración con comunidades para preparar educadores culturalmente sustentables que inspiran el aprendizaje y promueven el sentido de pertenencia, equidad, accesibilidad y justicia.
About the Position:
CSU Channel Islands invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Bilingual Education (Spanish) to join our Teacher Education Department in the School of Education, with appointment to begin in Fall 2025. The ideal candidate is an experienced Bilingual or Dual Immersion (Spanish) K-12 educator and scholar who brings an equity-minded theoretical framework, a commitment to culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogies, and an interest in providing leadership that fosters exceptional bilingual praxis across our community. This candidate will be eager to work collaboratively with colleagues across our department and university towards student success, engage in a scholarly research agenda, teach foundational and methods courses in our Spanish Bilingual Authorization, take a leadership role in bilingual education, and advise students in our programs.
Minimum Degree Requirements:
Applicants must hold a Doctoral degree in Bilingual Education or a closely related field from an accredited institution. ABD candidates will be considered but must have completed the Doctoral degree by August 19, 2025.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience teaching in Bilingual or Dual Language (Spanish) classrooms in a K-12 setting.
- Record of successful credentialed K-12 school teaching for a minimum of three years, with demonstrated effectiveness in teaching multi-ethnic, multicultural and/or multilingual students using a variety of instructional methods and technologies.
- Commitment to student success and diversity in K-12 settings.
- Evidence of commitment and ability to work in teams.
- An emerging record of scholarship in one or more areas of emphasis in education.
- Applicants should demonstrate the commitment to effectively work with and engage a diverse student population and evidence of how they would successfully mentor minoritized students with special focus on Latinx, Black/African American, American Indian, and Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander students.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctoral specialization in Bilingual Education or Dual Language Instruction.
- Record of scholarship in Multilingual/ Bilingual/ Dual Language Education.
- Proficiency in Spanish and English adequate to teach methods courses in both languages.
- Professional expertise and demonstrated excellence in university-level teaching, including teaching methods courses and clinical practice supervision.
- Credential emphasis in bilingual education or equivalent.
- Record of positive relationships with school district personnel, students, and families.
- Experience working with students with special learning needs.
- Ongoing experience and a commitment to collaborating or co-teaching with colleagues in P-12 public school settings, and maintaining current knowledge of public schooling contexts in California.
- Experience in and commitment to ongoing, outcomes-based, program assessment of teaching and learning.
- Knowledge of regional or national accreditation processes and preparation of required documentation.
- Experience in online or blended teaching and course development.
- Record of grant and contract acquisition.
Responsibilities:
Teach foundational and methods courses in the Bilingual Authorization program and related content areas.
Leadership role in the Bilingual Authorization, with the opportunity to serve as Coordinator.
Advise students in the Bilingual Authorization, and engage in outreach to prospective students, in conjunction with the Bilingual Credential Counselor.
Develop relationships with local school districts to foster excellent clinical practice placements and partnerships for bilingual candidates.
Supervise teacher candidates engaged in clinical practice in local public schools or act as a University Liaison for participants in our bilingual teacher residency program.
Produce scholarly work and engage in an emerging research agenda that contributes to the field of Bilingual Education through scholarly activities such as peer-reviewed publications, grant funding, and conference presentations.
Engage in an active program of service to the program, department, school, university, and community.
Application Deadline:
Screening of applications will begin November 8, 2024. Priority will be given to applicants who submit applications prior to the screening deadline; however, the position will remain open until filled.
Applicants must submit the following materials:
- a letter of application
- curriculum vitae
- names and email addresses of three references
- required License or certificate
- A statement describing your experience mentoring and/or working with minoritized students with a special focus on Latinx, Black/African American, Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander and American Indian students, and
- A teaching philosophy describing how you plan to engage and interact with students, with a special focus on Latinx, Black/African American, Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander, and American Indian students.
In later phases of the search process, applicants may be requested to provide verification of terminal degrees, licenses and certificates.
Submit all required materials to the CSUCI Careers application web address below:
http://jobs.csuci.edu
Compensation:
California State University Tenure Track (Academic Year) Salary Schedules can be found at
Starting salaries at CSU Channel Islands are equity-minded and are generally at the lower half of the salary range.
The University offers excellent fringe benefits.
General Information:
Evidence of degree(s) required at time of hire.
At time of appointment, the successful candidate, if not a U.S. citizen, must have authorization from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to work in the United States.
The person holding this position may be considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
CSUCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, and disability. Our nondiscrimination policy is set forth in CSU Executive Order 1096.
Per CSU-wide policy (HR2021-04), all faculty who will begin initial employment (or return from a 12-month break in service) on or after January 1, 2022 are required to perform their work from within the State of California. Faculty hired prior to January 1, 2022 must be available to perform work in the State of California if their assignment is in-person.
Reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose by contacting Faculty Affairs at academicpersonnel@csuci.edu.