The Professional Counseling Program at Texas State University-San Marcos is currently seeking to fill a tenure-track faculty position at either the Associate or Assistant level. This position will involve teaching, research, service and program support in a CACREP approved, masters-level Professional Counseling Program in Central Texas. Specific responsibilities will include teaching courses leading to certification/licensure in professional and school counseling, an active, productive program of research, student advisement, and service to the program, department, university, and profession. The successful candidate may teach courses on both the main university campus in San Marcos and at Texas State University-Round Rock campus.
Qualifications
Required:
The successful candidate for this position will have an earned doctorate in counselor education from a CACREP program by employment date of fall 2014; a record of or the potential for research and publication at the national or international levels (NOTE: for appointment at the Associate Professor rank, the applicant must document a sustained record of research and publication at the national and/or international levels; meet the requirements for the rank as established by the department); and be certified, or eligible for certification, as a School Counselor in Texas, and license, or eligible of licensure, as a Professional Counselor (LPC or LMFT) in the state of Texas.
Preferred:
Preferences include; experience teaching core courses in a CACREP accredited program (such as School Counseling [basic and advanced], Human Development, and Career Counseling) and experience providing clinical supervision, and evidence of scholarship or potential for scholarship.
Application Procedures
Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2013 and continue until the position is filled. To apply, send a letter of interest that specifically addresses the qualifications and responsibilities noted in this posting, a completed university application form (http://facultyrecords.provost.txstate.edu/faculty-employment/application.html), curriculum vita, names and contact information of five references, and no more than three reprints of recent publications to:
E. A. Schmidt, Ph.D., Search Committee Chair
Department of CLAS
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666.
Texas State University-San Marcos
Texas State University-San Marcos is a doctoral-granting university located in the burgeoning Austin-San Antonio corridor, the largest campus in The Texas State University System, and among the largest in the state. Texas State’s 29,000 students choose from 109 undergraduate and 88 master’s and 8 doctoral programs offered by eight colleges (Applied Arts, The Emmett and Miriam McCoy College of Business Administration, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Health Professions, Liberal Arts, Science, and the University College). With a diverse campus community including over 30% of the student body from ethnic minorities, Texas State is one of the top 20 producers of Hispanic baccalaureate graduates in the nation. Texas State is also the lead institution of a multi-institution teaching center, the Round Rock Higher Education Center, offering several programs in the greater north Austin area. Additional information about Texas State and its nationally recognized academic programs is available at http://www.txstate.edu.
Personnel Policies:
Faculty are eligible for life, disability, health, and dental insurance programs. A variety of retirement plans are available depending on eligibility. Participation in a retirement plan is mandatory. The State contributes toward the health insurance programs and all retirement plans. http://www.humanresources.txstate.edu/benefits.htm