Position Opening for Associate Professor or Lecturer

 

1.　Affiliation: Advanced Practice of School Education (School Management and Education),

                               Development on Practice of Learning Guidance and Application of ICT

 

2.　Job Type and the Number of Positions: One full-time Associate Professor or Lecturer

 

3.　Field of Research: Educational Technology or Educational Methods

 

4.　Qualification Requirements:

(1) Doctorate or the equivalent research achievements in the field concerned to educational technology or educational methods,

     and educational abilities

      NB: The successful candidate is expected to teach the Ph.D. program at the Joint Graduate School in the near future. 

(2) Research achievement on the lesson development and lesson improvement with using ICT.

(3) The ability to collaborative research on using ICT in education with teachers at schools and the staff of relative organizations.

(4) The ability to instruct and supervise graduate students (in-service teachers and school administrators) in Advanced Practice of

     School Education (including online-education program students).

(5) The ability to handle operations of Self-Design Learning Center as an adjunct faculty.

(6) Active participation in university operations and professional contributions to society

                (7) Japanese ability necessary to perform duties at Naruto University of Education, irrespective of the successful candidate’s nationality

 

5.　Courses to Teach:

    Graduate Courses: Search for educational issues

                                               Practical Seminar for Professional Teacher Collaboration I

                                               Evelopment Practice of study guidance abilities

                                               Studies on Educational Practice I (Learning Instruction Development)

                                               Fieldwork for Educational Practice

                                               Learning guidance reflectionⅠ, and others

    Undergraduate Courses: First Step as a Student of Naruto University of Education: Self-Design Learning Educational Technology

 

6.　Date of Employment: April 1st, 2025

 

7.　Length of Contract, etc.: The initial contract is for five years, with the possibility of tenure.

                                                        (The mandatory retirement age is 65.)

 

8.　Application Deadline:  October 21(Mon), 2024

                     (The required documents must arrive at the university by 17:00 on the day.)

 

9.　Documents to Submit:

(1) CV/resume (using the designated form with the applicant’s photo attached)

(2) List of professional achievements (using the designated form)

(3) Three principal publications (books and/or articles); originals, offprints, or photocopies

      A summary of each of them in Japanese (approximately 200 characters) is required.

(4) Teaching and research plans at Naruto University of Education in Japanese (approximately 1,000 characters)

    NB: The forms designated by the university (CV/resume and List of Achievements) can be downloaded at the university website

　　   (https://www.naruto-u.ac.jp/staff.html).

 

10.　Mailing Address:

       SAKO Hidekazu, President, 

       Naruto University of Education, 

       748 Nakashima, Takashima, Naruto-cho, Naruto City, 772-8502, Japan

       NB: The application documents should be sent by registered mail (electronic submissions will not be accepted),

              with “Application for the position of Educational Technology or Educational Methods” written on the envelope in red.

 

11.　Contact:

          FUJIHARA Nobuhiko, Professor

    Development on Practice of Learning Guidance and Application of ICT, Advanced Practice of School 

    Education (School Management and Education)

    Naruto University of Education

    748 Nakajima, Takashima, Naruto-cho, Naruto City, 772-8502, Japan

    Tel: +81-88-687-6592   E-mail: fujihara＠naruto-u.ac.jp

          Any questions regarding remuneration, etc. should be addressed to the personnel department:

          Tel: +81-88-687-6036   E-mail: jinji＠naruto-u.ac.jp

          NB: When sending emails, please replace <@> with @ in the mail addresses above.

 

12.　Additional Information:

(1) It is suggested that the successful applicant should dwell in the vicinity of Naruto after employed.

(2) The application materials will not be returned. If the applicant wishes to have them returned, he/she must request so beforehand.

     The personal information the university has acquired in the selection process will be treated confidentially according to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

(3) In principle, finalists will be invited for an interview with a teaching demonstration at the university. Finalists’ expenses for travel and accommodation for the interview will not be reimbursed.

(4) The university has a policy for recruitment in which the decision is not to be influenced by applicants’ nationality or gender. In cases where two or more finalists are equal in qualifications and achievements,

     the university will give preference to female applicants.

(5) Even if the successful candidate is a local government employee prior to employment at the university, the university will not count his or her years of service as

      a local government employee in the calculation of his or her retirement allowance from the university.