Posting Summary:

The Klingenstein Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College is the premier professional learning program for independent and international school educator-leaders. From our beginning in 1977, we understood that professional growth positively impacts student learning and leads to thriving students and schools. Today, our over 4,300 alumni lead, create, design, and innovate in education across the globe. We learn and work at the intersection of education, equity, and change leadership.

The Klingenstein Center’s multiple degree and non-degree programs, institutes, and workshops invite students and participants to experience transformative professional learning. We grow the capacity of educators to lead in a time when rapid change is our constant and the commitment to socially just and socially-emotionally informed leadership is most urgent. We leverage the power of human connection by balancing collaborative learning and peer feedback with deep study and individual reflection. Our university’s urban ecosystem of New York City provides opportunities to engage schools, educational non-profits, and organizations in other industries to deepen learning. Our growing research agenda centers on the needs, challenges, and opportunities in the complex global ecosystem that is independent and international school education.

Job Summary/Basic Function:

The Klingenstein Center seeks a creative, interdisciplinary-minded postdoctoral fellow interested in conducting research in areas relevant to Independent and International Schools. We invite all scholars who are engaged in or interested in independent and international schools to apply. The fellowship is a two-year appointment beginning in September of 2024. The Postdoctoral Fellow will have a two-year appointment, competitive annual salary, employee benefits, and $5,000 for research-related and program travel expenses. This fellow will report to and work closely with the executive director of the Klingenstein Center and will have access to faculty who are involved in related research throughout the college.

The role has three main components: teaching and advising, collaborating and researching, writing and presenting.

The Fellow may teach 1(one) course per semester in a Klingenstein Center graduate program. Depending on the area of specialization, the Fellow may have an opportunity to design one of those offerings.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support programs and initiatives currently underway at the Klingenstein Center.
• Provides support to graduate student Practicum projects.
• Be a thought partner and design consultant on matters pertaining to curriculum, professional learning offerings, and research designed and engaged in by the Center.
• Contribute to the Klingenstein Center’s role as a thought leader in the larger ecosystem of independent and international school education.

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD or EdD in any field
• Demonstrated success in teaching
• Commitment to research and data-informed inquiry into independent and international schools.
• Demonstrated interest in academic or public-facing writing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Individuals whose research focuses on independent and/or international schools.
• Individuals who have a project underway or have struggled to get a project underway because of primary job responsibilities.
• Candidates in fields related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Social Justice, and Belonging; Mixed Methods Research and Design; History and oral/archival research; or, Sound Studies and Listening.
• Applicants who have other research focus related to Independent or International Schools.

Salary Range:

$70,000-$75,000

Work Modality:

Hybrid

Application Requirements

• A two-page (single-spaced) proposal outlining:
• Cover letter explaining your interest in working with the Klingenstein Center, and specifically your experience and interest in working in an intentionally diverse and inclusive network/community.
• Project description or pitch. Alternatively, questions that you would like to live with during the two years of this fellowship, even if they do not yet have the shape of a project.
• Project background.
• Research questions and your interests in pursuing this issue.
• Ideas for publication and/or sharing your findings.

Please contact Dr. Nicole Furlonge if you have any questions at klingenstein@tc.columbia.edu.