The Department of Education at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Institute for Special Educational Needs, invites applications for a full-time position as civil servant or public employee starting at the earliest possible date:

Kathrin and Stefan Quandt
Endowment Professorship (W3)
of Education, Area of Specialization:
Inclusion and Inclusive Education

The successful applicant is expected to research and teach the transformations of the school system that are related to the different as well as interdependent challenges, conditions, and contexts of inclusion. The excellent research record (proven by publications and empirical research projects) will demonstrate expertise in two of the following expected thematic areas:

• Research on school development and organization: The successful applicant is expected to analyse new forms of using resources from special education in inclusive schools as well as expanding their internal and external cooperation structures.
• Classroom research and teaching research: The successful applicant is expected to perform inclusion-related analyses and development regarding teaching practices that are sensible towards the heterogeneity of students. It is expected that the dimension of school and their specific teaching methodologies receive particular attention.
• Research on teaching profession and teacher education: The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the research of which measures of professionalization are required for inclusive schools, for classroom settings as well as the corresponding concepts of teacher education.

The successful candidate will perform empirical educational research and studies in the aforementioned areas. Teaching will focus on the Frankfurt teacher education programs and also include the university's BA/MA programs of Education. The successful applicant is expected to develop inclusion-related courses for teacher education as well as advance the networks between the different teacher training related institutions and disciplines of the university. Because the professorship is involved in teacher training, candidates are required to have specific experience in this area and should be willing to participate in interdisciplinary initiatives in the field of empirical educational research. The designated salary for the position is based on the German University Pay Scale or equivalent. Goethe-University is committed to increasing the proportion of female faculty and therefore especially encourages women to apply. Applications of scientists from abroad are explicitly requested. In the medium term, teaching is expected to take place in German. Severely disabled applicants with equal qualification and aptitude will be given preferential consideration. For further information regarding the general conditions for professorship appointments, please see: www.vakante-professuren.uni-frankfurt.de Researchers with an excellent record in research and teaching are invited to submit their application in English or German (including CV, official transcripts, list of publications, a record of teaching activities as well as a teaching concept) until 18^th January 2019 to: Dekanin des Fachbereichs Erziehungswissenschaften der Goethe-Universität, email: BewerbungFb04_Stiftung@uni-frankfurt.de Applications and documents will not be returned.