Professor / Principal Investigator - Special Education Teacher Preparation
About the job
- An earned doctorate (EdD or PhD) is required, preferably in education, special education, or teacher education.
- A current or former faculty appointment at the assistant, associate, or full professor level, or equivalent, is required.
- Published or funded research on teacher preparation, the special education workforce, or teacher retention is required.
- The candidate must be able to commit part-time, remote effort to proposal development from October through December 2026.
- Serve as Principal Investigator, leading the research design and scholarly framing of the proposal.
- Shape research questions on recruiting, preparing, and retaining general and special education teachers through preservice preparation.
- Lead the methods, measurement, and analysis plan, working with WIL's workforce data and research team.
- Help identify teacher-preparation programs, school districts, and other partners for the study.
- Write and review key proposal sections, including the significance, research plan, and personnel narrative.
- Contribute a CV, biosketch, and citable prior research to the application.
- If funded, lead the study, its findings, and its publications with the project team.
- Prior IES or other federal research grant experience as PI, co-PI, or key personnel.
- Experience with preK-12 general and special education teacher-preparation programs or district partners.
- Expertise in quantitative, mixed-methods, or causal research design.
About the company
AlphaHire provides a workforce intelligence platform for capital-intensive industries like construction, data centers, energy, and private equity. It continuously monitors signals from 500+ data sources across 180+ labor markets to deliver current, decision-ready insights on labor availability, compensation trends, and hiring competition. These insights are delivered through structured products such as Labor Availability Assessments, Workforce Due Diligence for M&A, Expansion Readiness analyses, and Workforce Risk Monitoring for active projects, without acting as a recruiting firm. The goal is to help executives, investors, developers, and operators reduce operational risk and improve project cost outcomes by guiding capital allocation and workforce planning.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
N/A
Founded
2018
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Performance Bonus