[Remote] Professor / Principal Investigator, Special Education Teacher Preparation

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is seeking a professor-level researcher to serve as Principal Investigator on a federal education research proposal about preservice preparation of general and special education teachers. The part-time, project-based role leads proposal research design and development, and, if funded, the study and its publications.

Responsibilities

• 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 your CV, biosketch and citable prior research to the application
• If funded, lead the study, its findings and its publications with the project team

Skills

• Earned doctorate (EdD or PhD)
• Current or former faculty appointment (assistant, associate or full professor, or equivalent)
• Published or funded research on teacher preparation, the special education workforce or teacher retention
• Ability to commit part-time, remote effort to proposal development in October through December 2026
• Preferably in education, special education or teacher education
• 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
• Quantitative, mixed-methods or causal research design expertise

Benefits

• Remote, part-time proposal-development effort in October through December 2026

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