Senior Lecturer in Music Education - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description

Ingesund School of Music (Musikhögskolan Ingesund, MHI) is part of the Department of Artistic Studies at Karlstad University and constitutes the University’s second campus, located in Arvika. MHI is a renowned university college with healthy student recruitment. MHI offers a music teacher programme with a specialisation in upper secondary school, intended to qualify graduates to teach in upper secondary school, compulsory school, or performing arts schools. In the spring of 2020, the results of the Swedish Higher Education Authority’s (UKÄ) quality review of the Music Teacher Programme were presented. The overall assessment was that the programme as a whole is of high quality. The following are a few quotes from the review:

“There is a good connection between research and education, and the assessment panel particularly wants to emphasise the close collaboration between theory and practice incorporated in the programme with room for both artistic and educational components.” (UKÄ)

“The programme meets the intended learning outcome of subject-specific knowledge for professional practice, including current research and development work, and is considered to be of high quality by the assessors. The assessment panel finds that the structure of the programme, with its clear composition that offers both range and depth, clear progression and opportunities for students to combine different courses, contributes to this. In addition, all of the assessed independent projects show high goal attainment. The assessment panel finds it particularly positive that the students encounter literature and research on music education and pedagogy within both courses in subject-specific education and the core education subjects.” (UKÄ)

MHI and Karlstad University are now also entitled to award Master’s level qualifications in the fine, applied, and performing arts. The Master’s Programme in Music opens in the autumn semester of 2023. The Bachelor’s Programme in Music opened in the autumn of 2016 and the Music Production Programme opened in the autumn of 2018. MHI is, in other words, in the midst of a strong growth period.

Music education is an interdisciplinary subject area that focuses on all forms of knowledge development and learning in the subject of music, where different social, cultural and educational dimensions of learning are taken into account. The subject area has a bearing on teaching and education and thus forms an important basis for the study programmes that MHI offers.

We are now looking for a senior lecturer in music education with a specialisation in teaching methodology, placed at Ingesund School of Music. Visit our website for more information: https://www.kau.se/en/ingesund-school-music

Duties

Duties include teaching primarily general teaching methodology in music education, but also courses in educational science included in the Music Teacher Programme. You will also act as supervisor and assess independent projects, take part in course development and research. You will be expected to actively participate in, develop and strengthen the department’s research environment centred on music education, as well as collaborating with the surrounding community.

Work is placed at Ingesund School of Music in Arvika.

Qualification requirements

To be eligible for the position as senior lecturer, applicants are required to hold a PhD in music education or equivalent academic qualifications or other professional expertise of relevance to the subject content of the appointment and the duties involved.

Applicants must also have documented teaching expertise as well as a completed course in higher education pedagogy, or equivalent knowledge. An applicant who has not completed a course in higher education pedagogy can still be eligible for the position provided that they use the time allotted for professional development to complete the course within two years of employment.

As much attention shall be given to the assessment of teaching expertise as to the assessment of other qualifying criteria.

The position requires a good command of Swedish and the ability to teach in English. A candidate who does not meet this requirement may still be hired provided they are able to actively acquire these language skills.

Pursuant to Karlstad University’s Appointments Procedure, teachers must have the personal qualities required to perform the duties involved. All staff are expected to collaborate with colleagues and to treat them and students with respect, to take responsibility for the University’s activities and their own duties, as well as contributing to a good working environment.

Assessment criteria

Special weight will be given to the applicant’s documented teaching expertise as well as documented research expertise in music education as the area of expertise.

Special weight will also be given to experience of teaching in upper secondary school, compulsory school, or performing arts schools, especially instrumental and ensemble teaching, but also other music courses at different levels.

A Master in Education in Music or equivalent education is also of special weight.

Considerable weight will be given to experience of teaching courses in teaching methodology in music education at university level, as well as experience of supervising and assessing independent projects at university level.

Good organisational ability in terms of planning and administration of various tasks as well as the ability to be flexible, take responsibility and show initiative will also be given considerable weight.

Weight will be given to the ability to disseminate information about research and development projects, contribute with one’s own research and collaborate in national/international research networks.

Good interpersonal skills in relation to colleagues and the surrounding community will also be given weight.

Karlstad University aims for equal gender distribution and values ethnic and cultural diversity.

For other qualification requirements and assessment criteria at Karlstad University, please refer to our website: https://www.kau.se/en/work-us/work/vacancies.

Terms

The position as senior lecturer is permanent. Full-time equivalent of the position is 50–100% and can be adjusted by agreement. Start date at the earliest convenience, as agreed by both parties. A probationary period may be required.

Application

Submit the application via the University’s web-based recruitment tool, Varbi. For advice on how to draft your application, refer to “What should be included with my application?”

Applicants are responsible for submitting a complete application in accordance with the advertisement, for providing translations of any documents written in a language other than Swedish or English, and for ensuring that the documentation allows for objective and qualitative assessment. A complete application should be submitted by the application deadline. An incomplete application may jeopardise a fair assessment of qualifications.

The application should include:

• CV
• cover letter
• an in-depth account of teaching experience
• certificate to verify a completed course in higher education pedagogy or an account of equivalent skills
• an in-depth account of research experience
• an account of other experiences of importance
• an account of managerial and administrative experience
• plans for future work
• an account of collaborations, international network experience, etc.
• a list of publications (in multi-authored publications, the role of the applicant must be specified)
• language proficiency certificates
• copy of PhD degree or documented equivalent academic expertise, or equivalent professional qualifications deemed relevant to the nature of the position and the duties included therein.
• no more than 10 scientific publications and no more than 5 materials intended to convey knowledge, such as textbooks, computer programs for teaching, or popular science articles
• two references, at least one of which is a current or former supervisor

Attach all the documents and publications you wish to be considered to the electronic application (do not just provide links). Name each uploaded document to clearly indicate its content.

Documents that cannot be submitted electronically, such as books or publications, should be sent in triplicate to the following address:

Karlstads universitet
Therese Sjöberg
651 88 KARLSTAD

Application deadline: 11 april 2023

State ref. no: REK 2023/12

We look forward to your application!

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