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Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Assistant/Associate Professor of Counselor Education
Department: Counseling Department
Starting Date: July 1, 2024
Assistant/Associate Professor of Counseling (full-time tenure track position)
The Counseling Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Counselor Education. The appointment begins July, 2023, and includes teaching graduate courses in our MA in Mental Health Counseling (MAMHC), MA in Chaplaincy & Ministry Care (MACMC), and Master of Divinity (MDiv). Advising students, supervising fieldwork, engaging in scholarly activity and research, and providing service to the community, church and profession are expected.
QUALIFICATIONS: Desired qualifications include an earned doctorate (preferably by June 2024) in Counselor Education. Preference will be given to individuals with a degree from a CACREP-accredited program. Applicants must have work experience in mental health counseling, and should be eligible for licensure in Illinois. Evidence of effective teaching, an active research agenda and productivity, and an affiliation with the American Counseling Association are expected. Candidates with theological seminary coursework in addition to the above qualifications are preferred. Faculty members at TEDS are required to give annual agreement with seminary policies and the Evangelical Free Church America (EFCA) statement of faith, articulating theological rational for any points of divergence from the EFCA statement of faith. Salary is commensurate with training, education, and experience.
DEPARTMENT: Our MAMHC degree has been CACREP accredited since 2017. The Counseling Department helps strengthen Christian faith character virtues while establishing a professional counselor identity through stimulating reason, exploring interpersonal strengths, and stirring theological imagination. Our graduates apply faith-anchored wisdom to act justly, ethically, and, responsibly in one’s vocational context. The Counseling Department is one of several departments located within the divinity school of Trinity International University, whose programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). See website of university: http://www.tiu.edu/ and department information at http://divinity.tiu.edu/degree/master-of-arts-in-mental-health-counseling/.
UNIVERSITY: Founded in 1897, Trinity International University served its mission for over 125 years as it educates men and women to engage in God’s redemptive work by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness, and lifelong learning. At the heart of Trinity's mission lies its four core values—Christ centered, community focused, church connected, and culturally engaged. Trinity’s purpose is to enable its graduates to think and live like Christians in these times, cultural context and global connectedness. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, the campus is 25 miles north of Chicago and 5 miles west of the shores of Lake Michigan.
APPLICATION: Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please apply through the Trinity International University Human Resources link. That will require a formal letter of application, current curriculum vita, specific contact information of three references, and transcripts to be sent.
For information on the position, contact Rev. Stephen P. Greggo, PsyD Counseling Department Chair, at sgreggo@tiu.edu or Kati Neinas, Executive Assistant to the Dean, at ktetour@tiu.edu or 847-317-8045.
