Lecturer - Social Impact Leadership

Lecturer - Social Impact Educational Leadership

The Department of Education at Santa Clara University (SCU), a Jesuit Catholic institution, seeks to hire one or more Annual Lecturers to help build and lead our new MA in Social Impact Leadership, which will launch in the fall of 2026. This new MA builds on our existing Social Impact Leadership concentration in our EdD in Social Justice Leadership, and is designed to prepare and support the leadership development of early to mid-career professionals in a wide range of social impact organizations (including, but not limited to, non-profit organizations, philanthropy, entrepreneurs with a social mission, ESG professionals in corporate sectors). The program is a joint venture of the School of Education and Counseling Psychology, the Leavey School of Business, and the Miller Center for Global Impact. Curriculum in the program is centered on leadership formation, business fundamentals, and the cultivation of an entrepreneurial and innovation-centered mindset, with engagement with an extensive network of social impact leaders and mentors and a mentored internship / capstone experience where students complete a project with a social impact organization in our region.

This position will begin September 1, 2025 and will include a combination of teaching relevant courses to students in the EdD program while also engaging in course development and internship site development in anticipation of the launch of the degree in 2026. While this position is a fixed-term, one-year Annual Lecturer position, we anticipate renewal of the position pending sufficient enrollment in the program and satisfactory performance.

Four commitments ground the mission of the Department of Education :

• Cura personalis, or the care for and growth of the whole person, which informs not just how we teach our teachers, but also how we expect our educators and leaders to engage the communities with which they work;
• Social justice, or the pursuit of educational equity through the preparation of educators and leaders who focus on culturally relevant and sustaining practices that support all people;
• Transformation through the development of our students as equity-oriented educators, leaders, and agents of change; and
• Diversity valuing the uniqueness of people and perspectives. Our Department of Education endeavors to live out these commitments not only in its academic and scholarly pursuits, but especially in its community partnerships.

We are seeking a colleague who fully embraces our mission and seeks to actively carry it out in each facet of the position.

We are seeking an individual with extensive leadership experience in one or more social impact organizations who is interested in teaching and supporting graduate students pursuing careers in fields that have a direct positive impact on society. The size of the candidate's appointment is flexible. The successful candidate(s) will be able to teach one or more of the courses below, provide leadership and guidance on the planning for the Fall 2026 launch of the program, and collaborate with the admissions team to support program enrollment. This individual will also work with the Dean, Associate Dean, and the Director of Educational Leadership, as well as the leadership in the Miller Center for Global Impact and the Leavey School of Business and the program's Advisory Group of regional social impact leaders to plan for the launch. The individual will also cultivate relationships with area organizations and faculty colleagues to develop the syllabus and site partners for the capstone / internship project. Finally, academic advising of relevant students is typically part of the Annual Lecturer contract.

The service responsibilities constitute approximately 5% of the lecturer's time, and will include attending faculty and program meetings as appropriate.

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