Assistant Lecturer of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies (Child Life)

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

ID: 7116192 (Ref.No. BSU34716)
Posted: November 16, 2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

The Department of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies has a full-time, campus-based, 10-month Assistant Lecturer position available at Ball State University beginning Fall 2023. This is a three-year contract faculty position, which may be renewable for two additional years after the initial three-year contract is completed.

Primary duties include teaching undergraduate courses pertaining to the child life concentration, along with one or more of the following areas: infant and child development, infant/child mental health, prosocial development, parenting, family wellness, family stressors, family systems, family relationships, and other content areas related to children, families, or child life.

The standard assigned teaching load is 12 semester hours (typically four courses, taught face-to-face and/or online). Responsibilities also include advising child life students, supervising child life internship/practicum students, serving on the Ball State Child Life Advisory Board, and general service to the department, college, and university.

Our faculty are collegial, collaborative, innovative, inclusive, and adaptive, both within and beyond one’s home unit. These attributes include commitments to collaborative discourse, interdisciplinary inquiry, and enterprising learning practices. Our faculty are expected to be innovative, adaptive, engaging teachers across modalities; producers of impactful creative and/or scholarly work; leaders in meaningful service activities to multiple communities. We seek faculty members who are strategic thinkers, engaging our dynamic communities. We are committed to student and faculty success, impact, and access, within an environment that prioritizes inclusive excellence. We inspire each other to be critical thinkers and responsible citizens, so that we can pursue fulfilling careers and meaningful lives. Ball State University lives the values of Beneficence. We invite you to be part of our community.

We are seeking a CCLS who is passionate about undergraduate education and the field of Child Life to join us in providing our students with high-quality, career-focused educational experiences and mentoring.

Job Function:

The Department of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies has a full-time, campus-based, 10-month Assistant Lecturer position available at Ball State University beginning Fall 2023. This is a three-year contract faculty position, which may be renewable for two additional years after the initial three-year contract is completed.

Primary duties include teaching undergraduate courses pertaining to the child life concentration, along with one or more of the following areas: infant and child development, infant/child mental health, prosocial development, parenting, family wellness, family stressors, family systems, family relationships, and other content areas related to children, families, or child life.

The standard assigned teaching load is 12 semester hours (typically four courses, taught face-to-face and/or online). Responsibilities also include advising child life students, supervising child life internship/practicum students, serving on the Ball State Child Life Advisory Board, and general service to the department, college, and university.

Minimum Experience:

A master’s degree in child life or a related program from an accredited institution; active certification as a Certified Child Life Specialist by the Association of Child Life Professionals.

Preferred Experience:

Experience working in a clinical setting as a practicing Certified Child Life Specialist; experience teaching undergraduate students in online and face-to-face modalities; a record of successful teaching in the area of child life, child development, or related topics; experience collaborating with hospitals, programs, and departments; membership and or participation in professional child life organizations; effective oral and written communication skills.


At Ball State University, we recognize inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill our University’s mission and our strategic plan. We recruit, support, and retain a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff. We encourage and reward diversity of thought. We promote a work environment that encourages and rewards innovation and creativity. We pledge to keep Inclusive Excellence at the highest level of institutional importance and as a foundation in all that we strive to do. Our over-arching goal for Inclusive Excellence is to adopt a university-wide Inclusive Excellence approach to academic, administrative support, and service functions of the university. We believe Inclusive Excellence must be infused in every step we take.