Professor / Principal Investigator, Special Education Teacher Preparation

About the Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) The Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is a workforce research institute studying how workforce conditions affect the delivery of public investments and programs, including the education workforce. WIL builds research partnerships with universities, school systems and education partners for grant and sponsored-research pursuits. Learn more: Opportunity type: this is a project-based, part-time grant key personnel role, not a salaried faculty position. WIL is seeking a professor-level researcher to serve as Principal Investigator on a federal education research proposal studying how preservice teacher education can attract, prepare and retain preK-12 general and special education teachers. The proposal is due in December 2026, with an optional letter of intent in late October. Work depends on an award and final staffing approval, and no work is guaranteed. We will ask your permission before naming you or including your CV in any proposal. What you'll do 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 significanc