Call for Applications: Lecture Position in School Coexistence, School of Psychology – UC Chile

Tipo de planta académica: Special Academic Track

 

Ascription to the Department of Psychology with academic research and teaching work shared with the Special Education Pedagogy Program.

Undergraduate and graduate teaching in educational psychology and school coexistence.

 

CALL FOR ACADEMIC POSITION

The Department of Psychology of UC Chile has opened a competition for a 33 hours per week position for an assistant or associate lecturer¹ in educational psychology with academic work shared with the Special Education Pedagogy Program² . As a lecturer position, the primary focus is on teaching.

Since its creation in 1957, the Department of Psychology of UC Chile has trained more than 5,000 professionals. Currently, the Department is made up of 40 tenure track professors, 9 from a special teaching track, 12 adjunct professors, and approximately 900 undergraduate and 120 graduate students.

At the undergraduate level, it offers a bachelor’s degree in psychology and awards the title of Psychologist within five professional fields: clinical, work, educational, community, and health. At the graduate level, it offers three doctoral programs (psychology, psychotherapy, and neuroscience) and four master’s programs (clinical, educational, health, strategic people management and organizational behavior).

The Special Education Pedagogy Program was established in 2023 as an interfaculty initiative, involving both the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Social Sciences, through the Department of Psychology. The curriculum for the Special Education Pedagogy Program includes several undergraduate courses that overlap with the bachelor’s degree in psychology. Additionally, it features courses specifically designed for Special Education, some of which are taught by faculty from the Department of Psychology.

We are looking for applicants to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Psychology and the Special Education Pedagogy Program, with a specific emphasis on school coexistence. Candidates may be psychologists or educators, preferably those specializing in special education, and should hold a master’s or doctoral degree in educational psychology, special education, psychopedagogy, disability studies, or related fields. The selected individual must have experience in university teaching as well as professional experience in educational psychology and/or special and inclusive education.

The chosen candidate will become a member of the teaching teams in the Department of Psychology and the Special Education Pedagogy Program. The candidate is expected to allocate their working hours as follows: 75% for teaching, 10% for academic management and/or community outreach, and 15% for research. Please note that participation in research is optional and can be reallocated to teaching or academic management/community outreach as needed.

The individual selected for this position will be responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Psychology and Special Education programs. These courses may include Basic Psychological Processes, Developmental Psychology I, School Coexistence and Social-Emotional Learning; Design and Evaluation of Educational Programs; Educational Psychology Intervention Workshop; and Research in Educational Psychology. Some of these courses are joint classes for both psychology and special education students, while others are specifically designed for psychology students or for master’s level courses in educational psychology.

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¹Depending on the background of the person selected, categorization as an assistant or associate lecturer will be determined.

²The Department of Psychology at UC Chile has announced three competition opportunities: one for a tenure-track full-time position (focused on measurement in educational or developmental psychology), another for a tenure-track full-time position (focused on Developmental Psychology, Special and Inclusive Education) and the current competition. All these positions are related to academic activities within the Department of Psychology and the Special Education Pedagogy Program. Interested candidates who meet the requirements may apply to more than one of these competitions simultaneously by submitting separate applications for each.

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UC Chile is committed to equal opportunities, to build an inclusive, diverse, and fraternal community, and to promote the academic development of women and men.

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• Candidates are expected to be fluent in Spanish and English.
• The selection process will assess previous teaching experience, proactivity, leadership, interdisciplinary teamwork skills, and previous collaborative work. Specifically, teaching experience in courses and subjects related to the aforementioned areas will be highly regarded. Demonstrable experience in the following areas will also be appreciated: teaching methodologies that promote active learning; teaching in connection with the environment (Learning + Service methodology or similar approaches); and any awards or recognitions for university teaching. These qualifications will be assessed considering the candidate's academic career stage. Furthermore, experience in research and publications (both professional and academic, as well as popular science) will also be taken into account.
• Availability: Start date January 2026

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• Complete Curriculum Vitae, including teaching and professional activities and publications.
• Written justification of the interest of the candidate for the position, including a brief history of their professional and teaching career. The candidate should also refer to their interest in this University and indicate what contributions they expect to make to the University Community, the Department of Psychology and the Special Education Pedagogy Program, considering the areas of development and mission (maximum three letter-size pages). The mission and vision of the university can be found here https://www.uc.cl/universidad/
• Academic proposal for areas to be developed in teaching at the Department of Psychology and within the Special Education Pedagogy Program. This proposal should reflect the interests and topics that the applicant is in condition to address, along with their expectations for developing teaching practices. The teaching proposal should align with an active learning approach and be concise, limited to a maximum of two pages in letter size. Interested individuals may refer to the course curriculum for the Psychology degree program for further information at https://psicologia.uc.cl/pregrado/estructura-curricular/ and for the Special Education Teaching Program at https://admision.uc.cl/carreras/pedagogia-en-educacion-especial/
• Outreach plan that indicates academic projection in educational contexts through teaching and/or research (maximum one letter-size page).
• Copy of master’s and/or doctoral degree certificate, as applicable.
• Three confidential letters of reference, which must be sent directly to direccionepuc@uc.cl, indicating in the subject “Letter of recommendation -- Lecture position: School coexistence”. Please also indicate in the subject the applicant’s name.
• Copy of the Teaching Evaluations obtained in this or other institutions. If the applicant does not have teaching evaluations, please explain why.

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If you have additional queries regarding the contest, please direct them to Prof. Christian Sebastián at csebasti@uc.cl.

A person of foreign nationality without definitive residence in the country or who applies from abroad, in case of being selected for the position, will then need to arrange their visa in their country of origin prior to joining the academic staff of the University.

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All documentation must be sent before September 21, 2025, to the email direccionepuc@uc.cl, indicating in the subject “Lecture position: School coexistence”.

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