Adjunct Instructor- Educational Leadership

Duties & Responsibilities

• Meet all designated course instruction guidelines, including delivery of content specific to the course and in the modality assigned.
• Provide written feedback and assign grades to student work in a timely manner.
• Respond to student inquiries within 24 hours.
• Submit final grades according to policy.
• Attend orientation and program/curriculum continuous improvement sessions, as appropriate.
• Instructors in the Ed.D. must teach to a prepared syllabus, which instructors may modify and personalize, and complete specific post-semester tasks to provide program level feedback about students and the course for student assessment purposes and continual improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: To teach in the BA, applicants must have a master’s degree. For all other programs, a terminal degree in education (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) is required.
• Applicants must have a combination of professional experience and/or content knowledge related to leadership and policy in one of the following sectors: PK12, higher education, and/or general leadership (public sector, nonprofit, military, academic leadership, and leadership in education-adjacent disciplines such as social work and healthcare).

Program Specific Areas Of Needed Expertise

• BA in Human and Organizational Development (and undergraduate minor in Instructional Design and Technology): Facilitation skill. Designing online learning and instructional design. Developing culturally competent workplaces. Organizational development & change. Project management. Consulting skills.
• Post-Master’s Certificate (PMC), Graduate Certificate In Culturally Responsive Leadership, And M.Ed. In Educational Leadership (concentrations In Administration And Supervision, Higher Education, Culturally Responsive Leadership, And Leadership Studies): Legal and regulatory frameworks in education. DEIB principles and social justice theory and application. College student developmental theory and practices. Human resource management in education. Individualized learning strategies and practices. Crisis leadership and management skills. Immigration theory and practice analysis. Student centered policy development. Higher education policy. School community and education stakeholder engagement. Higher education administration.
• EdD In Leadership: Research methods and improvement science, especially using quantitative data and data visualization. Budgeting and finance (public and nonprofit sectors, higher education, and PK12). Leading for organizational culture change (public and nonprofit sectors). Systems analysis and improvement science (public and nonprofit sectors). Teamwork, project management & conflict resolution. Policy and ethics (public and nonprofit sectors and higher education). Organizational analysis and epistemologies. Legal perspectives (public and nonprofit sectors and higher education). Professional and academic writing Crisis management and leadership (public and nonprofit sectors).

Benefits

All VCU employee types are eligible for a wide array of benefits to support you during your employment at VCU. Consult the benefits website for information on benefits eligibility according to employee type.

Schedule

Varies

Pay

$1,437 per 1 credit

FLSA Exemption Status

Exempt