Adjunct Instructor of First Year Seminar and Undergraduate Studies

About the role

This position is designated as a critical, security-sensitive or safety-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal Background Check.

Responsibilities

• Teaching and advising within the area of Undergraduate Studies, including First-year Writing Seminar sequence courses, Writing Workshops, and other courses within Writing and UGS as needed.
• Advising students in the writing courses.
• Teaching in theme-focused, skill-based seminars.
• Assuming an ongoing topic and/or course syllabus that has already been developed and working closely with a faculty mentor.
• Offering innovative teaching and collaborative learning environments.
• Providing clear and timely responses to learners’ coursework.
• Working closely with learners to produce clear and timely responses to learners’ coursework.
• Engaging in responsive and dialogic teaching.
• Serving as academic advisors and mentors to students enrolled in their own seminars.
• Being available for consultations as needed and committed to the growth and well-being of SOU students.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to teach process writing skills, including pre-draft, draft, revision, and final product, including being able to teach the various prose forms and the research essay.
• Experience working with first-year students or first-generation students.
• Experience teaching undergraduate seminar courses, and/or writing-intensive courses.
• Experience with student advising, particularly in relation to helping students transition to university culture and university-level learning.
• Demonstrated teaching ability working with a diverse population of undergraduates, including those with mixed academic achievement who enter the university from various economic, social, and cultural backgrounds.
• Experience with the technology needed to teach a course that relies on electronic classroom platforms, particularly platforms like Moodle, Canvas, or Blackboard (not, however, focused on teaching via completely online delivery).
• Commitment to student learning, retention, support, and assessment.

Qualifications

• Adjunct Instructor (term-by-term): Master’s or terminal degree in the discipline taught or a related field; OR a Bachelor’s degree in the discipline taught, or a related field, plus equivalency of Master’s degree in years of professional experience in the field. Demonstrated teaching potential. Familiarity with the appropriate equipment as required for the discipline.
• Adjunct Assistant Professor: Terminal degree in the discipline taught, or a related field; OR a Master’s degree in the discipline taught, or a related field, and is in the process of completing the appropriate terminal degree. Demonstrated teaching potential. Familiarity with the appropriate equipment as required for the discipline.