ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR – THANATOLOGY

Responsibilities

• Plan and teach courses and facilitate student learning in assigned classes.
• Write, revise, and distribute a course syllabus in alignment with the course description, including course requirements, grading criteria, and grading rubrics, and using the Edgewood University template.
• Maintain student attendance and grading records according to University policies.
• Collaborate with other thanatology faculty to provide consistent, effective learning and support for students.
• Monitor, assess, support student performance, and advise students on academic issues as needed.
• Keep current in research and practice related to program content.
• Able to seek out and use timely and current textbooks and peer-reviewed articles as course materials.
• Maintain confidentiality relating to student matters (understand FERPA).
• Maintain federal and Higher Learning Commission guidelines/requirements based on the Carnegie Unit of 135 hours (minimum total for a 3-credit course) through designing a clear plan of instruction and expected time-on-task per credit per week.
• Comply with university policies and guidelines.
• Willingness to participate in bi-monthly meetings with the program director and other faculty.

Requirements

• Necessary Education or Work Experience: Relevant earned doctoral degree required from a regionally accredited university or college, or its equivalent: PhD, DMin, DSW, DNP, PsyD, EdD, etc.
• Demonstrated advanced and broad-based knowledge of Thanatology as a discipline (ADEC CT® or FT® certification; active research agenda; peer-reviewed publications; higher education teaching experience in thanatology; clinical experience/expertise; and/or conference presentations conducted within the past five years; etc.).
• Preferred: Association for Death Education and Counseling credentials in Thanatology (Certified Thanatologist CT® or Fellow in Thanatology FT®. Successful teaching experience in graduate level higher education is preferred.)
• Ability to build online courses in Blackboard or similar LMS.
• Ability to incorporate global and multicultural perspectives in Thanatology courses.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to critique student writing and address shortcomings such as APA formatting, syntax, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and ability to do so in a supportive and educational manner.
• Ability to articulate own philosophy of education.
• Willingness to spend the time to forge relationships with students.
• Ability to work with students from all levels of experiences and backgrounds, and to support/educate students whose mechanics skills are weak, to help them become better students.