Adjunct Japanese Professor

About the role

The Foreign Language department is seeking a Japanese adjunct professor to substitute and/or teach Elementary and Intermediate level Japanese language courses in the evening on Zoom and in person.

Responsibilities

• Teach the equivalent of 5-10 credit hours per semester in Japanese or serve as a substitute for day and/or evening courses.
• Perform other duties expected of adjunct faculty, to include collaborating and working successfully with other full-time and adjunct faculty in the Foreign Language department and other duties as assigned.
• Provide extra and co-curricular opportunities for Japanese language students.
• Participate in the planning and administration of all departmental initiatives.
• Participate in on-campus events promoting languages.
• Complete ACTFL and/or other departmental training.

Requirements

• M.A. degree in Japanese or language pedagogy, literature, culture, second language acquisition, applied linguistics, or related field with native or near native fluency (JLPT N1 level) or an M.A. in a related discipline with at least 18 hours of graduate work in Japanese as required by JCCC HLC criteria.
• Demonstrated knowledge of using technology in the classroom.
• Demonstrated understanding of the climate of post-secondary institutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages.
• Demonstrated ability to teach elementary and intermediate level Japanese language courses.
• Demonstrated excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of using technology in teaching.
• Demonstrated 2 years teaching experience at the post-secondary level and/or 4 years of high school teaching experience.

Qualifications

• M.A. degree in Japanese or language pedagogy, literature, culture, second language acquisition, applied linguistics, or related field with native or near native fluency (JLPT N1 level) or an M.A. in a related discipline with at least 18 hours of graduate work in Japanese as required by JCCC HLC criteria.
• Demonstrated knowledge of using technology in the classroom.
• Demonstrated understanding of the climate of post-secondary institutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages.
• Demonstrated ability to teach elementary and intermediate level Japanese language courses.
• Demonstrated excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of using technology in teaching.
• Demonstrated 2 years teaching experience at the post-secondary level and/or 4 years of high school teaching experience.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to teach Elementary and Intermediate level Japanese language courses.
• Demonstrated ability to teach online using zoom or a platform similar to zoom.
• Documentation from ACTFL (OPI) of advanced, mid or higher in Japanese.
• Ability to teach Chinese, French, German, Japanese or Spanish with HLC credentials.

Benefits

Partial benefits.

Pay

AJCR $1,262-$1,404 per credit hour and in accordance with the adjunct table and determined based on relevant years of work experience.

Schedule

Varies depending on department needs, 20 hours per week.