Assistant/Associate Professor and Deputy Chair Department of Languages and Literature

Responsibilities

• Teaches classes in a positive environment with sensitivity to the student body
• Chairs and organizes meetings and maintains minutes
• Organizes and arranges course schedules for each semester
• Recruits and assigns appropriate academically-prepared full-time and adjunct faculty
• Orients, mentors, and evaluates faculty in terms of course content, grading standards, professional demeanor, appearance, punctuality, and attendance
• Coordinates the evaluation of departmental faculty members, including peer observations; completes Chairperson’s Annual Review of faculty members; reviews student evaluations and comments with administration and faculty
• Responds to students and administration in a professional, respectful, effective, and forthcoming manner
• Complies with University and College Academic Integrity Policies, Code of Conduct, and all other mandates
• Supervises course content to achieve departmental objectives
• Provides textbook listings on a timely basis
• Counsels and advises students concerning departmental and college requirements
• Evaluates transfer credits, monitors the progress of majors, and responds to student appeals appropriately
• Coordinates and supervises student learning assessment activities within the department
• Leads program reviews and departmental self-studies
• Resolves student and faculty issues on a timely basis
• Responds quickly to administrative requests for information and participation in registration and college events
• Works effectively with administration on budget requests, equipment, software and hardware purchases, supervision of laboratories, and/or special projects
• Exhibits creativity and leadership in meeting departmental and institutional goals
• Provides leadership in representing departmental and faculty interests in such forums as the Academic Council, the Faculty Senate, the Curriculum Committee, the Assessments and Outcomes Committee, etc.

Qualifications

• Doctorate required in Literature and Languages
• At least five years of successful teaching on the college level
• Collegial leadership that produces a positive working environment with sensitivity to the particular student body served by the colleges
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• A record of scholarship and administrative experience in curriculum planning, program and faculty development, and assessment of outcomes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook
• Blackboard educational platform

Pay

Minimum Salary: USD $64,000.00/Yr.

Schedule

Maximum Salary: USD $80,000.00/Yr.