CLS Seminar Non-Tenure Track Faculty (Applicant Pool)

Position Details

Brief Position Overview
The College of Letters and Sciences CLS Seminar Program is now accepting applications from those with demonstrated and effective teaching experience, to serve as teaching faculty in our CLS courses. Successful candidates will enjoy facilitating discussion on a variety of texts and topics and can exemplify expert learning in an exciting, multi-disciplinary seminar.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leading a seminar course of approximately 15-18 students.
• Attending CLS faculty meetings once per week, usually on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays around noon, to discuss the texts and teaching pedagogy and classroom concerns as they arise.
• Working with student mentors and their corresponding program when applicable, such as with the Sophomore Surge mentoring program, or having a CLS peer mentor regularly attending and helping co-facilitate class.
• This may include some supervisory duties, regularly meeting outside of class, allowing mentors time to make brief announcements within the class, and the assigning of a grade, depending on the role of this mentor.
• Holding regular and as needed office hours.
• Occasionally meeting with students outside of the normally scheduled class.
• Participating in program and university assessment. This may include submitting requested assignments to be assessed and may also include setting time aside to assess assignments.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of a Master’s Degree in the appropriate field with academic background commensurate with teaching one or more of the specialty areas listed above.
• Academic/professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience teaching interdisciplinary courses.

Position Special Requirements/Additional Information

• The position for which you have applied MAY BE a Union position. Union affiliation is determined by job duties and the collective bargaining unit.
• Non-Tenure Track Faculty – Any position that is .5 FTE or more is represented by the Associated Faculty of Montana State University (AFMSU).

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.

Review of Applications

Review of applications will be on a continual basis and will continue until the position(s) are filled. Applicants will be notified if their application is being retained in the hiring pool for up to two years.