Part-Time Faculty: ITA 101: ITALIAN I (Fall 2026)

Syracuse University’s Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics is hiring a part-time instructor to teach one or more 4-credit sections of Italian I (ITA 101) in the Fall 2026 semester. The appointment begins August 17, 2026; classes start August 24, 2026.

About the role

Italian I (ITA 101) is an introductory proficiency-based course that prepares students to understand, speak, read, and write in culturally authentic contexts. All activities are conducted in Italian.

Responsibilities

• Develop and/or update a class syllabus.
• Order the appropriate books and materials in advance of the class start date.
• Prepare lectures, projects, and other student assignments.
• Maintain two hours of regularly scheduled office hours per week.
• Present instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the class.
• Meet all designated class periods; if unable to meet due to illness or emergency, exercise best effort to reschedule the class or obtain a substitute and notify the department chair.
• Work with the academic unit to maintain student learning outcomes.
• Submit completed mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to University regulations.
• Grade student assignments and exams in a timely manner.
• Provide departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations.
• Complete all other course-related duties as outlined by the department’s policies for part-time instructors.
• Build a positive rapport with students and faculty.

Requirements

• Master’s degree.
• Native or near-native fluency in Italian.
• Experience in university-level teaching preferred.

Pay

The hiring rate of pay will be determined based on the successful candidate’s per-credit-rate history within the hiring department. All positions and offers are subject to funding availability and enrollment.

About Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience with more than 200 majors and 100 minors across 13 schools and colleges, nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students, and a global alumni network of over a quarter-million in 160 countries.

About the Syracuse area

Syracuse is a medium-sized city in the geographic center of New York State, approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population is about 500,000, offering a low cost of living and a wide range of social, cultural, and recreational options including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, premier shopping venues, water skiing, snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring historic sites, visiting Finger Lakes wineries, and biking along the Erie Canal.