(Pool) Summer Better Than Others Instructor

About the role

This pool is for applicants interested in temporary Summer Camp appointments at Southern Oregon University. Applications will be kept on file and qualified applicants will be contacted for interviews.

Responsibilities

• Create an age-appropriate curriculum that fits within the time limitations and encourages critical thinking and Project-Based Learning.
• Prepare the classroom and supplies before the beginning of class.
• Arrive 15 minutes before the beginning of class and remain until all students are safely en route to their next activity, or are under the supervision of the on-site facilitator.
• Provide a climate that is conducive to learning and that respects the rights of all persons without discrimination.
• Complete daily attendance records, and report missing or late students and any student illness or injury (even minor).
• Be responsible for behavior management inside the class, and uphold camp policies, including internet use policies and safety guidelines, the prohibition of personal electronic devices while in class, and guests of any kind in the classroom without prior approval from the program coordinator.
• Maintain communication with the program coordinator.
• Provide the program coordinator with detailed day-by-day lesson plans for the four-day-long course.
• Provide a materials list to their program coordinator.
• Supervise the use of SOU spaces and equipment, and limit their class to pre-approved spaces and equipment in accordance with pre-arranged permissions.
• Report any damage to spaces or equipment to the program coordinator.
• Instructors will be advised if accommodations for special needs or severe allergies have been requested, and will be expected to communicate any circumstance that might interfere with enacting those accommodations to the program coordinator.
• Respond to all emails and communications regarding this position in a consistently timely manner.
• Regularly check your email for important communications.
• Participate in the required Instructor Orientation.

Requirements

• Ability to pass a background check.
• Passion for teaching young students.
• 1+ years of experience with the subject matter.
• The last year of Undergraduate OR 20+ years old.
• Able to create age appropriate engaging curriculum for a 5-day class.

Preferred Requirements

• A college graduate.
• 1+ years of teaching professionally in a classroom setting.
• Background of teaching students who experience physical or mental disabilities.

Skills, Knowledge, And Abilities

• Excellent communication skills; ability to effectively communicate information in a clear and understandable manner.
• Ability to work with a high level of productivity and accuracy/attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to initiate, establish, and foster communication and teamwork between students by maintaining a positive, cooperative, productive atmosphere and creating community-oriented relationships within a diverse population and with those from various cultural backgrounds.
• Working knowledge, or ability to quickly learn university infrastructure, policies, and procedures.

Physical Demand

• Ability to sit/stand for an hour at a time.
• Move/Transport up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to pull a wagon full of class supplies.

Special Conditions

• Must be able to work additional hours and adjust working hours to meet special jobs.
• May be called back periodically to perform work as needed on an emergency basis.
• Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SOU is an equal access AA/EOE committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Diversity Statement

Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity, our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity, we strengthen and enrich our role as learners, educators, and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity, to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.

SOU Land Acknowledgment

We want to take this moment to acknowledge that Southern Oregon University is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, the discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together – who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return, they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (www.ctsi.nsn.us) are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourage YOU to learn about the land you reside on and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.