Adjunct Faculty, Center for World Languages and Cultures
University of Denver
- Denver, CO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Job requirements for undergraduate classes include teaching a 10-week course on campus in 4 sessions of 50 minutes each per week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
- Creating lesson plans
- Holding weekly office hours (either on campus or potentially virtually via Zoom video-conferencing depending on circumstances)
- Collaborating with colleagues on assessment creation
- Evaluating homework, quizzes, and exams including those for program assessment
- Participating in group meetings and training led by the First Year Language Program Coordinator and the CWLC Director
- Master's degree or ABD in language to be taught, in Second Language Acquisition, or in Education. Closely related fields will be given consideration as well.
- Native or near-native fluency in language to be taught and English.
- 1-2 years of previous teaching experience in the United States.
- Evidence of a commitment to incorporate teaching methods to engage diverse student populations effectively.
- Evidence of teaching using task-based, communicative methodologies which prioritize student-student interactions.
- Experience or willingness to learn course management systems such as Canvas.
- Availability to teach classes “face-to-face” in physical classrooms at the University of Denver.
- Ph.D. in language to be taught, in Second Language Acquisition, or in Education. Closely related fields will be given consideration as well.
- 3 + years previous experience teaching a university-level course as the primary instructor, especially with courses from the first-year language sequence.
- Experience interacting with and effectively teaching diverse communities of students.
- Experience working in a team, or under leadership of a coordinator.
- Experience managing a course via Canvas.
- Response to a question on inclusive excellence in the online application.
- Names and contact information of three references.
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