Writers' Program Instructor - Pool

Position overview

Position title: Instructor

Salary range: SEE JOB POSTING - /JPF
10508

Open date: July 17, 2025

UCLA Extension is considered one of the top programs of its kind, offering to more than 35,000 students per year approximately 4,500 classes and non-degree certificate programs to meet the professional development, continuing education, and personal enrichment needs of the full spectrum of nontraditional students as well as companies and organizations throughout and beyond the Los Angeles region.

UCLA Extension is the open-access, self-supporting continuing education division of UCLA. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a wide variety of certificate programs and courses, including post-baccalaureate credit‑bearing (400‑level), continuing education (CEU) credit, and non‑credit bearing general interest courses.

Course disciplines in the Writers’ Program span subject areas such as Fiction and Nonfiction Writing, Poetry, Screenwriting (Film and TV), Editing & Publishing, and more. Our courses and certificate programs offer students the opportunity to learn from highly qualified practitioners who are passionate about teaching.

Applications to teach are accepted throughout the year in order to fill immediate program needs and to increase the depth of the instructor pool, but interviews will only be scheduled with qualified applicants who can fill anticipated openings.

Qualified applicants possessing current knowledge in the following topic area(s) – for adults – are encouraged to apply. For a sense of the depth and breadth of our course offerings, visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Writers’ Program instructors develop syllabi from an established template, design courses, serve as instructor of record, evaluate student work, facilitate classroom discussion, present lectures, develop learning ads and tools, select and host guest speakers, comply with established policies and procedures, and complete required university compliance trainings as directed.

All instructors in this field have documented publications (books, periodicals, and/or literary magazines), and we are especially interested in those with current/recent publications in order to help students understand and navigate the evolving landscape of this field. Prior teaching experience is preferred.

• Fiction (novels, short stories)
• Nonfiction (creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay)
• Poetry
• Writing for Young Readers (picture books, middle grade, young adult)

All instructors in this field have documented produced scripts (features, teleplays, etc), and we are especially interested in those with current/recent productions in order to help students understand and navigate the evolving landscape of this field. Prior teaching experience is preferred.

• Features
• Television (half hour, one hour)
• Graphic novels (and comics)
• Podcasting
• Video Game Writing/Narrative Design

All instructors in this field have documented professional experience as a professional staff member of a publisher or press, not including self‑publishing and vanity presses, and we are especially interested in those with current/recent experience in order to help students understand and navigate the evolving landscape of this field. Prior teaching experience is preferred.

• Copyediting
• Developmental editing
• Editorial management

All instructors in this field have prior teaching experience in English composition at the college level and an advanced degree (Master’s or higher).

• Expository Writing
• Persuasive Writing

Classes can be online (live or asynchronous formats) or in person in Westwood or Downtown Los Angeles. Classes held with live instruction meet once a week for 10 weeks, typically in evenings and on weekends. Asynchronous online classes are deadline‑driven and have no class meetings. Many in‑person courses also take advantage of the online course format for distributing course materials, syllabi, assignments, and feedback.

Complete annual and biannual…