Part-Time Reading Instructor; Pool

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FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Pending any course assignment, initial placement can range as follows:
- Lab Course (Salary Schedule HB) – $89.20 up to $130.94 per hour.
- Lecture Course (Salary Schedule AJ) – $103.85 up to $151.07.

Months Per Year: Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

• Teach or preparation to teach developmental and transfer-level reading courses
• Use teaching methods that engage and motivate students
• Commitment to teaching at a community college and an understanding of the role of the community college
• Preparation to teach with a multicultural perspective
• Use technology in teaching and learning
• Share the department's commitment to established academic standards
• Commitment to the goal of reading across the disciplines
• Work in the Reading and ESL Center
• Teach evenings and/or Saturday classes

• Developmental and transfer-level reading courses, including successful experience teaching or evidence of preparation to teach
• The use of technology in teaching and learning

• Use teaching methods that engage and motivate students
• Commitment to teaching at a community college and an understanding of the role of the community college
• Preparation to teach with a multicultural perspective
• Acceptance of the department's commitment to established academic standards
• Commitment to the goal of reading across the disciplines
• Willingness to work in the Reading and ESL Center
• Willingness to teach evenings and Saturdays

• Master's or above in education with a specialization in reading or teaching reading OR Bachelor's in any academic discipline AND twelve semester units of coursework in teaching reading AND Master's or above in English, literature, linguistics, applied linguistics, composition, comparative literature, TESL, or psychology OR the equivalent (see below).
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom.
• Degree Equivalence:
  The employee or applicant possesses a degree(s) with similar content to those listed for the relevant discipline. The name of the degree is close to that specified on the Disciplines List but the degree either has a different title or area of expertise or the coursework is slightly different. Equivalence is established through analysis of transcripts and coursework.

Note:

If you believe your degree, academic background, or professional achievements are equivalent to the stated minimum qualifications, please complete the Application for Equivalence - For Faculty Positions (you may choose more than one category), which is available as an option during the application submission process. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications as outlined above do not need to complete this form.

• Position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• Position is a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX

• Frequent hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and online
• Comprehend speech at normal levels
• Upper limb dexterity to operate computers and peripheral equipment
• Vision sufficient for daily and frequent use of computers, databases, and written materials
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Frequent bending at the waist
• Physical presence at on-site locations
• Communicate and interact with others
• Observe and interpret people and situations
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks
• Perform highly detailed work under changing priorities and deadlines on multiple concurrent tasks
• Work with frequent interruptions
• Self-regulate emotion and behavior

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