Job Title: Part-Time Instructor (Middle,Second,Reading&Deaf Ed)
Location: Valdosta State University
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Part-Time
Job ID: 218644
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Job Summary

The selected candidate will be responsible for teaching courses in the candidate’s area of expertise.

Responsibilities

The Department of Initial Teacher Preparation and Services seeks part-time faculty to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate courses and clinical supervision include the following areas: American Sign Language/English interpreting, deaf education, middle grades education, and secondary education. Graduate courses and clinical supervision include the following areas: teacher leadership, curriculum and instruction, deaf education, and middle grades education (math and science).

Part-Time faculty must perform duties associated with teaching at the post-secondary level. These include (but are not limited to): preparing lectures and their class instructional materials; preparing and leading class discussion; providing prompt responses to student questions and inquiries as well as prompt and appropriate feedback on tests, quizzes, and assignments; and following VSU policies and procedures related to teaching.

Typical Allocation of Duties:

100% Teaching

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate Instruction and Supervision: Master¿s degree in the appropriate field (at least 18 graduate credit hours in a related field)
• Graduate Instruction: Terminal degree in the appropriate field
• Demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching and learning

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative setting
• A record of mentoring students of diverse backgrounds
• Teaching experience at the college level

Proposed Salary

Commensurate with experience.

Conditions of Employment

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Position May Require Credit Check (if using P-Card, working with Cash, etc.).

Position Requires completion of VSU’s Annual Compliance Training course (such as State Business Transactions, Drug Free Workplace, Anti-Harassment Policy, Introduction to Information Security, Workers Compensation, Motor Vehicle Policy, USG Ethics Policy, Conflict of Interest/ Outside Activities Policy, Leave Procedures for Faculty and Staff, Georgia Open Records Act, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and Contracts 101. Supervisory positions require training in FMLA and Worker’s Compensation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Valdosta State University is an equal opportunity educational institution. It is not the intent of the institution to discriminate against any applicant for admission or any student or employee of the institution based on the age, sex, race, religion, color, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation of the individual.

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