Requisition Number:

F02554

Department:

Educational Foundations

Working Title:

Temporary Part-Time Instructor for School & Community Relations

Classification:

Instructor - 24900

Nature of position:

Temporary, part-time

Job Summary/Basic Function:

The department of Educational Foundations at Millersville University invites applications for a Temporary, part-time instructor responsible for teaching EDLD 614 School and Community Relations to students in the Leadership for Teaching and Learning MEd and principal certification programs in the Department of Educational Foundations.

Required Application Materials:

• A cover letter summarizing how the applicant’s education and experience match the required qualifications of the position.
• Current curriculum vitae or professional resume.
• Copies of registrar-issued unofficial transcripts for all degrees conferred and in progress (the successful candidate will be required to provide registrar-issued official transcripts from the issuing institution(s) directly to the Provost’s Office by the start date).
• Two letters of professional reference dated within the last 12 months.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials far enough in advance of the closing date to allow time for their references to respond. If you choose to provide additional documentation, please upload these items as optional documents.
Please do not link your application to the position until you have uploaded all of the required documents and any optional documents you want to provide. You will not be able to change the materials submitted or upload any new additional materials, after the application process has been completed and you receive a confirmation number.
Located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Millersville University of Pennsylvania is one of the 14 public universities of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Our pillars of distinction include exceptionally strong student-faculty relationships, numerous programs of distinction, a beautiful campus and vibrant location, and successful job placement for our students. Our students’ success, both inside and outside of the classroom, is our highest priority, and we provide numerous opportunities to facilitate their academic, personal, and social growth and development. Almost 70 baccalaureate programs are available for our 6,600 students to find their path. Several of our programs are multidisciplinary in nature, combining science, technology, and art to create a more progressive degree. One thousand graduate students enroll in 21 master’s and three doctoral programs. Our faculty are highly respected in their fields and dedicated to the success of students in the classroom, research labs, and in campus life. Over 66,000 alumni live in all 50 states and in 72 countries around the world. We seek individuals who embrace and value our EPPIIC values of exploration, public mission, professionalism, inclusion, integrity, and compassion.

At Millersville University we are committed to fostering a learning and working environment that promotes the intersectionality of diversity to foster a climate of inclusion. Employing our EPPIIC values and the principles of Inclusive Excellence, we hold that an inclusive community is a core value that is an essential part of the foundation for our learning and working environment. Millersville University is an equal opportunity employer and, in compliance with federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations are encouraged to apply.

The State System Employee Benefits Summary for faculty can be found at: https://www.passhe.edu/inside/HR/LR/Documents/APSCUF_July2019-June2023.pdf

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Educational Leadership, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated knowledge of how to involve the community and families in the schooling process from an equity lens.
• Ability to conduct classes through multifaceted teaching strategies for face-to-face classroom delivery and/or web enhanced or web-based formats
• Evidence of ability to successfully teach diverse student populations.
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal communication skills.
• Evidence of a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Successful interview.
• Successful completion of three background checks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree (ABD with doctorate required by the date of appointment) in Educational Leadership or related discipline.

Job Description:

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teach School and Community Relations to principal certification students. Additional responsibilities include ongoing professional/scholarly activity and service to the department and university commensurate with the assignment.

• Teach a three-credit course in school and community relations.
• Recruit educational leadership students.
• Serve on portfolio defense committees as appropriate.

Part-time faculty members shall maintain a prorated number of office hours each week, at a minimum of twenty-five (25) minutes for each workload hour taught, at such days, times and locations as will accommodate the needs of the students.

This position requires in-person instruction on Millersville University’s campus. This position is contingent upon sufficient enrollments in assigned classes.

For details, please see:

Please see the CBA, Article 12, Performance Review and Evaluation of Faculty (pp. 27-39).CONTINUING SCHOLARLY GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND/OR COMMUNITY:
Adjuncts are encouraged to be engaged in an ongoing process of scholarly development to ensure the currency of their instruction. They are encouraged to make results of scholarly activity available for the public and critical peer review. This could be evidenced by presenting papers at scholarly or public conferences; publishing books or articles in academic, popular, or educational journals; attending and holding membership or office in local, regional, national, or international scholarly associations; seeking and obtaining grants or fellowships; serving on juries, panels, or review boards of grant-giving institutions; consulting as a scholarly advisor for public or educational programs or organizations, including schools.OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Other reasonable duties assigned within the faculty member’s field of competence.

PERFORMANCE REVIEW / EVALUATIONS:
Ongoing evaluation, including annual peer review; classroom observations by one department faculty member per semester, and one classroom observation per year by department chair; and student evaluations. The results of these observations and evaluations are kept on file to serve as part of the record for renewal or reappointment.

• Please see the CBA, Article 12, Performance Review and Evaluation of Faculty (pp. 27-39).

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
The Educational Foundations (EDFN) Department is comprised of 15 full time faculty members and 1 support staff. EDFN is the education home to secondary BSE majors. We believe strongly that teachers must both know the subjects they teach and how to teach them to students. Because of this belief, we value our partnership with liberal arts departments in providing education courses, field experience, and co-advisors for our undergraduate secondary education students. This partnership also includes content specific preparation in Social Studies, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, World Languages, Math and Technology Education. EDFN also houses two MEd programs in Leadership for Teaching and Learning (LDTL) and Assessment, Curriculum, and Teaching (ACTE). Finally, in 2015, EDFN created the first doctoral program at Millersville, in partnership with Shippensburg University. The EdD program in Educational Leadership continues to matriculate a new cohort of students each year.

Essential Functions:

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• Ability to:
  • sit or stand while teaching.
  • speak clearly.
  • communicate via writing exceptionally well
  • understand verbal communication (read and understand verbal messages).
  • use construction tools safely.
  • move to and from campus buildings, offices, classrooms and stage areas.
  • climb ladders.
  • stoop or bend to pick things up.

• Must be able to lift/pull/push up to 10 pounds without assistance.
  • lift student paper bundles, small boxes, scene shop equipment and materials.
• Must be able to occasionally lift/pull/push heavier items with assistance.
• Teach courses face-to-face and online if necessary at the higher education level using lectures, demonstrations, class discussion, using online tools and/or equipment and/or other appropriate tools appropriate modes of education delivery.
• Able to record and calculate grades, prepare course outline and syllabus, develop course and lesson plans, engage in the selection of appropriate textbooks and other teaching aids necessary to the delivery of instruction.
• Use computer for email, obtain information on websites, prepare class documents, grade papers, submit final grades online and other duties related to teaching and advising students and serving the department, college, university and community.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risks.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse.

Posting Open Date:

07/01/2022

Posting Close Date:

08/01/2022

Quicklink for Posting/Requisition:

https://jobs.millersville.edu/postings/9660