Tutor-Fixed Term
- Employer
- Michigan State University
- Location
- East Lansing
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Work type: Faculty/Academic Staff
Major Administrative Unit / College: College Of Arts And Letters
Department: Linguistics, Languages, And Cultures 10004543
Sub Area: FAS- Fac./Acad Staff
Salary: Salary Commensurate with Experience
Location: East Lansing
Categories: Education/Training, Fixed Term Academic Staff, Full Time (90-100%), Non-Union
Working/Functional Title
Lilac Tutor-Fixed Term
Position SummaryThe Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) and the Indian and South Asian (ISA) Languages Programs at Michigan State University are currently establishing a pool of fixed term tutors. These positions will be filled per course/per semester, on an as-needed basis. Applicants in this pool are reviewed when the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy.
Duties: responsibilities include working closely with the LCTL or ISA coordinators to teach one to three courses in the LCTL or ISA, attending training meetings and biweekly progress meetings. Tutors will also be evaluated by the LCTL or ISA Teaching Coordinator.
The Department has a strong institutional commitment to diversity in all areas and encourages candidates from underrepresented groups. We favor candidates who can contribute to the College of Arts and Letters’ distinctive educational objectives, which promote interdisciplinary perspectives, intercultural understanding, and values diversity and inclusion as essential to achieving excellence.
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required DegreeBachelors
Desired DegreeDoctorate
Minimum Requirements- Bachelor’s degree
- Native or near-native literate speaker of a Less Commonly Taught Language, including, but not limited to: Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, and Uzbek.
- Experience teaching in US setting
- Master’s degree or PhD.
Qualified applicants should submit
- a cover letter
- current curriculum vitae
- A 1-page summary of your philosophy of diversity, equity, and inclusion as it pertains to intellectual leadership in the areas of teaching/curriculum development, research/creative activities, service, outreach, advising, and/or administration. The statement should also include an explanation of related past or planned activities/endeavors as well as how the candidate will advance our goals of inclusive excellence. Guidance for writing diversity statements. (https://cal.msu.edu/documents/cal-guidelines-for-the-writing-of-diversity-statements/ )
- 3 letters of recommendations
Review of applications will be as needed and will be on-going. Applications must be submitted electronically to the Michigan State University Human Resources website http://careers.msu.edu . Posting number 1004423.
For more information, contact Danielle Steider, Less Commonly Taught Languages program coordinator, steider@msu.eduo or Rajiv Ranjan, Indian and South Asian program coordinator, rranjan@msu.edu.
Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation.
Review of Applications Begins On12/02/2024
Websitelilac.msu.edu
Department StatementThe College of Arts & Letters recognizes that only an academic and organizational culture, which actively seeks out and strengthens diverse voices and perspectives among its
members results in true excellence. The College of Arts & Letters is particularly interested in candidates of all backgrounds who are committed to the principle that intellectual leadership is achieved through open access and pro-active inclusion.
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
Advertised: Nov 20, 2024 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: Nov 20, 2026 Eastern Standard Time
Organization
Working at Michigan State University
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Together, we tackle some of the world’s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better—from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.
We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.
We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.
The nation’s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.
Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world—on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we’re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.
In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.
Top Distinctions
U.S. News & World Report ranks MSU
- 29th among the nation’s public universities
- First in the nation for 19 years for graduate programs in elementary and secondary education
- First in the nation for graduate programs in nuclear physics and industrial and organizational psychology
- First in the nation for undergraduate program in supply chain
Recognized for 11 consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in its annual Academic Ranking of World Universities
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Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s STARS program, which measures and encourages sustainability in education and research; operations; and planning, administration, and engagement
Member of the prestigious 62-member Association of American Universities
Only university in the country with on-campus medical schools graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, and veterinarians (DVMs)
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