"Adjunct Faculty Credit - Japanese"

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The Liberal Arts division provides transfer ready courses to students in the areas of English, humanities, language, linguistics, communication and philosophy.

Responsibilities for Adjunct Instructors include conducting classes using appropriate instructional practices, maintaining records of attendance, evaluating student performance on assignments or lab activities, assigning mid-term grades, assigning final grades.

This part-time Japanese instructor would teach Japanese language courses, as assigned, including Beginning and Introductory Japanese.

Position Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Japanese from a regionally accredited institution
• Native or near-native fluency in Japanese.
• College level teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with alternative delivery instructional modes in person and online.