Lecturer AY - Liberal Studies
Job Details
Lecturer AY - Liberal Studies
Job No: 557448
Work Type: Instructional Faculty - Temporary/Lecturer
Location: Pomona
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Temporary, Part Time, Faculty - Education/Library Science, On-site (work in-person at business location)
Temporary Faculty Pool
Department of Liberal Studies
College of Education and Integrative Studies
The Department of Liberal Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona invites applications for Part-Time Lecturer positions in Liberal Studies and Interdisciplinary General Education programs.
The Position
The temporary faculty pool is continuously open, and positions are filled as needed, based on student enrollment and funding. Candidates may need to be available to begin teaching on short notice. The Fall term begins in late August and ends in mid-December; the Spring term begins mid-January and ends in mid-May. Opportunities for teaching during the Summer Sessions may also be available.
Comprised of a multidisciplinary faculty, the LS Department provides an interdisciplinary education for undergraduate teacher candidates and students pursuing a liberal arts-based degree in disciplines related to their future educational paths or careers in fields such as law enforcement, social work, and healthcare. The department pedagogy is student-centered and experiential (e.g., discussion-based, service-learning) meant to model the university's inclusive polytechnic identity. Instruction focuses on developing students' proficiencies in critical thinking about and synthesizing arts, humanities, and social and natural science knowledge to understand age-old and emerging questions and issues relevant to our complex, global, information society, particularly in elementary education teachers' intellectual and subject-matter preparation, and in general education. The position requires teaching experience at the undergraduate level and an ability to teach critical thinking in an interdisciplinary context.
Responsibilities
Teach assigned division courses in the department's curriculum and serve weekly office hours based on assigned teaching unit load. Assignments may include day, evening, and/or weekend courses. Candidates should expect to teach in the following formats: in-person, hybrid synchronous, synchronous, and asynchronous and will need to be able to access the Cal Poly Pomona campus.
Required Qualifications
- Terminal Master's Degree, Ed.D., or Ph.D., including ABD candidates in an academic discipline or interdisciplinary studies
- Evidence of recent strong competence in undergraduate teaching at least 4 terms (not consecutive) of recent undergraduate teaching using an interdisciplinary approach
- Evidence of proven ability to teach using active and experiential learning, critical theory, social justice pedagogy, or related approaches.
Preferred Qualifications
- Evidence of ability to develop a sense of community in the classroom and strong rapport with students
- Evidence of a strong command of instructional technology (Canvas, social media, iPads, etc.)
- Evidence of an ability to teach in different modalities (face-to-face, hybrid, synchronous)
- Evidence of a strong sense of collegiality
- Evidence of an ability to assess teaching and learning effectiveness, receive feedback from colleagues, and revise instruction accordingly
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