"Music Education - Special Sessions Instructor"

School of Music and Dance Summary

The School of Music and Dance at SJSU value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives. Our School of Music family includes 15 tenured / tenure-track faculty, 65 lecturers, 7 staff, and 450 students. We are looking for colleagues who are dedicated to critically engaging in their teaching and research, who see strength in the diversity of our student community, and who are committed to challenging themselves and the School as we seek to grow and strengthen our work.

Brief Description of Duties

The successful candidate will teach a weeklong course focusing on historically underrepresented and marginalized composers and communities in the field of music education. The course will unpack decolonial practices in music education, specifically related to inquiry-based pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching.

• The successful candidate will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation – through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
• Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
• All classes must be offered and meet as scheduled throughout the entire semester or term, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes (i.e., asynchronous, synchronous, bichronous, in-person, or hybrid).

Required Qualifications

• MA or MM in Music
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.

Compensation

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2. The maximum rate (listed below) is the usual salary to be paid to a faculty member per WTU (Weighted Teaching Unit) in Special Session. When enrollment falls short of targets for each rank, a faculty member is paid in accordance with the per student rates in the schedule. Class enrollment is not limited to 25 students and may be substantially higher if appropriate to course type.

L-A / Range 2: $2279 per WTU
L-B / Range 3: $2497 per WTU
L-C / Range 4: $3146 per WTU
L-D / Range 5: $3977 per WTU

Application Procedure

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:

• CV
• Cover Letter
• List of at least three (3) or as many as five (5) references