"Part-Time Instructor (Middle,Second,Reading&Deaf Ed)"

Job Summary

The selected candidate will be responsible for teaching courses in the candidate’s area of expertise.

Responsibilities

Department Summary

The Department of Initial Teacher Preparation and Services seeks part-time faculty to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate courses and clinical supervision include the following areas: American Sign Language/English interpreting, deaf education, middle grades education, and secondary education. Graduate courses and clinical supervision include the following areas: teacher leadership, curriculum and instruction, deaf education, and middle grades education (math and science).

Part-Time faculty must perform duties associated with teaching at the post-secondary level. These include (but are not limited to): preparing lectures and their class instructional materials; preparing and leading class discussion; providing prompt responses to student questions and inquiries as well as prompt and appropriate feedback on tests, quizzes, and assignments; and following VSU policies and procedures related to teaching.

Typical Allocation of Duties:

100% Teaching

Required Qualifications

Undergraduate Instruction and Supervision: Master's degree in the appropriate field (at least 18 graduate credit hours in a related field)

Graduate Instruction: Terminal degree in the appropriate field

Demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching and learning

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to work effectively in a collaborative setting

A record of mentoring students

Teaching experience at the college level

Proposed Salary

Commensurate with experience.

About Us

As a comprehensive institution of the University System of Georgia, Valdosta State University (VSU) is a welcoming, aware, and vibrant community founded on and dedicated to serving our communities’ rich and diverse heritages. Through excellence in teaching, basic and applied research, and service, VSU provides rigorous programs and opportunities that enrich our students, our university, and our region. As such, the VSU mission consists of three interrelated parts that includes a student mission, university mission and regional mission. The university is equally dedicated to the core values of community, including a commitment to practice civility, integrity and citizenship. As members of this community and proud Blazers we strive to uphold these core values for the advancement of the University.