"Lecturer 10 Mths - English - 174591"

Category:FacultySubscribe: Department:EnglishLocations:Fredonia, NYPosted:Apr 10, 2024Closes:Open Until FilledType:Full-time TemporaryPosition ID:174591

About State University of New York at Fredonia:

The State University of New York at Fredonia is one of the crown jewels in the 64-campus State University of New York system. Founded in 1826, Fredonia is a highly ranked comprehensive, selective, public, residential, liberal arts university that enrolls approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students in 80+ majors and 50+ minors. Fredonia is consistently ranked as a top public university for academics, value, and social mobility. Fredonia is known for its strong academic programs, professional, award-winning faculty, a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere, and a strong focus on student success.

The 256-acre campus, known for beautiful green spaces and attractive architecture, is located one mile from the shore of Lake Erie in beautiful Western New York with ready access to fishing, swimming, and lakefront attractions. Fredonia is centrally located between several large metropolitan areas. It is one hour south of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 45 minutes north of Erie, PA, and just 2 ½ hours from Pittsburgh, Cleveland, or Toronto.

Fredonia is a safe village community with beautiful Victorian homes situated in the heart of Western New York wine country. The location affords residents all four authentic weather seasons; warm and sunshine-filled, yet comfortable spring and summer, vibrant colors across rolling hills with the changing leaves of autumn, and the picturesque landscapes and accompanying outdoor activities of winter.

SUNY provides a competitive salary and benefits package.

Fredonia's faculty and staff focus on ensuring that all students will achieve the Institutional Learning Goals:

• SKILLED Develop Intellectual and Applied Skills, Literacies and Knowledge
• CONNECTED Engage Community and Diversity: Local Stewardship, Global Citizenship
• CREATIVE Demonstrate Scholarship, Artistry, and Innovation
• RESPONSIBLE Activate Sustainability, Ethics, Leadership, and Professionalism

Read a message from State University of New York at Fredonia's President.

Job Description:

The Department of English is home to numerous faculty and staff members dedicated to providing students with engaging and meaningful classes for future educators. We offer degrees in English, English Adolescence Education and Writing at the undergraduate level, and also offer a multi - award, combined BA/M degree in English Adolescence Education. This program allows students to complete both degrees in five years. They are also eligible for professional certification.  

Rewards & Benefits

• Competitive compensation plus comprehensive benefits plan including health, dental, and vision insurance and retirement plan options including a fixed pension plan or a 401(A) with generous employer contributions;
• Paid leave provisions including sick and holiday leave; impressive educational benefits including tuition-free study plus supplemental tuition aid;
• A rich array of services, programs and benefits to help employees advance in their career and enhance the quality of their personal life, including professional development programs and services, employee EAP and wellness programs, discounted membership to the on-campus fitness center, and access to the Campus and Community Child Care Center.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Chair, the successful candidate will:

• Teach the following: ENGL 100: The Craft of Writing, SPST 115: Pillars of College Success, SPST 160: Project Success;
• Participate in University Service, English 100 team meetings, Recruitment and retention support, Regular assessment for the Fredonia Foundations general education program, and support for specific offices;
• Contribute to curriculum development and refinement;
• Provide academic advisement to students;
• Be aware of, understand, and follow all university policies.

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree or above in English, Composition and Rhetoric, English Education, or related field in hand at start of 2024-2025 academic year;
• Demonstrated excellence in university teaching;
• Demonstrated capacity to successfully teach an introductory, process-based writing class;
• Significant experience teaching and revising introductory composition course based on student outcomes, program assessment, and institutional priorities;
• Demonstrated ability to work with individual and small groups of students;
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to work with a diverse range of faculty, students, staff, and constituents in support of department and university mission;
• Demonstrated commitment to students, the department, college, division, university, and profession;
• Demonstrated experience with appropriate educational technologies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated effectiveness working with underserved students (including but not limited to students of color, first-generation college students, students in the LGBTQ+ community, students with disabilities, international and immigrant students, and students living with mental illness);
• Experience in developing and revising assessment instruments for course-level assessment;
• Demonstrated ability in curriculum development;
• Experience or familiarity with Open Educational Resources (OERs), e-portfolios, and student retention tools, and their use in the composition classroom;
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with a team of colleagues to set priorities for student support and course revision;
• Demonstrated capacity for contributing to diversity;
• Interest in, and commitment to, community engagement.

Additional Information:

This is a full time, term appointed, non-tenure track, UUP represented position beginning Fall 2024.

Salary range of $48,396-$53,396.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Fredonia prides itself on an outstanding workforce. To continually support organizational excellence, the university conducts background screens on applicants.

An Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer, Fredonia provides for, and promotes, equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment, without discrimination.

Pursuant to University policy, the University is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, or domestic violence victim status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the University community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law, or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.

The University's policy is in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations prohibiting unlawful discrimination and harassment. These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the New York State Human Rights Law. These laws prohibit discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual violence.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

SUNY Fredonia is actively recruiting diverse faculty of all backgrounds. In efforts and our commitment to the goal of building a diverse workforce we are participating in PRODiG. PRODiG ("Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth") aims to increase the representation of historically underrepresented faculty at SUNY including underrepresented minority ("URM") faculty in general and women faculty of all races in STEM fields ("WSTEM"). Click this link https://www.suny.edu/prodig/ to find out more about PRODiG.

Application Instructions:

Interested candidates shall apply and submit the required documents listed below by clicking on the APPLY NOW button. Complete applications received by May 2, 2024 will be given full consideration. Names and contact information for three professional references are required as part of the application.

• Cover Letter
• Resume/CV
• List of references
• Philosophy of Diversity statement

Note: After submitting your Resume/CV, the subsequent page gives you instructions that enable you to upload the additional, required documents.

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URL: www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-liberal-arts-sciences/english