"U.S. History Lecturer Pool"

Department Summary

The Department of History at San José State University is a vibrant center of learning for nearly 300 undergraduate and graduate History majors, plus hundreds more undergraduate students enrolled in History survey courses that fulfill General Education and American Institutions graduation requirements. The department has nine full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty and fourteen part-time or full-time lecturers. We offer courses that cover most of the world and all periods of time. We are always looking for qualified History instructors who can teach lower-division survey courses and occasional upper-division courses as well.

Learn more about our department at https://www.sjsu.edu/history/

Brief Description of Duties

We are seeking qualified lecturers to teach U.S. history courses on a part-time, temporary basis depending on department needs. Specific courses include HIST 15: Essentials of U.S. History and HIST 170S: American Identities & Institutions. HIST 15 is a 3-unit, lower-division survey course in U.S. history that fulfills the American Institutions graduation requirement (Area US1). HIST 170S is a 3 unit, upper-division survey course in U.S. history that fulfills the US1 requirement and also the Area S: Self, Society, and Equality in in SJSU Studies. Candidates should expect to teach in-person, on campus.

• Candidates with U.S. History teaching experience are preferred.
• Candidates must be prepared to teach courses as assigned by the department chair in accordance with course descriptions and General Education requirements.
• Candidates must create fully compliant syllabi and other course materials; conduct class sessions as scheduled; meet with students as required; use Canvas and other appropriate instructional technology; attend faculty and college meetings; maintain student records (enrollment, attendance, grades, and assessment); and follow all CSU and SJSU policies and guidelines.
• Demonstrate awareness of and address the needs of a student population of great diversity–including 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), the official LMS provided for the SJSU community. All classes at SJSU, whether online or not, must be anchored in the Canvas platform to ensure faculty-student connection in a common space as all students are directed to log in to Canvas for online access to their classes. You will have access to this system prior to the semester start date.
• 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 PhD in US History
• Minimum one year of U.S. History teaching experience at the post-secondary level (community college, 4-year college, or university).
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in U.S. History (required for HIST 170S).
• Experience with the Canvas learning management system.

Compensation

Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2.

Anticipated starting salary:

L-A / Range 2 - $5507 - $5959
L-B / Range 3 - $6221 - $7481
L-C / Range 4 - $6825 - $9431
L-D / Range 5 - $8593 - $10347

Range salaries above are the anticipated monthly salary rate of full-time AY faculty--part-time rates are prorated. There are 6 monthly payments per semester (full-time AY annual salary = rate x 12). See the Faculty Salary Schedule for more information.

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
• Statement of U.S. History Teaching Philosophy
• Statement of Expertise, including professional experience and U.S. History courses you are qualified to teach

This is a continuing open position.