Adjunct Faculty, English

Stevenson University•Owings Mills, MD

About The Position

Adjunct faculty at Stevenson University will engage in teaching activities in accordance with the University’s faculty workload policies. Teaching responsibilities will include teaching courses in English. Adjunct Faculty in the English Department teach a variety of courses, depending upon their education and experience, such as College Writing I, College Writing II, and Introduction to Creative Writing. Adjunct Faculty are responsible for ensuring that students meet all learning outcomes. Essential Functions Engage in instructional activity totaling no more than 18 contact hours per academic year (August through May), with no more than 9 contact hours taught in an individual semester. Teaching responsibilities include time spent in the classroom, laboratory, or hybrid or online courses and in immediate preparation for them; maintaining competence in subjects being taught; preparing teaching materials; conferring with students on course materials; directing individual and group studies; reviewing written examinations and papers; evaluating presentations and projects; providing academic accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Other responsibilities include writing syllabi; reading and responding to emails promptly; grading course work within a time frame that enables the student to incorporate feedback on their next assignment; timely submission of mid-term and final grades, attendance verification, academic alerts, and other reports as requested; and alerting appropriate university personnel to student problems on a timely basis. Complete training or professional development as required by the University. Collegiality, as well as professional and ethical conduct, enhances teaching, learning and the general reputation of all persons in the academy. Therefore, all faculty members are expected to serve in a collegial fashion and in accordance with professional and ethical principles when dealing with other faculty members, students, administrators, and members of the public. Follow all faculty and program policies outlined by the School and the University. Every faculty member is guaranteed academic freedom in accordance with the statement on academic freedom and responsibilities of faculty members, as set forth in the Stevenson University Policies. Teaching assignments may require teaching day, evening, online or hybrid classes. Meeting classes for the full class time during the scheduled dates and times is expected.

Responsibilities

Engage in instructional activity totaling no more than 18 contact hours per academic year (August through May), with no more than 9 contact hours taught in an individual semester.
Teach courses in English.
Maintain competence in subjects being taught.
Prepare teaching materials.
Confer with students on course materials.
Direct individual and group studies.
Review written examinations and papers.
Evaluate presentations and projects.
Provide academic accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Write syllabi.
Read and respond to emails promptly.
Grade course work within a time frame that enables the student to incorporate feedback on their next assignment.
Timely submission of mid-term and final grades, attendance verification, academic alerts, and other reports as requested.
Alert appropriate university personnel to student problems on a timely basis.
Complete training or professional development as required by the University.
Serve in a collegial fashion and in accordance with professional and ethical principles when dealing with other faculty members, students, administrators, and members of the public.
Follow all faculty and program policies outlined by the School and the University.
Meeting classes for the full class time during the scheduled dates and times is expected.