Ancient Scripture-Religious Education, CFS Professorial, may be filled with visitor

Brigham Young University-posted 1 day ago
Full-time
Provo, UT
1,001-5,000 employees
Resume
Match Score
Upload and Match ResumeTrack Jobs with Teal

BYU Department of Ancient Scripture is dedicated to furthering the Aims of Brigham Young University, which is to provide students with an education that is spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging, character-building, and leads to lifelong learning and service. BYU Department of Ancient Scripture seeks to hire individuals who have demonstrated the ability to provide this type of education through the highest quality teaching, citizenship, and scholarship. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. Candidates must be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in good standing. Candidates must have the personal character, faith, testimony, and qualities of life that are powerful role models for our students. Candidates must also be sound doctrinally. Candidates must be familiar with, support, and strive to fulfill the principles and direction contained in the document "Strengthening Religious Education in Institutions of Higher Education (https//religion.byu.edu/Strengthening_Religious_Education). As stated in the SRE document, "The purpose of religious education is the teach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ from the scriptures and modern prophets in a way that helps each student develop faith in and a testimony of Heavenly Father . . . , the Savior, Jesus Christ, . . . and the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, . . . become lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ, . . . and strengthen their ability to find answers . . . in whatever challenges they may face."

  • Teaching: Typically, full-time faculty must teach four sections (two credits each) of classes offered by the Department of Ancient Scripture each fall and winter semester. This fall/winter teaching load will normally consist of two different class preps (e.g., two sections of Book of Mormon and two sections of New Testament). Candidates must also teach two sections (two credits each) of classes offered by the Department of Ancient Scripture, either spring or summer term (normally consisting of one class prep). Each of these classes will normally contain between thirty and seventy students. If desired, funds will be provided to hire a student assistant to help with grading.
  • Citizenship: Full-time faculty must be good citizens in the Department of Ancient Scripture as well as on the college level (BYU Religious Education) and the university level. This includes attending department, college, and university faculty meetings, fulfilling committee obligations, and other ad-hoc assignments.
  • Scholarship: Professorial faculty are required to publish quality peer-reviewed scholarship, which must include gospel scholarship of high quality directed primarily to Latter-day Saints. Additionally, those professors with relevant interests and expertise are encouraged to publish academic research of high quality directed primarily to non-Latter-day Saint audiences in academic publishing venues and/or pedagogical scholarship aimed at improving teaching and learning. Professorial faculty are required to publish one peer-reviewed article/chapter per year. Funds are available for travel to conferences in which the faculty member is participating (i.e., giving a presentation, moderating a session, or participating in another way).
  • PhD in Hebrew, New Testament, ANES, Education, or closely related field from an accredited university. The required degree must be completed by the start date.
  • Candidates must demonstrate unusual potential for excellent teaching of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, in particular courses on the Book of Mormon and the Bible, to undergraduate students at BYU.
  • Candidates must be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in good standing.
  • Candidates must have the personal character, faith, testimony, and qualities of life that are powerful role models for our students.
  • Candidates must also be sound doctrinally.
  • Candidates must be familiar with, support, and strive to fulfill the principles and direction contained in the document "Strengthening Religious Education in Institutions of Higher Education
  • This will often, but not always, be demonstrated by teaching experience in religious education in the Church Educational System (CES).
Track Jobs with Teal

Job Search Resources

•
Resume Builder
•
Resume Examples
•
Cover Letter Examples

Tools

Career Hubs

Guides

Company

© 2024 Teal Labs, Inc
Privacy PolicyTerms of Service