First Year Writing/Composition Affiliate Instructor

Metropolitan State University of Denver • Denver, CO

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About The Position

By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for affiliate faculty. Screening of applicants will take place when positions come available. The number of these temporary, part-time, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach. About the University Established in 1965, Metropolitan State University (MSU Denver) was founded to serve students who were underrepresented in higher education whose life paths and experiences did not fit the traditional mold. Sixty years later, the University continues to serve over 16,000 of Colorado’s extraordinary and diverse students, providing them with the foundation on which to build their unique aspirations. As the third largest public institution of higher education in Colorado, MSU Denver is a model university for today’s college students. Proud of its federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution that also offers graduate programs (gHSI) and the only Seal of Excelencia certified institution in Colorado, the University serves the most diverse undergraduate student population in the state, as well as the most first-generation students. Through affordable, flexible, and holistic education, MSU Denver helps students build essential skills grounded in a multicultural and global perspective that lead to undergraduate and graduate degrees, and career and life success. Position Summary The Department of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty instructors of English (First Year Writing). For more information about the Department of English in our College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, please visit: https://www.msudenver.edu/english .

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Studies, or English
• At least one year of experience teaching college-level composition

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate in Rhetoric and Composition
• Evidence of coursework and/or research expertise in rhetoric and composition
• Two years’ experience teaching college-level composition

Responsibilities

• Teach one to nine credit hours per semester in the area of First Year Writing.
• Ability to teach day, evening, weekend, or off-campus classes as needed.
• Classes may be face to face or online.
• Candidates must have the ability to work with and be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse, urban population.
• An affiliate faculty member’s duties may include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, advising, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.
• Applicants may be asked to teach in-person, online, or in hybrid capacities dependent upon course needs.
• The ability to adapt and learn new modes of instruction is highly encouraged.
• Candidates need to be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse student population.

Benefits

• The University’s benefits package is comprehensive and offers medical, vision and dental, free RTD pass, tuition reimbursement, as well as a life and supplemental insurance plans, retirement plans and other programs, such as access to a long-term disability (LTD) plan.
• Visit MSU Denver’s benefits website to learn more.
• For a brief overview, please see: https://www.msudenver.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MSU-Benefit-Summary.pdf .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level