Visiting Lecturer, Mathematics

Stevenson University•Owings Mills, MD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Visiting Lecturer, Mathematics is a 9-month full-time, campus-based faculty position in the School of Sciences with responsibilities for teaching, student advising and mentoring, course development, and service to the department, school, and university. In accordance with the University’s faculty workload policy and the School of the Sciences Fulltime Faculty Job Description, teaching responsibilities include 30 contact hours per academic year (generally 15 contact hours per semester) and will include teaching foundational and introductory math courses as well as courses in the calculus sequence.

Responsibilities

Engage in instructional activity totaling 30 contact hours per academic year (generally 15 contact hours each semester) as assigned by the Academic Program Administrator ( APA ).
Teaching responsibilities include time spent in face-to-face courses and in immediate preparation for them; preparing teaching materials; conferring with and providing timely feedback to students on course-related matters; directing individual and group studies; reviewing projects and papers; evaluating assignments, examinations, presentations, and other course work in timely fashion; supervising independent study projects; and submitting mid-term and final grades.
Stevenson University uses the BlackBoard course management system.
Administrative responsibilities include writing and/or updating syllabi each semester or term; reading and responding to emails; attendance verification, academic alerts, and other reports as requested; and alerting appropriate university personnel to student concerns on a timely basis.
Maintain teaching effectiveness by encouraging active student learning, reflecting and responding to student evaluations of teaching, and adjusting teaching strategies per recommendations from classroom observations, supervisor evaluations, and other relevant sources of feedback.
Prepare courses in accordance with published faculty workload guidelines.
Schedule and hold at least three office hours each week.
Provide feedback to students via assignments and exams graded in a timely manner.
Meet with students as related to instructional activity.
Evaluate, update, and revise courses regularly.
Participate in the assessment activities of the Department, School, and University.
Every faculty member is guaranteed academic freedom in accordance with university policies on academic freedom and responsibilities of faculty members.
Follow all faculty and program policies outlined by the School and the University.