Career and Personal Development (CPD) Affiliate/Part-Time Instructor

Career and Personal Development (CPD) Affiliate/Part-Time Instructor

Position Number: PTWMS2
Salary for Announcement: Commensurate with experience and education.
Employee Category: Affiliate Faculty
Department: Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy

Position Summary:
Establishment of Department Pool for Affiliate/Part-Time Instructors of Career and Personal Development courses housed at the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy. Qualified applicants will be placed in the departmental pool and will be considered for affiliate/part-time departmental needs beginning Fall 2019 through Spring 2022.

Metropolitan State University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer.


Duties/Responsibilities:
Teach one or more courses during the day, evening, and/or weekend in an area of tested experience. Areas to be taught include but are not limited to the following: Transformations: Student Success, Time Management, Stress Management, Multi-level Wellness, Assertiveness, Self-Esteem, Sexual Harassment/Discrimination, Career Evaluation, and Internship Preparation.

Affiliate faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specific classes, as needed, usually on a semester by semester basis. Affiliate faculty are not eligible for benefit coverage under the University’s benefit program. All such teaching assignments are dependent on budget and enrollment. An affiliate faculty member’s duties include: meeting assigned classes, or delivering on-line content consistent with university, college/school, and department policies; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if appropriate, with department course coordination policies; being available, either face-to-face or electronically, to students in assigned classes to provide additional academic support as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.

The University is particularly interested in applicants who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for under-represented groups.


Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
4 years experience in the CPD area to be taught


Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree
Teaching experience in related area
Experience with and sensitivity to the needs of a diverse urban student population including (but not limited to) women of color, LBGTQIA students, women from low-income backgrounds, first-generation students, women with disabilities, undocumented students, non-traditional students, women veterans, and English-language learners


Posting Date: 07/15/2019
Closing Date:
Closing Instructions:

Special Instructions to Applicant:
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Important: In order to be considered as an applicant YOU MUST COMPLETE THE APPLICATION at www.msudenverjobs.com, and additionally: submit an application cover letter*, copies of transcripts*, and three letters of reference* to the screening committee chair:

Dr. Katherine Martinez
Institute for Women and Gender Studies
Metropolitan State University of Denver
P.O. Box 173362, Campus Box 36
Denver, CO 80217-3362
E-mail: kmart128@msudenver.edu
Phone: 303-615-0666

*Continuing PT faculty should already have the additional items on file, and only need to submit a revised CV.

**The selected candidate(s) will be required to provide Official Transcripts from all colleges and universities where degrees were awarded prior to a contract being finalized.


To apply, visit https://www.msudenverjobs.com/postings/12592

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