Visiting Assistant Professor, French

Visiting Assistant Professor, French

FLSA Status: Exempt

Service Months: 9

Position Summary:

The Department of Global Languages and Cultures at Rollins, a private liberal arts college in central Florida, invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position to teach French language courses at all levels and other topic courses, beginning Fall 2022. The position is open to a generalist, particularly those with knowledge of pedagogical content development, second language acquisition, curricular design, and innovative methods and approaches in language teaching.

Special preference will be given to those candidates with experience with service learning in their courses, as well as instructional technology in language instruction. The preferred candidate will be able to make meaningful contributions and increase the diversity of the Department´s course offerings as well as across campus programs, such as African and African American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, as well as the Latin American & Caribbean Studies.

The teaching load is 4/4. One-year contract.

More information about the department and the college's innovative general education program can be found at: https://www.rollins.edu/global-languages/index.html and https://www.rollins.edu/global-languages/areas-of-study/spanish-studies-program.html.

Founded in 1885, Rollins is Florida's oldest recognized college. Rollins is an independent, comprehensive, residential liberal arts college. The campus, noted for its lakefront beauty and for its unique location, is set in the residential community of Winter Park, just 15 minutes from one of the nation's most dynamic urban centers, Orlando. For the last 10 years, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rollins No. 1 or No. 2 among southern regional universities. Rollins is one of only 36 Ashoka U Changemaker Campuses in the world. For additional information, please visit the College website at www.rollins.edu.

Minimum Qualifications and Education:

• A Ph.D. in French at the time of the appointment


• Native or near-native fluency in French and English


• Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence in the liberal arts


• Verifiable teaching experience in the liberal arts


• Capability to offer courses for heritage speakers and non-traditional students


• Ability to contribute to, help foster, and sustain a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment at Rollins.

Instructions to Applicants:

Please apply at https://jobs.rollins.edu/en-us/job/493345/visiting-assistant-professor-french.

COVID-19 Information:

In order to plan and keep our campus as safe as possible during the pandemic, it is imperative that we know how many employees are vaccinated. New employees will need to report their vaccination status within 3 days of their start date. To learn more about Rollins effort about the College's response to COVID-19, please click here.

Our Values:

Rollins seeks to foster and to model a campus environment that is welcoming, safe, and inclusive to all of our administrators, faculty, staff, and students. We view differences (e.g. nationality, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, physical ability, learning styles, perspectives, etc.) not as obstacles to be overcome but as rich opportunities for understanding, learning, and growth.

Through its mission, Rollins College is firmly committed to creating a just community that embraces multiculturalism; persons from historically under-represented minority groups are therefore encouraged to apply. Rollins does not discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical characteristics, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law, in its educational programs and activities.

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