Reading/Writing Specialist (Metropolitan Campus)
- Employer
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Jul 13, 2022
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Communications, Speech & Rhetoric, Humanities, English & Literature, English as a Second Language, Administrative, Academic Affairs, Other Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Advising & Academic Support Services
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
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Job Title: Reading/Writing Specialist (Metropolitan Campus) Campus: Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, NJ Department: Academic Support Center-Metro Hiring Manager: Shawn Harr Hiring Manager Title: Assistant Director, Academic Support Center (Metro) College: Position Type: Professional Administrative Grade: 23 FLSA: Exempt Faculty Rank: Salary: Commensurate with Experience Status: Full-Time Months Worked: 9 Month Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Director of the Academic Support Center, the Reading/Writing Specialist is responsible for curriculum planning and teaching developmental reading labs and study skills seminars; tutoring students who come for help in writing and for ESL support; communication with students’ instructors concerning academic progress; counseling probationary students in study skills and time management; and administering and scoring placement tests. Required Qualifications:
1. Master’s degree in English or writing plus demonstrated success as a writing teacher and experience in reading instruction and reading development. Publications a plus.
2. Experience in basic skills instruction (reading, writing, study skills); experience in curriculum development and working with students with disabilities highly desirable. Such experience is preferable at the university level.
3. Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus.
4. Must be available to work evening hours as required.
5. Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check. Candidates for hire will be required to sign a waiver authorizing the background check and produce a Social Security Card. Preferred Qualifications: Hours Worked Posting Date: 07/13/2022 Special Instructions to Applicants: Application Types Accepted: Application for Employment Supplemental Questions
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Required Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Letter of Reference 1
Company
The largest private university in New Jersey, FDU is a not-for-profit, nonsectarian, multicampus institution. Founded in 1942, FDU achieved four-year status in 1948 and approval as a university in 1956.
The University offers over 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including doctoral programs in pharmacy, nursing practice, clinical psychology and school psychology; and an AACSB-accredited business school. Degree programs are offered on two New Jersey campuses and at two FDU locations outside the U.S.: Wroxton College, in Oxfordshire in England, and the Vancouver Campus, in British Columbia, Canada.
FDU’s 12,000+ full- and part-time students pursue quality career-oriented programs on schedules tailored to their needs — days, evenings and weekends.
The curriculum reflects a mission of global education and a foundation of a nationally-renowned Core.
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