Special Education - Part-Time Lecturer Pool

Special Education - Part-Time Lecturer Pool

The Department of Special Education at CSU Fullerton invites applications for its Part-Time Lecturer Pool. We welcome applications from individuals who are experienced and student centered to teach in the Education Specialist Teaching Credential and/or Special Education master's program.

This a general recruitment for a pool of part-time lecturers for the department to draw from as needed. Qualified applicants will be contacted when positions are available. Appointments from the part-time pool are temporary and often made just prior to the start of the academic term. Applicants must be available on very short notice.

Required qualifications include:

• Current or expired clear Education Specialist Credential with 3 years' experience OR 3 years' equivalent experience working with birth - 22 youth in diverse settings.
• Demonstrated commitment to just, equitable, and inclusive education
• Knowledge of the current context of public schooling, including the California adopted birth-22 content standards, frameworks, and accountability systems
• Knowledgeable of Teacher Performance Expectations (TPE) and able to support candidate development pertaining to the TPE's and TPA's.
• Knowledge of diversity in society, including diverse abilities, culture, language, ethnicity, and gender orientation
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with students from intersecting historically marginalized social groups using innovative instructional approaches and methods
• Committed to ongoing professional development to maintain currency in the field, including effective use of technology
• Ability to use current technologies to effectively communicate and share documents with candidates and mentor teachers.
• Note:
  
  Clinical coaches without a master's degree are not eligible to teach any prerequisite or credential courses in the program. They may only supervise students in field placements.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Master's Degree in special education or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience using anti-racist teaching and social justice pedagogies
• Plurilingual or have experience working with plurilingual students
• Experience supporting teachers, teacher candidates, and/or new teachers.
• Active in subject matter professional organizations

How to apply:

A complete online application must be submitted in order to receive consideration. Please provide the following materials as it relates to your application requirements:

• Letter of interest or Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume
• A list of three (3) references with contact information
• Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts upon offer)
• Inclusive Excellence Statement

Required materials before official hire include:

• Three letters of recommendation
• Official transcripts from the institution's Registrar's office emailed to: atellez

Applications will be reviewed as needed. Please direct all questions about the position to Dr. Adrian Jung (ajung), Department Chair.

The statement should focus on your commitment to just, equitable, and inclusive education. This statement can take several different forms and may address:

• Your contribution to issues of JEIE
• How you incorporate issues of JEIE into your teaching materials and methods or in your research
• How you have personally experienced issues regarding JEIE
• Your experiences and/or qualifications that enhance your ability to work with diverse groups

The prompt will be evaluated for what it tells us about your knowledge, application, experience and expertise as it relates to JEIE. The strongest statements will include attention to the intersectionality of JEIE elements.

The need for part-time faculty is greatest in Fall and Spring semesters. The Fall term begins in the late August and ends in mid-December; the Spring term runs from the middle of January through the end of May. On rare occasions part-time faculty are needed during one of the Summer Session segments.

Regular performance evaluations of part-time lecturers are made by the department in accord with the faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement and University Policy Statement 210.070. These performance evaluations determine which lecturers will be retained for future and continued teaching assignments. And in some instances, syllabi, assignments and reading material will be reviewed by the departmental personnel committee.

All part-time faculty appointments are made as Lecturers, under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the CSU system and the California Faculty Association. Initial appointments are for one semester only.

Classification Range: $5,507 - $6,677 per month

Anticipated hiring range depending on qualifications, not to exceed $6,221 per month

The full-time (15 units per semester) monthly base salaries indicated above are prorated to the number of units worked and are paid in six monthly payments for each full semester. For a three-unit assignment, typical starting compensation ranges from $6,608.40 to $7,465.20 per semester.

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