Foreign Language Lecturers

Part-Time Lecturers (Adjuncts) in Swahili and Korean

The Department of English and Modern Languages at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) invites applications for part-time lecturers (adjuncts) to teach Swahili and Korean starting in the Fall 2025 semester. Classes are taught in-person on our Princess Anne campus with a focus on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The position is on an as-needed basis.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty members are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs, committed to innovative instruction resulting in improved student learning, and able to effectively use technology to track attendance, grading, and other classroom management needs using the LMS.

Applicants should have demonstrated fluency in the language and knowledge of the respective area's culture and advanced English proficiency. Benefits: UMES offers exciting opportunities for professional growth. Generous benefits include medical, prescription, dental, and accidental death & dismemberment. The medical benefits are subject to subsidy restrictions based upon number of courses taught. Voluntary participation in supplemental retirement accounts (SRAs) to include TIAA, Fidelity, or MSRP-Nationwide;

participation in state sponsored Met Life life insurance and/or USM sponsored Met Life life insurance plan; long term disability insurance, and the employee assistance program.

Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Plans and teaches all-level courses in the target language.
• Prepares syllabi and instructional materials, coordinates class sessions and tests and evaluates student work.
• Maintains the highest possible standards of classroom instruction.
• Keeps aware of new information and developments in the field of instruction.
• Performs all duties and maintains all standards in accordance with university policies, procedures and core values.

• Master's degree from an accredited institution.

• Academic preparation in teaching field to include eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in the discipline to be taught.

• One year of teaching experience.

• Ability to use an LMS (Canvas, Blackboard, etc.) to teach

• May require extended periods of standing, bending, sitting at desk.

• May require lifting up to 25 lbs.

• Requires communication with a variety of constituents externally and internally.

• Requires operation of a variety of office equipment.

• University-level teaching experience