Adjunct Faculty for Core Instructional Practices (LSO005

Online Course Instructor

Deliver the online 7-week asynchronous "Core Instructional Practices" course and interact with 12-20 students enrolled in the course. Learners are aiming to teach world languages in a wide variety of instructional contexts – primary schools, secondary schools, community colleges, adult schools, Saturday schools, and private online instruction. This role involves giving substantial, personalized feedback to learners on all assignments, drawing on personal experiences and professional knowledge related to enacting language instruction, particularly within the context of ACTFL High-Leverage Teaching Practices (Glisan & Donato), ACTFL World Readiness Standards.

The course is already built, but you will be responsible to personalize the instruction and provide feedback on discussion boards, smaller assignments, and larger assessment projects submitted in the course.

Pay: $8000

Core Responsibilities:

• Record and post a short video introduction to each module, including your relationship to the content and describing the learning goals for the module
• Respond to student input on Canvas in a thoughtful, thorough and timely manner
• Assess student performances in a way which cultivates their knowledge, skills and dispositions related to the subject matter
• Availability for virtual office hours with students who want to engage with the instructor in real time
• Calculate a grade for the course for students on an ongoing basis, and enters the final grade for the course into Banner