Adjunct, Spanish and Latin American Studies

Face-to-face position to teach first- and second-year Spanish courses and/or our Latin American Studies course, which involves culture, history, and sociopolitical topics in Hispanic and Lusophone countries on the American continent. Our courses are taught through a decolonial lens. Our language courses are flipped, OER, communicative, task- and discussion-based, and apply career readiness. Some knowledge of gender-neutral language in Spanish is expected.

We are looking for candidates who can teach one or two sections physically in the classroom during the morning or early afternoon. Specific day and time is negotiable, but it should be noted that our classes are offered in the period between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. All our first-year Spanish courses are in the hybrid format, so instructors who teach a first-year course are required to serve for one hour a week at the Center for Languages for conversation practices as part of their teaching load.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

This is a pooled position. The department reviews applications as positions become available.

• Become familiar with and abide by all college policies with immediate priority given to those policies that govern interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization.
• Maintain professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Provide appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
• Return graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
• Maintain student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades.
• Conduct a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Inform students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• Prepare and submit incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.

• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups in a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background of community college students, faculty and staff, including those with disabilities.

• M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, linguistics, or culture), or a related language degree.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in the target language.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in English.
• Experience or interest in teaching either online or livestream modes in addition to face-to-face.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.

• M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, culture, or linguistics) or a related language degree.
• Native level of fluency in the target language, or a ranking of Advanced-Mid or higher as scored by an official Oral Proficiency Interview of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Adjuncts hired to teach Latin American Studies or other bridge courses are required to demonstrate Advanced High or higher proficiency.
• Knowledge of decolonial studies, gender-neutral language, and Brazil.
• Two or more years of experience teaching beginning and intermediate language at the college level.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.
• Skilled in the use of Canvas or other learning management systems.
• Knowledge of and experience in computer-assisted learning, and online language instructional methodologies.

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