SCRD Faculty Associate​/Academic Associate Pool - Recreational Therapy AY

Location

Downtown Phoenix campus

Mar 13, 2026

The School of Community Resources and Development (SCRD) in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for Faculty Associate and Academic Associate positions for the  academic year. Faculty Associates and Academic Associates are part-time appointments who are hired on one-semester, renewable contracts to teach one or two courses (not to exceed 0.40 FTE) per semester, either in person or online.

Faculty Associate and Academic Associate positions are fixed-term appointments that are not eligible for benefits, sabbaticals, or tenure. Salary is based upon qualifications and assigned teaching load. Official transcripts are required prior to employment. Individuals employed as Faculty Associates and Academic Associates may not hold multiple, non-benefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.

For this position, we seek a pool of qualified people who are available to teach in-person courses on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix or Tempe campus or online.

• Teach courses as assigned.
• Deliver engaging in-person (and/or online) lectures, discussions, and content.
• Contribute to the creation of assignments and exams.
• Evaluate and grade student work according to rubrics.
• Manage Canvas learning management platform and hold office hours to assist students.
• Applicants should be comfortable with technology; enjoy the idea of educating students in a higher education environment and bring demonstrated evidence of a strong appetite and success for teaching, leading, learning.

Required Qualifications

• An earned master’s degree in parks, recreation, sport management, recreational therapy or a related field from an accredited institution by the time of appointment.
• Three years of related experience (prior teaching and/or practitioner experience that involves developing and/or providing training and development workshops/courses to adult learners).
• Consistent with ASU’s Charter, a demonstrated commitment to inclusion.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in parks, recreation, sport management, youth development, recreational therapy, or similar fields, especially in leadership capacities.
• Prior higher education/adult teaching, guest lecturing and/or training experiences, online or in-person.
• Evidence of effective collaboration skills.
• Experience with technology/course management systems such as Canvas.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.

All that we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the University Charter, which reads: ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves.

Successful candidates will demonstrate throughout their materials how their teaching, research, and service will contribute to the fulfillment of this charter.