CYFS & HS Adjunct Pool - Academic Year 2026-2027; External

CYFS & HS Adjunct Pool
- Academic Year  (External)

Please submit Cover Letter, Resume/CV and 3 Professional References (contact name, phone number and email address). In your Cover Letter please specify which course(s) you are interested in teaching, what makes you qualified to teach these courses and evidence of teaching/training effectiveness. Please also note if you wish to teach in person and/or online.

NOTE:
The applicants for the Child, Youth, and Family Studies Adjunct Posting will be in an open pool for the academic year. There are no guarantees that CYFS will be hiring for any particular course. Review of applications occurs as new sections or instructors are needed. If you have not been contacted about your application, it will remain active in the pool throughout the academic year.

All adjunct candidates are required to be living in either Oregon or Washington for the academic year .

Position Details

Proposed Start Date - 09/16/2026

Working Title - CYFS & HS Adjunct Pool
- Academic Year  (External)

Department - 240401 - CFA Child and Family Studies

Position Number - D97733

Representation - AP - AFT, Local 3571

Position Summary

Brief Description of PSU/School/Dept
- ThePSUSchool of Social Work (SSW) envisions a world where all people lead fulfilling lives in affirming, just and equitable communities. Rooted in justice, relationship, and community collaboration,PSUSSWadvances knowledge and creates social change through teaching, research, practice, and advocacy. Our core values and beliefs include collective care, responsive learning, knowledge that serves, community partnership, and social change.

TheSSWprovides accessible interdisciplinary educational opportunities and actively works to bring about structural change through its teaching, training, workforce development, research, and advocacy. TheSSWincludes three undergraduate majors:
Human Services, Child, Youth, and Family Studies, andBSWand two graduate programs:

MSWand PhD.

Position Summary
- This position is open to instructors interested in teaching in Portland, OR and/or online. The Child, Youth, and Family Studies program (CYFS) uses a justice-minded orientation to understand both the history and contemporary social positions of children, youth, and families. The curriculum centers on dynamic analysis of race, class, gender, ability, sexualities, and development as factors shaping the experiences of children, youth and families.

The Human Services Program emphasizes cultural humility and responsiveness to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. The curriculum focuses on building the technical skills needed in the field, theoretical insights, as well as collaborative, respectful, and person-centered ways to deliver effective care across a range of settings.

CYFSand HS are undergraduate programs located in thePSUSchool of Social Work (SSW). Please note that we utilize an interdisciplinary focus. We are committed to hiring a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. Persons with lived experience from communities of color, women, persons with disabilities, low-income communities, veterans,LGBTQcommunity members and members of Oregon's nine federally recognized Indian tribes are encouraged to apply.

Minimum Qualifications - M.S. or M.A. in a field of study closely related to human services, children, youth, and families (e.g., education, sociology, human development, psychology, youth studies, family studies, social work, early childhood); OR a B.A. or B.S. and demonstrated teaching or practice experience.

All adjunct candidates are required to be living in either Oregon or Washington for the academic year .

Preferred Qualifications
- We primarily seek applicants forCYFSand HS who have expertise in critical theory or epistemologies, experiential or emancipatory pedagogies, writing instruction, aging in families,social policy, child life, and related aspects of the Child, Youth, and Family Studies curriculum (including courses in family of origin and bias recognition, social justice and anti-oppression work, family theory, stress and coping, child life, family law and policy, and related courses).CFLEcredentialing

is desired. Ideal candidates will also provide evidence of their experience working effectively around issues of social justice, diversity, and inclusion, with demonstrated capacity to meet the needs of underrepresented students and other marginalized groups.

Key Cultural Competencies
- • Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages and celebrates differences.
• Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities and cultural backgrounds.
• Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement
• Adheres to all PSU's policies including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the…