Counselor Education Adjunct Pool - Academic Year 2025-2026

Counselor Education Adjunct Pool
- Academic Year

Working Title
- Counselor Education Adjunct Pool
- Academic Year

Department - EDU Counselor Education Program

Position Summary
- The College of Education, Department of Counselor Education (COUN) invites applications for new Adjunct Instructors with expertise in following core program areas:

• School Counseling
• Clinical Mental Health
• Clinical Rehabilitation
• Marriage Couples & Family

Our Guiding Principles are:

• We create and sustain educational environments that serve all students and address diverse needs.
• We encourage and model exemplary programs and practices across the life span.
• We build our programs on the human and cultural richness of the University's urban setting.
• We develop collaborative efforts that foster our mission.
• We challenge assumptions about our practice and accept the risks inherent in following our convictions.
• We develop our programs to promote social justice, especially for groups that have been historically disenfranchised.
• We strive to understand the relationships among culture, curriculum, and practice, and the long-term implications for ecological sustainability.
• We model thoughtful inquiry as a basis for sound decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications
- • Master's Degree in Counseling, or Counselor Education (or closely related field).
• Previous teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications
- • Ph.D. in Counseling (or closely related field).
• Experience teaching adults.

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 Professional Standards of Conduct.

Environmental Stewardship
- Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship, practices resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long-term sustainability goals.

Required Professional Standards of Conduct
- At Portland State University, all employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner which maintains a safe, respectful, and productive environment for faculty, students, administrators, and staff. It is the responsibility of every member of the Portland State University community to conduct themselves in accordance with ourPSUProfessional Standards of Conduct which are available .edu/hr/professional-standards-conduct.

Compensation
- Adjunct faculty are hired on either a per term or an academic year basis, and paid per credit hour per the PSUFA Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Application Instructions

Additional Information
- Review of applications begins immediately and continues as new sections are needed. For assistance, please contact coehrsupport.

Does this position require the employee to drive a motor vehicle? - No

Background Check Required
- Yes

Posting Close Date

Projected Close Date for Posting
- Open Until Filled