Teacher Education Adjunct Faculty - Fall 2026 (Hilltop Campus

Teacher Education Adjunct Faculty - Fall 2026 (Hilltop Campus)

Our Mission:
The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private, urban University with a global perspective that educates leaders who will fashion a more humane and just world. The University offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional students the knowledge, skills, and values needed to be leaders in their field, life-long learners, and in service to others. USF draws from the cultural, intellectual, and economic resources of the San Francisco Bay Area and its location on the Pacific Rim to enrich its educational programs.

The USF Teacher Education program (TED) prepares strong, dedicated, and creative teachers for today's increasingly diverse schools. The teachers we graduate are reflective practitioners who foster intellectual growth, holistic development, and multicultural democratic community in their classrooms and schools. They strive to provide their students – especially those most vulnerable to systemic injustices – an equitable, responsive, and empowering education. Our graduates develop a vision informed by principles and theories of education, and an array of pedagogical and conceptual tools grounded in classroom practice.

At the same time, they understand the challenges and complexities of teaching, especially within urban contexts.

The Teacher Education Department in the School of Education at the University of San Francisco is seeking adjunct instructors to teach the courses listed below. Positions are available Fall 2026. Below are descriptions of the courses that need staffing. All of but one of these positions are hybrid and require in-person instruction in San Francisco throughout the Fall semester.

• TEC 610:
  Learning and Teaching

  Explores key elements of learning and teaching in socio-culturally diverse classrooms. Provides opportunities for candidates to practice curriculum design, assessment, approaches to discussion, collaborative learning, and problem-solving related to classroom dynamics. Draws connections between learning theories and teaching practices. Topics include: purposes of schooling; addressing diverse needs, backgrounds, and strengths of students; engaging students in meaningful learning experiences; and developing as a reflective practitioner.
  
  Requires additional fieldwork such as classroom observations at a school site. 3.000 Credit hours

  Class meets on Mondays from 4:45-7:15 pm. Dates:
  August 24-December 9.

  Compensation is $2,329 per credit.

  This course will be offered as a Hybrid learning format for Fall 2026 (meeting 12 times in person and 3 times remotely).

• TEC 643:
  Education of Exceptional Children

  Introduction to special education that recognizes the differences and the similarities of the needs of exceptional and non-exceptional pupils, utilizes nondiscriminatory assessment of such needs, and applies diagnostic information toward modification of school curricula and instructional methods and materials, including study of assistive and adaptive technologies for the classroom. 3.000 Credit hours

  Class meets on Wednesdays from 4:45-7:15 pm. Dates:
  August 24-December 9.

  Compensation is $2,329 per credit.

  This course will be offered as a Hybrid learning format for Fall 2026 (meeting 12 times in person and 3 times remotely).

• TEC 605/6/7:
  Multiple Subject Student Teaching II/III

  This class is the second and third in a series of three field experience courses designed for teacher credential candidates to engage in curriculum, instruction and classroom practices in the public schools at the TK
  -12 levels. The main focus of the supervised teaching seminar is supporting students as they complete their full time fieldwork experience. Students will engage in critical reflection of their practice and collaborate with instructors and peers to connect their program coursework with experiences in the field. This seminar will focus on the seven Teacher Performance Expectations (TPEs) as indicated in the course objectives.
  
  The seminar, in combination with classroom observations, will provide students the opportunity to discuss instructional strategies and methodologies, as well as problems and…