Part Time Day & Evening Faculty, Humanities for American Sign Language (ASL) Job

Overview

Part Time Day & Evening Faculty, Humanities for American Sign Language (ASL)

Fitchburg State University, located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is a public institution dedicated to integrating high-quality professional programs with strong liberal arts and sciences studies. Founded in 1894, the university now has more than 30 undergraduate programs and 22 master’s degree programs, and 7,000 full and part-time students. We invite you to learn more about us and how we can help you achieve your educational goals.

Institutional Diversity and Social Justice

Fitchburg State University embraces a commitment to diversity, inclusion, belonging and social justice. We encourage individuals from historically underrepresented groups to apply and also those who can contribute to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research and mentorship.

Job Description

Membership to the Fitchburg State University part-time adjunct faculty pool is open to qualified and competent experts, external to the Fitchburg State University faculty, who possess skills, education, and experience in academic and/or professional areas.

All part-time faculty are responsible for providing our students with a high-quality learning environment, while utilizing their focused expertise and experience in their individual classroom, laboratories and studios.

The Humanities department seeks qualified faculty to teach a range of ASL courses, with the highest demand course being ASL for Beginners I (ASL 1000). Our ASL curriculum includes all of the following courses, which taken together constitute the Deaf Studies minor at Fitchburg State:

• ASL 1000 - ASL for Beginners I
• ASL 1100 - ASL for Beginners II
• ASL 2100 - ASL Intermediate I
• ASL 2200 - ASL Intermediate II
• ASL/SOC 1050 - Intro to Deaf Studies

For questions concerning this faculty position, contact Humanities Department Chair, Petri Flint, at pflint@fitchburgstate.edu

Qualifications

Requirements:

Master's Degree strongly preferred; candidates holding a Bachelor's Degree with substantial experience teaching ASL will also be considered. Previous experience teaching ASL required; previous college-level teaching experience is preferred.

Additional Information

Fitchburg State University has created an "Open Pool" vacancy announcement for part-time day and evening adjunct faculty by discipline. The faculty chair and the divisional dean/associate vice president will review applications submitted when there is a specific need for part-time adjunct to fill a course scheduled in the academic year for both the day and/or evening classes. The application process will require that applicants designate their preference for teaching in the day, evening or both. Please attach a letter of interest and resume when applying for any part-time teaching position.

Applications submitted will be maintained from July 1 through June 30 for each academic year. At the conclusion of the academic year the pool will be refreshed and applicants will be required to reapply. Applications selected to be maintained in the pool will remain active for a three-year period.

Student employees do not need to provide any additional information as part of the employment process; vaccination and/or exemption status has been documented as part of the enrollment and/or return process to Fitchburg State.

Application Instructions

Candidates selected to teach for the university are required to complete a CORI and the Student Clearinghouse Authorization form prior to hire. This will be sent out via an email welcome along with other pertinent preliminary information. The form provides authorization to the university to qualify degrees held through the National Student Clearinghouse. If the university is not able to qualify candidates' degrees, candidates will be required to submit official transcripts for all degrees held to the Office of Human Resources & Payroll Services, 160 Pearl Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420.

If selected to teach, three (3) letters of recommendation will also be required.

Fitchburg State University, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg MA 01420-2697 (978) 665-3000