Adjunct Faculty, Education (Primary Education Mathematics Methods)

Position Summary:

The Adjunct Faculty role includes primary responsibility for
providing quality instruction and maintaining a positive learning environment with an emphasis placed on teaching, supporting and evaluating
students. Assigned courses are online instruction.

Course Summary:

The Adjunct Faculty member teaches
undergraduate licensure methods courses designed to prepare candidates for student teaching. Instruction emphasizes pedagogical strategies,
instructional planning, assessment practices, and professional expectations aligned to licensure standards. The faculty member evaluates
student readiness for clinical practice while maintaining attendance and submitting grades within University guidelines. A positive,
collaborative learning environment is cultivated to encourage reflection and skill development. Participation in required training and
professional development is expected.

Course Outcomes

• Identify the ways children learn mathematics.
• Clarify the organization and focal skills and concepts of state mathematics standards.
• Integrate mathematics concepts and
  skills with lessons in literacy, science, and social studies.
• Design mathematics lessons with a wide variety of materials and
  resources.
• Create a standards-based mathematics unit of study for a particular grade level.
• Design and use assessments
  that monitor the competencies and progress of children in developing mathematical skills, understandings, and practices.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teaches courses in discipline
• Maintains attendance records, determines and
  submits grades with established timeframes established by the University
• Creates a welcoming, inclusive and productive learning
  environment
• Supports the resolution of student issues related to course instruction
• Provides feedback on what is working
  and what is not with the course
• Participates in all department meetings and required training
• Participates in personal
  professional development
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Lead Faculty

Minimum
Requirements/Qualifications:

• Minimum of an earned Master’s degree with 18 graduate credit hours in field appropriate to the
  teaching discipline, from a regionally accredited college or university
  • Preferred M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, Classroom
    Teaching, Reading, Special Education, Educational Leadership (K-12) or other closely related.
  
  
• Previous P-12 Teaching
  Experience Required
• Commitment to collaborative & collegiate relationships
• Maintain confidential and sensitive
  information
• Knowledge of higher education regulations, compliance and accrediting agencies
• Computer proficiency
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate in a professional manner and work effectively with
  faculty, staff, students and members of the professional community
• Excellent multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work in a
  fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills and Characteristics:

• Previous teaching experience

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