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Composition Program Lecturer - 2020-2021

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Position description

The Department of English invites applications for one-year or quarterly full-time or part-time Lecturer positions with the possibility of renewal. Annual full-time salaries begin at $56,381. Benefits available to appointees who meet eligibility requirements (for more info go to: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/eligibility/index.html). Reappointment totaling eighteen (18) quarters may lead to consideration for continuing status, following a comprehensive personnel review, and three-year review cycles. UCI Lecturers can elect to be represented by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

Requirements - PhD (preferred) in English, Rhetoric & Composition, Writing Studies, or a related field. MA in applied linguistics, or a related field, or an MFA in creative writing, also considered. Two (2) years of college-level teaching experience required, with experience in first-year composition preferred. ESL certification and experience, experience teaching multilingual students, and facility with online instruction and instructional technologies will be valued in our search. Candidates must have their degree conferred by the beginning of instruction on September 28, 2020 to be eligible for employment.

The service period for the quarters:

2020-2021
7/1/20-6/30/21
Fall 2020
9/28/20 to 12/18/20 Winter 2020
1/4/21 to 3/19/21 Spring 2020
3/24/21 to 6/11/21

Application Procedure - Please submit the following:
• Letter of application
• Curriculum vitae
• Teaching materials: a teaching portfolio of up to 10 pages, including a one-page teaching philosophy, a sample assignment to scaffold a writing project, sample set of comments on a paper or draft, and anything else that might indicate your strengths as a teacher
• Teaching Evaluations: applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program should include in their application one complete and representative set (i.e. one section) of teaching evaluations, including qualitative responses; these should be recent.
• Two letter(s) of recommendation required for applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program. Otherwise optional.

Appointment decisions will be made by a committee of Composition Program and English Department faculty.

Submit materials via UC Irvine’s online application system, RECRUIT, located at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF05895. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until all positions are filled, but those submitted by 2/14/20 will receive full consideration.

For more information, please contact:
Jason Kwock
Composition Program Manager
jkwock@uci.edu
(949) 824-9692

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Letter of Application

  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Teaching Materials - A teaching portfolio of up to 10 pages, including a one-page teaching philosophy, a sample assignment to scaffold a writing project, sample set of comments on a paper or draft, and anything else that might indicate your strengths as a teacher

  • Teaching Evaluations - Applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program should include in their application one complete and representative set (i.e. one section) of teaching evaluations, including qualitative responses; these should be recent.
    (Optional)

  • Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to inclusive excellence will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence. See our guidance for writing an inclusive excellence activities statement.
    (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 0-3 letters of reference required

Job location

Irvine, CA