2024-25 Composition Lecturer
Position overview
Application Window
Open date: April 12, 2024
Next review date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Sep 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
Lecturer Positions in the Composition Program, 2024-2025
The Department of English invites applications for full-time or part-time Lecturer positions in the Composition Program for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Annual base salary for full-time lecturers is $66,259, with benefits available to appointees who meet eligibility requirements (for more info go to: http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/eligibility/index.html).
This term appointment falls under the purview of the agreement between the University of California and the American Federation of Teachers. Terms and conditions of employment are subject to UC policy and the collective bargaining agreement available here: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/index.html
Teaching Appointment: Eight classes (with some exceptions) over three quarters are equivalent to a full-time (100%) position. Part-time appointments vary based on need and availability. The service period for the academic year, three quarters, is:
2024-2025
Fall 2024
Service Dates: 9/23/24 - 12/13/24
Pay Period 9/12: 7/1/24 - 10/31/24
Pay Period 9/9: 10/1/24 - 12/31/24
Winter 2025
Service Dates: 1/02/25 - 3/21/25
Pay Period 9/12: 11/1/24 - 2/28/25
Pay Period 9/9: 1/1/25 - 3/31/25
Spring 2025
Service Dates: 3/26/25 - 6/13/25
Pay Period 9/12: 3/1/25 - 6/30/25
Pay Period 9/9: 4/1/25 - 6/30/25
Qualifications:
• PhD (preferred) in English, Rhetoric & Composition, Writing Studies, Applied Linguistics, or a related field. MFA in creative writing, also considered.
• Two (2) years of college-level teaching experience required, with experience teaching rhetoric and composition at the post-secondary level required. Experience in first-year composition preferred.
• Second-language instruction certification and experience, experience teaching multilingual students, and facility with online instruction and instructional technologies will be valued in our search.
• Current PhD, MA, or MFA candidates must have their degree conferred by the beginning of instruction, by September 23, 2024, to be eligible for employment.
Application Procedure - Please submit the following:
• Letter of application
• Curriculum vitae
• Teaching Portfolio: Teaching portfolio should consist of a 1-2 page reflective statement of teaching, plus accompanying examples of your choice that together show how your own theoretical and applied approaches to teaching writing and rhetoric meet the learning objectives of UCI’s Composition Program courses.
• Teaching Evaluations: Applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program should include in their application one recent, complete, and representative set (i.e., one class/section) of teaching evaluations, including qualitative responses.
• Two letter(s) of recommendation are required for applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program, otherwise optional.
Submit materials via UC Irvine’s online application system, RECRUIT, located at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF08963. This is a pool recruitment to fill positions, if needed . First review of applications is anticipated on May 11.
Appointment decisions will be made by a faculty committee from the Composition Program and English Department.
Program: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/comp
Qualifications
Two (2) years of college-level teaching experience required, with experience teaching rhetoric and composition at the post-secondary level required.
Current PhD, MA, or MFA candidates must have their degree conferred by September 23, 2024 to be eligible for employment.
Application Requirements
Letter of Application
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Teaching Materials - A teaching portfolio of up to 10 pages, including a 1-2 page reflective statement of teaching, a sample assignment to scaffold a writing project, examples of comments given to students, and anything else that represents your strengths and pedagogical focal points as a teacher
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.
Teaching Evaluations - Applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program should include in their application one recent, complete, and representative set (i.e. one class/section) of teaching evaluations, including qualitative responses.
(Optional)Sexual Misconduct, Harassment and Discrimination Declaration Form - All applicants of academic positions at the University of California, Irvine must download, complete, sign, and upload the following form with their application: Sexual Misconduct, Harassment and Discrimination Declaration Form
- 0-2 letters of reference required
Letters of recommendation are required for applicants who have never taught in the UCI Composition Program, otherwise optional.
About UC Irvine
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.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.