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Spanish & Portuguese / School of Humanities / UC Irvine

Position Overview
Salary range: $8,530.88 per course
Application Window
Open date: 09/11/2024
Most recent review date: Friday, October 11, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Final date: Friday, October 11, 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
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese invites applications for part-time lecturer positions to teach lower division Spanish language courses, which can include Beginning Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, and Advanced Spanish writing courses at UC Irvine, during the winter and spring quarters of the 2024-2025 academic year. Lower-division Spanish language courses are delivered in a hybrid format that includes face-to-face and asynchronous days, following primarily task-based language teaching and communicative language teaching principles. The full-time teaching load in the School of Humanities is eight courses per year; the annual full-time salary is $68,247. The salary per course is $8,530.88.

This position is in a bargaining unit represented by a union, the UC-AFT. As such, the terms and conditions of the appointment are contained in UC/UC-AFT collective bargaining agreement, which is available at https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/index.html

Requirements: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or M.A. in Spanish, applied linguistics, or related area in hand by October 11, 2024, to be eligible for employment. The successful candidate will have experience teaching Spanish language and knowledge in one or more of these areas: second language learning and pedagogy, heritage language pedagogy, task-based language teaching, technology-mediated language learning. Applicants should have native or near-native language competence in Spanish and English.

Appointments vary based on need and availability. The service period for the academic year, two quarters:

Winter 2025
Service Dates: 01/02/25 to 03/21/25
Pay Period: 01/01/25 to 03/31/25

Spring 2025
Service Dates: 03/26/25 to 06/13/25
Pay Period: 04/01/25 to 06/30/25

Academic calendars may be found here: http://www.reg.uci.edu/navigation/calendars.html

Application Procedure – Submit the following materials via UC Irvine’s online application system, RECRUIT, located at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09315

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Teaching Evaluations from 2-3 most recently taught courses, including qualitative responses.
Please combine all teaching evaluations together and upload as one single pdf.
• Two letters of recommendation
• Reflective Teaching Statement
For guidelines on how to prepare a reflective teaching statement see https://ap.uci.edu/faculty/guidance/teachstatement/. This statement should:
Indicate the candidate’s teaching experiences to date, including experience with teaching undergraduates/graduate students, or other populations, as well as their areas of interest. This should also include mentorship that they have given to others in the line of research or outreach activities. Detail the candidate’s teaching approaches and philosophies, as to how they will engage in effective teaching strategies.

Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Ph.D. or M.A. in Spanish, applied linguistics, or other related areas. Candidates must have their degree conferred prior to the beginning of instruction.

Apply link: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09315

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 anti-discrimination 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.