Adjunct Instructor, Chinese

Salt Lake Community College; Utah; On-site; USD 6,000 - 7,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College seeks an adjunct instructor to teach first- and second-year Chinese, with potential for higher-level courses. The role supports a flipped, communicative classroom and requires cultural competence, including gender-neutral language.

In-person teaching at the Taylorsville Redwood Campus is required; schedule is negotiable. The candidate will work with the World Languages Coordinator, contribute to a vibrant language-learning culture, and commit to a minimum weekly

Qualifications

• MA or PhD in the target language (literature, linguistics, or culture) or a related language degree.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in the target language, and in English.
• Experience or interest in teaching either online or livestream modes in addition to face-to-face.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.

Responsibilities

• Teach first- and second-year Chinese courses with potential to teach higher levels.
• Serve a minimum of one hour per week at the Center for Languages as part of teaching load.
• Maintain professional etiquette and provide timely feedback to students.
• Maintain attendance records and submit grades by deadlines.
• Create a safe, respectful instructional environment and align with college policies.

Skills

Native fluency (target language)

Fluent English

Online teaching experience

Communication skills

Education

MA or PhD in target language

Related language degree

Tools

Canvas

Learning management systems

Job description

Face-to-face position to teach first- and second-year Chinese courses with the potential to teach third- and fourth-year Chinese courses. We are looking for an adjunct to join our World Languages team to teach one or more sections a semester. The new instructor will be supported by our World Languages Coordinator. Our language courses are flipped, communicative, and active-learning-based. Cultural competence is necessary (e.g., how to navigate racial and sexual diversity in the target culture, including gender-neutral language). Candidates need to be available to teach physically in the classroom on our Taylorsville Redwood Campus. Specific days and times are negotiable. Instructors are required to serve for a minimum of one hour a week at the Center for Languages as part of their teaching load.

This is a pooled position. The department reviews applications as positions become available.

Pooled positions re-open every year.

This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

In accordance with SLCC policy, adjunct positions are offered on a semester-by-semester basis with no guarantee of continued employment.

Official transcripts are required for those who are offered employment within in 30 days of hire.

• Become familiar with and abide by all college policies with immediate priority given to those policies that govern interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization.
• Maintain professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Provide appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
• Return graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
• Maintain student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades.
• Conduct a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Inform students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• Prepare and submit incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

All Faculty will maintain an on-site campus presence to encourage in-person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences unless approved for on-line only courses.

You are employed as an Adjunct Faculty member/ Instructor on a contract-to-contract basis, with no future expectation or obligation for employment.

Your employment may be terminated At Will at any time.

You are required to maintain professional boundaries with all SLCC students.

• M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, linguistics, or culture), or a related language degree.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in the target language.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in English.
• Experience or interest in teaching either online or livestream modes in addition to face-to-face.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.

• M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, culture, or linguistics) or a related language degree.
• Native level of fluency in the target language, or a ranking of Advanced-Mid or higher as scored by an official Oral Proficiency Interview of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
• Knowledge of decolonial studies and gender-neutral language.
• Two or more years of experience teaching beginning and intermediate language at the college level.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.
• Skilled in the use of Canvas or other learning management systems.
• Knowledge of and experience in computer-assisted learning, and online language instructional methodologies.