Graduate Instructor/Adjunct Faculty

Stryker Corporation; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; Confidential; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Retirement savings plan with employer matching

Tuition remission opportunities

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking Graduate Instructors to teach writing courses at Naropa University. This position supports the Jack Kerouac School and involves preparing and leading courses designed for first-year students.

The ideal candidate should have a Naropa Master's degree or be a master's candidate with significant graduate coursework. Preferred qualifications include experience in teaching and understanding diverse educational practices. Excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to inclusivity are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 9 credits of graduate work in relevant field.
• Successfully passed WRI700: Writing Pedagogy Seminar with a grade of A or better.
• Experience with constructivist and process-based pedagogies.

Responsibilities

• Teach a 3-credit writing course focused on first-year writing.
• Develop and lead lessons for students, facilitating collaborative discussions.
• Grade assignments and provide timely feedback to students.

Skills

Advanced writing abilities

Attention to detail

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Naropa Master's degree in Creative Writing or related field

Job description

Graduate Instructor / Adjunct Faculty

Number of openings: 4

Department/Program: Writing Center 45000

Work Location: Arapahoe Campus (Hybrid). Reports to: NWC director. FLSA Classification: Exempt/Salaried. FTE: 15% (6 hrs/week). Compensation: $1,300 Undergrad.

Application Deadline: 7/1 or until filled.

Job Summary

The Naropa Writing Center (NWC) & Jack Kerouac School (JKS) seek to hire Naropa JKS MFA graduate instructors or recent Naropa JKS MFA graduates as adjunct faculty to teach in first‑year writing and the JKS gateway course.

Course Descriptions

• COR110, COR110e & COR210E "Writing Thinking & Being": This first‑year writing seminar is designed to meet students where they are and stretch their writing and thinking using mindful, present‑moment practices, blending creative and critical work, embodied and academic learning, and generative writing experiments to develop ideas while examining how social locations intersect dialogic arguments and discourse communities. The workshop also cultivates research writing through first‑person inquiry and explores radical revision as students become active readers and collaborators.
• WRI210 "Experimental and Activist Literatures": This course introduces Black Mountain Poets, the Beats, New York School, Black Arts Movement, Language Poets, New Narrative, and Jack Kerouac School faculty work‑poetic movements and writers that continue to influence Naropa's writing landscape, innovations, aesthetics, and activism. Students explore experimental lineages, archives, and contemporary trends, engaging as readers, writers, and activists to inform the writing process and culminate in a creative portfolio.

Job Duties

• Teach a 3‑credit writing course (descriptions above).
• Develop and teach lessons with a professional level of preparedness for 3 hours per week for the duration of the 15‑week semester, including experiential, collaborative, and contemplative activities.
• Facilitate the workshopping of writing assignments with the whole class and with small groups.
• Prepare a course syllabus according to Academic Affairs syllabi instructions and submit it by the established deadline.
• Grade all assignments and provide timely feedback; submit final grades by Registrar deadline.
• Attend all instructor meetings.
• Provide one hour of office hours each week and be available to students by appointment through meetings, phone, e‑mail, Zoom, as needed.
• Meet with students for mid‑semester check‑ins.
• Obtain permission from the copyright owner for any copyrighted material used in sourcebooks.
• Complete all faculty and staff trainings as required by Human Resources or Academic Affairs within the designated period.
• Position may include increased teaching credit hours to work as a professional consultant in the Naropa Writing Center. Duties include (but are not limited to):
  • 2 hours per week per additional credit hour consulting in the NWC.
  • Remote and residential consulting on a set schedule.
  • Attend staff meetings and professional development opportunities.
  • Answer emails and perform admin tasks as assigned.
  • Support the NWC with classroom visits to UG and graduate courses as scheduled.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Naropa Master's degree candidate with a minimum of 9 credits of graduate work; or Naropa University Master's degree in Creative Writing, English Literature, or a related field.
• Successfully passed WRI700: Writing Pedagogy Seminar with a grade of A‑ or better.
• Advanced writing abilities.
• Potential for or compatibility with constructivist, contemplative, experiential, and process‑based pedagogies.
• Advanced teaching and lesson‑planning abilities.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative work skills, attention to detail, and initiative to teach a college‑level writing course.
• Understanding of the dynamics of privilege and oppression and their impact on equity, access, and opportunity in higher education or workplace.
• Commitment to co‑create an inclusive community and actively participate in related professional development, openness to feedback, and ongoing self‑examination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous teaching experience.
• Previous training in learning disabilities, multilingual speakers, diversity‑equity‑inclusivity pedagogical practices, research writing, and MLA/APA/CMS.

Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions

In classrooms and on campus may experience interruptions, distractions, heat, cold, dust, and/or dampness. As a graduate assistant, you may spend extended periods reading academic texts and materials, student papers, operating a personal computer and audio‑visual equipment, standing or sitting for hours, and moving around campus for classes and meetings.

Benefits

Naropa’s health and welfare benefits include medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer‑paid short‑term and long‑term disability, employer‑paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer‑sponsored pre‑tax retirement savings plan with up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee‑paid supplemental insurance plans.

Employees working 20–29 hours per week are eligible for short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and the retirement plan. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week can participate in the retirement plan only. All full‑time and part‑time faculty and staff, including student workers, accrue sick leave benefits. Full‑time and part‑time staff accrue vacation and personal time. Leave accrual rates vary by position, hours, and years of service.

Regular employees accrue generous tuition remission opportunities for themselves and family members. Naropa University participates in the Council of Independent Colleges Tuition Exchange Program (CIC‑TEP).

Equal Opportunity Statement

Naropa University is an equal‑opportunity, non‑discriminatory employer. Title IX is a federal civil‑rights law prohibiting gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual and relationship violence, and applies to all students, faculty, and staff.