Details
Posted: 28-Jun-22
Location: Keene, New Hampshire
Type: Non tenure-track
Salary: Open
Internal Number: PF0655FY22
The Education Department at Keene State College is seeking qualified applicants for a one-year contract lecturer position in Education, to begin August 2022. This is a non-tenure track position through May 2023. We seek applicants who can work collaboratively with a dynamic team of teacher-scholars to prepare socially responsible teachers.This position focuses on working with colleagues to integrate mathematics and science across the curriculum to meet the needs of all students. Typically, a twelve-credit teaching load per semester is comprised of eight credits devoted to teaching/supervision in the undergraduate Elementary Methods program with the remaining four credits supporting foundational courses. Additional responsibilities may include collaboration in the areas of teaching and service with colleagues in the department and across the College, as well as with schools in the region, are an integral part of this position. Our students come from diverse socio-economic and educational backgrounds, with a high percentage of first-generation college students. By the time Keene State College students complete their undergraduate experience they develop critical thinking, creative inquiry, intercultural competence, civic engagement, and commitments to well-being and to sustainability that will serve them as active citizens and lifelong learners. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who will support the Collegeâs ongoing efforts to help students become responsible global citizens.At Keene State College, we share a commitment to diversity, equity and multiculturalism as key elements of academic excellence. We seek faculty with a desire to provide support, mentorship and direction to prepare students to work within diverse communities. One of our aspirations is to develop social change agents with the knowledge, skills and experience to compassionately engage with their future employers, peers and those they serve from diverse backgrounds. Faculty actively engage in collaborative work and service within the department and across the College to advance future-thinking curricular and co-curricular approaches that strengthen our Liberal Arts focus and achieve the Collegeâs goals for inclusion and excellence as outlined in the Collegeâs Strategic Plan.
⢠An earned Master's degree in Education.⢠A minimum of five years full-time teaching experience at the elementary level (K-6).⢠Supervision/mentoring of pre-service teachers and/or educational professionals.