Part Time Lecturer – Honors College Cultural Competency Course (Faculty)

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Recruitment/Posting Title	Part Time Lecturer – Honors College Cultural Competency Course (Faculty)
Department	Honors College
Salary	Salary per Credit
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. The Honors College Cross-Cultural Competency Course (CCC) is a discussion-based foundational 1.0 credit, in-person (ten-week) P/N course for all students at the Honors College-New Brunswick, during Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Instructors are part of an educational community and will work with a Faculty Director, as well as a peer mentor assigned to their section. The CCC is built around a team-based approach and Instructors are expected to learn from each other as well as the experiences of their own students. Instructors will develop a student-centered community focused on fostering respectful engagement and intentional conversations centered on intersectionality and social identities such as race, gender, identity, LGBTQIA+, class, and culture among first-year students of the Honors College. Instructors are expected to mentor and guide students towards the completion of their group capstone Advancing True Inclusion Project, designed to advance respect, inclusion, and belonging, as well as participation in the end-of-the-year Student Showcase. The course meets ten times, 80 minutes per session, during ten weeks of the fall and the spring semesters. It will be graded P/N. The Learning Goals/Objectives of the CCC are as follows. At the end of the course students should be able to: 1. Learn respectfully about and be sensitive to cultural differences 2. Understand what it takes and means to be culturally competent and practice cultural humility 3. Be able to apply their understanding of cultural differences to other contexts beyond the course and classroom into the community 4. Understand Rutgers’ historical context, its demographics, and current cultural social issues on campus 5. Guide students in developing a group capstone project (the Advancing True Inclusion Project) designed to advance respect, inclusion, and belonging at the Honors College and the Rutgers community
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Posting Number	22FA1267
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Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Master’s degree or equivalent experience. Pedagogical experience in teaching practices dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice issues as well as issues of race, gender, intersectionality, and social identities. Must have 3 years of experience with effective teaching, mentoring, community work, or other educational activities. In addition, candidates must have strong leadership, communication, and conflict management skills. Applicants must be prepared to facilitate a leading-edge introductory experience encouraging students to personally address questions of privilege, implicit bias, difference, discrimination, equity, and social justice from various perspectives. Must be able to address classroom microaggressions, building communities of belonging, inclusive awareness, as well as global and local knowledge of communities in and surrounding Rutgers.
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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Instructors should have an orientation to teaching and student development that creates the co-construction of knowledge. Instructors should view themselves as part of a collaborative classroom, rather than a lecturer. Experience facilitating conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion preferred. Experience working with first-year college students preferred. Experience teaching a diverse, interdisciplinary cohort of high achieving students is valuable. A familiarity with Rutgers and Honors communities is helpful but not required. Knowledge of online learning platforms, especially Canvas, will be necessary.
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Overview	Position Requirements Include the Following: • Teach one or two sections of 1.0 credit undergraduate course Honors College Cross-Cultural Competency Course • Hold class meetings at all course times/dates • Attend pre-semester instructor training and required weekly instructor meetings and workshops, including ongoing self-reflection exercises • Engage with and prepare video materials for lessons and attend peer mentor meetings when appropriate. • Plan and prepare lessons under Faculty Director guidance on the common course syllabus • Grade or assess and return assignments in a timely manner, and keep up-to-date grades for student access. • Where applicable, meet with and advise Meet with and advise the assigned peer mentor (possibly an Honors College Diversity Peer Mentor) as needed. • Meet with students enrolled in the course as needed and keep regular office hour availability. • Adhere to course, department, college, and university procedures and policies. • Submit feedback to students in a timely manner • The ability to teach and foster discussion around introductory materials in diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice issues. • Capacity for community building within and beyond the classroom setting. • The ability to work with a teaching team and offer feedback on a core common syllabus.
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Special Instructions to Applicants	Submit resume and cover letter outlining teaching experiences , plus three references.
Quick Link to Posting	https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/184607
Campus	Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus	College Ave (RU-New Brunswick)
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Pre-employment Screenings

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Infection Control and Safety

This position is subject to all Rutgers University policies, including TB surveillance and other infection control and safety policies. Please review the Tuberculosis Surveillance Policy for additional information.

Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement