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Florida Gulf Coast University

Location: Fort MyersFL 33965 Document ID: AA495-1B29 Posted on: 2017-04-1604/16/2017 Job Type: Regular

Job Schedule:Full-time
2017-05-16
 

University Colloquium, Instructor I (2 Positions)

Job Title
University Colloquium, Instructor I (2 Positions)

Appointment Type
12 Month

Job Description
As a University Colloquium Instructor you will teach at the undergraduate level; be involved in course and/or curriculum development; research/scholarship; participate on College and University committees and/or initiatives.
Florida Gulf Coast University is a comprehensive university dedicated to quality education, research, and service. All faculty are expected to be excellent teachers, responsive to changing professional needs; committed to innovative delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning; committed to effective use of technology including distance learning; produce peer reviewed scholarship; and provide service to the College, University and Community.
We seek qualified candidates who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of our faculty through their teaching, service, and scholarship and who will broaden the intellectual breadth of our curriculum. As a department committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans to apply.
Teaching assignments may be on the main campus or at off-campus sites within our region.

Required Qualifications
Master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent accreditation.
Evidence of strong commitment to the University's mission of sustainability, and the development of an ecological perspective for students.
Evidence of a strong commitment to interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary teaching and learning.
Ability to develop and initiate appropriate service-learning (experiential learning) experiences for students.
Must meet the University and College criteria for the appointment to the level of Instructor I.

Preferred Qualifications
Ph.D. with an interdisciplinary focus and with an emphasis on sustainability from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent accreditation.
Interdisciplinary expertise in sustainability especially as it relates to the humanities, social sciences, engineering, business, health sciences, natural sciences, or other closely related fields.
Experience teaching sustainability content with a broad, applied approach; experience with course-based service-learning.
Evidence of commitment to active and experiential learning at the undergraduate level.
Evidence of scholarship in sustainability and/or the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
College criteria for the appointment to the level of Instructor I.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Experience or commitment to the use of technology in distance learning & university teaching. Interest in collaborating both within and outside the University in the development and delivery of instruction resulting in improved student learning. Must value continued scholarship and service to the school and university.

Salary Range

Job Duties

Essential Job Duties
Teaches courses at the undergraduate level (4/4/3 teaching load), primarily the University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future, the University's signature interdisciplinary, environmental education course designed to explore the concepts of sense of place, ecological literacy, and sustainability as it relates to a variety of considerations and forces in the environment.
In particular, the course considers ecological, social, ethical, historical, scientific, economic, and political influences. This course is taught by faculty across the colleges representing a wide variety of disciplines.
Teaching, scholarship and service appropriate for an Instructor I is required. Possibility of teaching one course in fall and/or spring in disciplinary area.
Participates in regular program and department meetings and collaborates with fellow full time colloquium faculty and coordinator in reviewing curriculum and discussing development of course and participating with other responsibilities.

Other Duties

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
F70P

Open Date
12/08/2016

Close Date
04/16/2017

Open Until Filled
No

Special Instructions to Applicants
Appointment will be made on a 12-month multi-year appointment basis available August 2017.
Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida's Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore all submitted materials including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED . As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU .
Under Florida's Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request.



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