Adjunct Assistant/Associate/Professor (Open Rank): Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program: EDUC 677

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The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education is to prepare leaders to achieve educational equity through practice, research and policy. We work to improve learning opportunities and outcomes in urban settings and to address disparities that affect historically marginalized groups. We teach our students to value and respect the cultural context of the communities in which they work and to interrogate the systems of power that shape policies and practices. Through innovative thinking and research, we strive to solve the most intractable educational problems.

The Rossier School of Education is seeking a part-time instructor/student-teaching supervisor in teacher education for an on-ground course meeting in the Spring Term, 2025: EDUC677-Applications of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Urban Secondary English Classrooms, Part B. The class meets on the USC campus from 5-7:30 pm either Tuesday or Wednesday, the weeks of January 13 – April 28, 2025. Spring Recess takes place the week of March 16-23.

The course is designed for candidates to apply content knowledge of ELA using pedagogical approaches that promote complex, rigorous, and appropriately challenging learning. The courses’ goals are to engage secondary students in competencies in ELA to facilitate instruction that enables learners to become collaborative and independent problem-solvers, as well as critical and creative thinkers. Equity pedagogy frames the courses as an Enduring Understanding that Eurocentric approaches to planning, teaching, and assessing should be reframed to include perspectives and knowledge reflecting the diversity of US public school students. Instructors are expected to engage teacher candidates in planning curriculum and lessons, instructing secondary students for engaged learning, assessing students, and engaging in critical reflective practice to deepen understanding of the relationship between teaching and learning. Instructors will also coach students in their licensure exam for a California credential, Cal TPA Cycle 2. The courses meet weekly for 2.5 hours of instruction in curriculum and pedagogy for secondary Language Arts (ELA) teacher candidates. In addition to the weekly course meetings and other expected duties of teaching a graduate course, instructors:

• Meet weekly for one hour with the course coordinator and other faculty teaching this course to ensure alignment across all sections of the courses.
• View teacher-candidates classroom videos (as their student-teacher instructor) to guide more effective pedagogy, aligned with the course goals (see above) and USC Rossier’s Mission Statement.
• Communicate regularly with teacher candidates via email, zoom meetings, and phone.
• Assess teacher-candidate assignments.
• Communicate and meet with teacher-candidate fieldwork teachers (guiding teachers) a minimum of three times for the semester.

Qualifications include:

• Three years of teaching experience in a secondary English Language Arts classroom, preferably in a high-needs school.
• Ability to use online technology (Zoom Classroom) and Brightspace, a learning management system (LMS).

Please submit a current CV (including three references’ contact information) and a statement of teaching philosophy.

Adjunct Faculty: USC reserves the “Adjunct Faculty” appointment for faculty teaching less than full-time at USC, who are employed full-time in a primary profession or career elsewhere. Adjunct faculty may teach one class each semester (summer, fall and spring).

The base salary range for this position is $9,707- $12,480 per course. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy.

USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying. 

A doctorate is required.

REQ20156454 Posted Date: 10/30/2024 Apply

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