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Cal State University (CSU) San Jose
U.S. History Lecturer Pool
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What they do
A History Professor teaches foundational historical ideas, truths, and events to students through a combination of classroom instruction and assignments at colleges, trade schools or other institutes. May assist or lead in the creation of the history curriculum to be taught. In addition to instruction, they may assist or lead in research initiatives relating to their field.
$87,551 / year median in California
+7% projected growth
Job Description
Job Description Department Summary The Department of History at San Jose´ State University is a vibrant center of learning for nearly 300 undergraduate and graduate History majors, plus hundreds more undergraduate students enrolled in History survey courses that fulfill General Education and American Institutions graduation requirements. The department has nine full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty and fourteen part-time or full-time lecturers. We offer courses that cover most of the world and all periods of time. We are always looking for qualified History instructors who can teach lower-division survey courses and occasional upper-division courses as well. Learn more about our department at https://www.sjsu.edu/history/ Brief Description of Duties We are seeking qualified lecturers to teach U.S. history courses on a part-time, temporary basis depending on department needs. Specific courses include HIST 15: Essentials of U.S. History and
HIST 170S
American Identities & Institutions . HIST 15 is a 3-unit, lower-division survey course in U.S. history that fulfills the American Institutions graduation requirement (Area US1).HIST 170S
is a 3 unit, upper-division survey course in U.S. history that fulfills the US1 requirement and also theArea S:
Self, Society, and Equality in in SJSU Studies. Candidates should expect to teach in-person, on campus. Candidates with U.S. History teaching experience are preferred. Candidates must be prepared to teach courses as assigned by the department chair in accordance with course descriptions and General Education requirements. Candidates must create fully compliant syllabi and other course materials; conduct class sessions as scheduled; meet with students as required; use Canvas and other appropriate instructional technology; attend faculty and college meetings; maintain student records (enrollment, attendance, grades, and assessment); and follow all CSU and SJSU policies and guidelines. Demonstrate awareness of and address the needs of a student population of great diversity-including age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation-through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement. Faculty shall organize all their classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) , the official LMS provided for the SJSU community. All classes at SJSU, whether online or not, must be anchored in the Canvas platform to ensure faculty-student connection in a common space as all students are directed to log in to Canvas for online access to their classes. You will have access to this system prior to the semester start date. All classes must be offered and meet as scheduled throughout the entire semester or term, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes (i.e., asynchronous, synchronous, bichronous, in-person, or hybrid). Required Qualifications MA or PhD in US History Minimum one year of U.S. History teaching experience at the post-secondary level (community college, 4-year college, or university). Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience. Preferred Qualifications Ph.D. in U.S. History (required forHIST 170S
). Experience with the Canvas learning management system. Compensation Compensation and salary range placement are determined by qualifications and experience. To learn more about range placement, please see University Policy S21-2 .Anticipated starting salary:
L-A / Range 2- $5507
- $5959 L-B / Range 3
- $6221
- $7481 L-C / Range 4
- $6825
- $9431 L-D / Range 5
- $8593
- $10347 Range salaries above are the anticipated monthly salary rate of full-time AY faculty
- part-time rates are prorated.
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transmission or illness and allows the core mission and activities of the campus to continue. Conditional Offer The work for this faculty position is located in the State of California and requires commuting to the campus. Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Offers of employment are conditional, and may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position. Appointment is contingent upon budget and enrollment considerations and subject to order of assignment provisions in the collective bargaining agreement between California State University and California Faculty Association. These provisions state the order in which available courses must be assigned to faculty, starting with tenure line faculty and ending with new lecturer appointees. San JoséState University:
Silicon Valley's Public University Located in the heart of Silicon Valley-one of the most innovative and diverse regions in the world- San José State University is the founding campus of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system and the first public university in the West.
- many are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients.