Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Portland State University
Position Details
Proposed Start Date12/16/2023Working TitleAY23-24 Adjunct Instructor of VietnameseDepartment 221000 - FLL Foreign LanguagesPosition NumberD97751-00RepresentationAP - AFT, Local 3571
Brief Description of PSU/School/Dept
The Department of World Languages and Literatures plays a central role in preparing the students of Portland State University to function in the global community. Because we believe that language is central to that ability, we offer instruction in American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese. The Department is committed to teaching for proficiency. All of our language classes are designed to develop functional skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking for eventual use in a broad variety of real-world settings.
Position Summary
The Vietnamese program currently offers 3 sections of first-/second-year during the year, serving approximately 20 students per quarter during fall, winter and spring. We invite applicants to join our part-time adjunct instructor pool to teach first-/second-year Vietnamese courses to meet the needs of the department. This position is renewable.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• 102/202 in winter and 103/203 in spring
• Maintain regular office hours. Teaching faculty members are required to schedule a minimum of 2 hours of office hours per week during the term(s) that they teach, and be available to their students by appointment.
Minimum Qualifications
• Master’s Degree or equivalent in a related field
• Two years teaching Vietnamese at the college level
• Native or near-native fluency in Vietnamese and in English
Preferred Qualifications Key Cultural Competencies
• Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages and celebrates differences.
• Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities and cultural backgrounds.
• Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement
• Adheres to all PSU’s policies including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct.
Environmental Stewardship
Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship, practices resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long-term sustainability goals.
Required Professional Standards of Conduct
At Portland State University, all employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner which maintains a safe, respectful, and productive environment for faculty, students, administrators, and staff. It is the responsibility of every member of the Portland State University community to conduct themselves in accordance with our PSU Professional Standards of Conduct which are available at www.pdx.edu/hr/professional-standards-conduct.
CompensationAdjunct faculty members are paid per credit hour per the AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement which can be found at https://www.pdx.edu/academic-affairs/academic-unions#psufa.
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Applicant Documents Required Documents- Curriculum Vitae
Optional Documents- Cover Letter
- Statement of Teaching Interest
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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