Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Portland State University
Position Details
Proposed Start Date09/16/2025Working TitleAmerican Sign Language Adjunct Faculty Pool - Academic Year 2025-26Department 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 American Sign Language (ASL) program offers approximately 40 ASL in person courses during the year, serving approximately 300 students per quarter during fall, winter and spring. We invite applicants to share availability and interest in our part-time adjunct instructor pool to teach first- / second-year ASL courses during the year to meet the needs of the students. Actual course offerings and / or number of sections of course offerings will be based on the needs of the department.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Teach first- and/or second-year American Sign Language courses according to the needs of the department.
• Maintain regular office hours for students.
Minimum Qualifications
• Master’s Degree or equivalent in a related field
• Two years teaching ASL at the college level
• Native or near-native fluency in ASL and in English
Preferred Qualifications
• American Sign Language Teachers Association Certification
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.
Supplemental Questions Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Are you interested teaching at the first-year ASL level?
(Open Ended Question)
- * Are you interested teaching at the second-year ASL level?
(Open Ended Question)
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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