ESL Lead Instructor

Department

Family Literacy Program

By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for affiliate faculty. Screening of applicants will take place when positions come available. The number of these temporary, part-time, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach. 

About the University

Established in 1965, Metropolitan State University (MSU Denver) was founded to serve students who were underrepresented in higher education whose life paths and experiences did not fit the traditional mold. 60 years later, the University continues to serve over 16,000 of Colorado’s extraordinary and diverse students, providing them with the foundation on which to build their unique aspirations. As the third largest public institution of higher education in Colorado, MSU Denver is a model university for today’s college students.

 

Proud of its federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution that also offers graduate programs (gHSI) and the only Seal of Excelencia certified institution in Colorado, the University serves the most diverse undergraduate student population in the state, as well as the most first-generation students. Through affordable, flexible, and holistic education, MSU Denver helps students build essential skills grounded in a multicultural and global perspective that lead to undergraduate and graduate degrees, and career and life success.

Position Summary

The Family Literacy Program at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. The Family Literacy Program has an opening for a part-time Lead ESL instructor to prepare and deliver lessons to adults (up to 19 hours per week). Lead instructors are enthusiastic and flexible and attend professional development workshops and departmental meetings. The position is semester-based and includes classroom instruction and planning time.

For more information about the Department of Family Literacy in our College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit: https://www.msudenver.edu/family-literacy-program/.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct classroom instruction for adults using appropriate ESL curriculum, teaching methods and materials

• Teach classes at off-site locations in the greater metro area.

• Foster encouraging and supportive learning environment for students by responding to instructional needs and concerns.

• Employ student-centric methodologies and approaches and multiple teaching styles

• Demonstrate curriculum methods and materials to volunteer tutors or teaching aides as needed

• Work with Family Literacy staff in planning parent enrichment and intergenerational learning activities with families

• Positively represent the University to community partners and while onsite partner-owned teaching locations

• Instructors will be expected to pack up and move classroom space as part of their responsibilities.  

• Facilitate registration, orientation, and technology sessions and help administer standardized assessments

• Attend workshops, trainings and in-services as requested by leadership team

• Perform record keeping and reporting (data input) responsibilities

• Work closely with other lead teaching staff regarding curriculum, materials, student goals, testing, and evaluation to ensure program goals are being met

• Outreach to students as part of the program’s retention strategy

• Inform students of and uphold school policies

• Other duties as assigned

An affiliate faculty member’s duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed