2025-26 AY Lecturer Pool - School of Social Work

DEPARTMENT:  School of Social Work

POSITION TITLE: Lecturer Pool – Social Work

POSITION DETAILS: 

The School of Social Work at Sacramento State is one of the largest accredited social work programs in California. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to training a highly diverse study body to prepare the next generation of social work professionals for our region, and beyond. The School prepares ethical and competent generalist and specialized social workers who can both lead and serve our richly and intersectionally diverse communities in the development and delivery of psychosocial and clinical services that contribute to human wellbeing and social justice. We offer a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BASW) for generalist practice. For the Master of Social Work degree, we offer three pathways: a traditional two-year program, an extended part-time (three-year) program, and an Advanced Standing (one-year) program for those who hold an accredited BASW degree (within 5 years of application). MSW students specialize in one of three areas: behavioral health; health and aging; or, practice with children and families. We also offer a training program for those wanting to commit to a career in child welfare (i.e., Title IV-E program). The benefits of our social work programs are outstanding. We encourage applicants who are highly intersectionally diverse, who are seasoned practitioners (micro through macro), and ultimately who are committed to participating in and building an equitable and highly diverse scholarly learning environment promoting health equity and social justice.

Subjects area needs will vary, but include:

• Generalist practice (BASW or MSW)
• Advanced graduate-level practice in behavioral health, health & aging, or children and families
• Field (practicum) supervision
• Macro practice, including administration, supervision, community organizing, and policy practice
• Psychodiagnosing (using DSM-5-TR), substance use disorders, forensics
• Statistics
• Social science research methodologies, including experimental (quantitative) methods and qualitative traditions
• Social science and critical theories, in particular human behavior and the social environment (HBSE)
• Cultural diversity, social justice, power/privilege/oppression
• U.S. social welfare policy
• Practice with specialty populations (e.g., Veterans, LGBTQ+ communities, international settings, gerontology, neurocognitive and developmental disabilities)

Courses occur throughout the entire work week and (all day) weekends. They may be during day or evenings. Courses are most often in-person or may be less frequently offered on-line.

Duties of a part-time lecturer include instruction, class preparation, grading, and office hours. Other duties may be assigned based on departmental needs. Course assignments, including dates, time, and modality, are made by the Department Chair under the direction of the College Dean.

Part-time lecturers are instructional faculty with conditional appointments based on enrollment and budget. Hires from the pool of applicants are made when there are instructional needs to fill coursework offered by an academic department based on changing enrollment patterns, changes to tenure-track faculty assignments, and other factors that cannot be addressed with our existing faculty. Initial appointments are typically for one semester, but occasionally academic year initial appointments are made. Appointments may be renewed based on department needs, funding, and performance. Often appointments are made just prior to the start of the semester.

Rank and Salary

Initial rank and salary for lecturer faculty are based on professional experience and educational background and are determined by the hiring department.

Most new lecturers are hired at the Lecturer A or B rank. As of July 2024, the classification salary ranges for the respective ranks are:

Lecturer A: $5,507 - $6,677

Lecturer B: $6,221 ‐ $13,224

Lecturer C: $6,825 ‐ $14,523

Lecturer D: $8,593 ‐ $15,211

The salary ranges indicated are based on a "full‐time rate" (15 weighted teaching units [WTUs]). A semester's worth of compensation is made up of six (6) payments of the given amount. To calculate your salary for a semester, the base rate would be pro‐rated based on the units worked out of 15 WTUs. If you were a Lecturer A assigned 3 units at the minimum salary, your pay would be structured as follows: $5,507 x 3/15 (3 units out of a possible 15 units total) = $1101.40 x 6 checks = $6,608.40 total for 3 units/semester.  

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• For most courses:

A Master of Social Work