Instructor I II or III
Instructor I II or III
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Job Description
Position Function:
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Mississippi State University has multiple Instructor positions available across the nine academic departments within the College. Instructors are teachingspecific roles with no direct research responsibility. These are promotable positions with ranks of Instructor I II and III dependent on experience and effectiveness. These instructor levels are either fulltime or parttime (dependent upon departmental needs) 9month or 12 month (dependent upon departmental needs) nontenure track positions.
Salary Grade:UC
Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges. For salary grade UC these positions are Unclassified and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.
Department Profile:
Learn more about the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at www.cals.msstate
Anticipated Appointment Date:
July 1 2024.
Tenure Track Status:
No.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Teaching opportunities are wideranging throughout our curricula and include environmental science floriculture genetics health promotion animal science or other general agriculture and human sciences courses fitting the applicants interest and the colleges need. Duties may include courses that have online components or are offered entirely online although the expectations are that these positions will be predominantly in facetoface delivery formats. These assignments may also include preparing coordinating and supervising lab sections with the support of graduate teaching assistants. For 9month appointments there may be the opportunity to teach intercession courses for additional pay to meet student demand.
Minimum Qualifications:
M.S. degree in a relevant discipline instructional experience at the university or community college level excellent communication and organizational skills and familiarity with common instructional technologies. Candidates with degrees pending will be considered if the expected completion date is before the positions start date. Preference will be given to candidates who use evidencebased teaching practices have instructional design experience are committed to creating a safe learning environment have taught a variety of courses have experience coordinating teaching laboratories and demonstrate excellence in teaching.
ABDs or degree pending considered (all but DISS):
Yes.
Preferred Qualifications:
Ph.D. or terminal degree in a relevant discipline a minimum of oneyear instructional experience and experience coordinating teaching laboratories.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills; strong organizational and computer skills.
Working Conditions and Physical Effort
No unusual physical requirements. Requires no heavy lifting and nearly all work is performed in a comfortable indoor facility.
Instructions for Applying:
Link to apply: http://explore.msujobs.msstate/
All applicants must apply online at www.jobs.msstate and upload 1 a cover letter summarizing your teaching interests and readiness for the position (twopage maximum) 2 an uptodate CV 3 a statement of your teaching philosophy contributions to past courses and teaching effectiveness (threepage maximum) 4 contact information for three professional references. The review of applications will continue until the positions are filled.
Screening Date:
February 5 2024 until filled.
Restricted Clause:
Position is contingent upon continued availability of funding.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment programs or activities based on race color ethnicity sex pregnancy religion national origin disability age sexual orientation genetic information status as a U.S. veteran or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance 231 Famous Maroon Band Street P.O. 6044 Mississippi State MS 39839.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
