Position SummaryThe Creative Writing Program at Indiana UniversityBloomington invites applications for a twoyear Visiting Lecturer to serve as the Creative Writing Pedagogy Director beginning in the summer of 2025. We seek an individual with expertise in poetry creative nonfiction and fiction who is committed to excellence in teaching. Previous collegelevel teaching and publishing experience are essential. The candidate will teach a 2/2 load; train first year MFA Associate Instructors; support second and thirdyear MFA and MFA /PhD Associate Instructors AIs; and help in teachingrelated administration tasks in the Creative Writing Program. H1B sponsorship is not available for this position. The Creative Writing Pedagogy Director works closely with and reports to the Director of Creative Writing. The successful candidate will teach W554 the Creative Writing Pedagogy course each fall for MFA AIs; the remaining three courses will be determined by the programs or departments needs. In conjunction with the Director of Creative Writing the Creative Writing Pedagogy Director plans designs and facilitates the weeklong August teaching orientation for incoming Creative Writing instructors. Other responsibilities for this position include: conducting classroom observations of all firstyear instructors teaching W103; reviewing undergraduate student evaluations of W103 W203 and W280 courses and meeting with the MFA instructors to discuss their evaluations. IUs Creative Writing Program which is housed in the English Department is a highly ranked program with a national reputation. (More information on IUs Creative Writing Program can be found here: Experience:
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