SCRD Academic Associate Pool in Parks Recreation and Sports Management - AY24-25
SCRD Academic Associate Pool in Parks Recreation and Sports Management - AY24-25
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Job Description
The School of Community Resources and Development (SCRD) in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for Academic Associate positions during theacademic year. These positions assist SCRD faculty in teaching courses for our undergraduate and graduate programs.
Academic Associates are parttime adjunct faculty who are hired on onesemester renewable contracts to assist with teaching one or two courses (not to exceed 0.40 FTE) per semester either inperson or online. Academic Associate positions are fixedterm appointments that are not eligible for benefits sabbaticals or tenure. The salary is set at $2000 per course. Official transcripts are required prior to employment. Individuals employed as Academic Associates may not hold multiple nonbenefits eligible appointments at Arizona State University.
For this position we seek to attract a robust pool of qualified people with expertise teaching in the field of therapeutic recreation and are available to teach inperson on ASUs Downtown Phoenix campus as well as a pool of faculty who are also able to teach online.
About the School:
The School of Community Resources and Development (SCRD) is one of the four schools in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions a vibrant community of scholars actively committed to excellence in education and innovative responses to collective problems. Watts College has a student body of over 6700 undergraduate and graduate students with over 57 percent students of color. In Hospitality Leisure Sport and Tourism SCRD is ranked #7 in the world and #2 in the US according to the Center for World University Rankings.
SCRD is located at ASUs Downtown Phoenix campus a dynamic hub of the multicampus Arizona State University that provides a multitude of academic and professional connections for students. The mission of our school is to cocreate transformative solutions that enhance the social cultural environmental and economic wellbeing of communities. We provide internationally recognized interdisciplinary research expertise and innovative academic programs in community development therapeutic recreation nonprofit leadership and management parks recreation and sport management and tourism development and management. Courses are delivered through inperson online and hybrid platforms.
Job Duties:
The successful candidate(s) will assist faculty with inperson or online courses. Specific duties may include grading student work preparing course materials teaching specific lessons tutoring or running study sessions holding office hours moderating discussion boards and responding to student questions.
All we do at ASU is guided and inspired by the University Charter which reads:
ASU is a comprehensive public research university measured not by whom it excludes but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic social cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
Successful candidates will demonstrate throughout their materials how their teaching research and service will contribute to the fulfillment of this charter.
Required Qualifications:
- An earned masters degree by time of appointment in Parks & Recreation Sport Management or allied field.
- Consistent with ASUs Charter a demonstrated commitment to inclusion.
Desired Qualifications:
- 2 years fulltime relevant clinical/professional experience in parks and recreation or sport sport management or youth development
- Experience working across multiple sectors especially in leadership capacities
- Prior teaching and/or training experience higher education teaching experience is preferred
- Experience with technology/course management systems such as Canvas
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
- Expertise in one or more of the following content areas:
- Youth Development
- Parks and Recreation Management
- Program/Event Planning
- Sport Management
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
