Lecturer - English - ESL (Revised March 10, 2022)

Job ID: 23752

Location: Kingsborough Community College

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The English Department at Kingsborough Community College, of the City University of New York, a vibrant educational and scholarly community, seeks a full-time TESOL/Composition and Rhetoric faculty member at the Lecturer rank.

Founded in 1963 as part of the City University of New York (CUNY), Kingsborough Community College remains firmly committed to its mission of providing both liberal arts and career education, promoting student learning and development, and strengthening and serving its diverse community. Kingsborough serves a population of approximately 14,000 students and consistently ranks among the leading community colleges in the country in associate degrees awarded to minoritized students. Kingsborough has been named one of the leading community colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. It has also earned national recognition for its creative and effective use of learning communities, for the large number of degrees it confers, for the high percentage of graduates who continue their studies, and for innovative programs that draw thousands of non-traditional students to its campus every year. Located on the beach in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Kingsborough offers a spacious, tree-filled campus-rare in the CUNY system.

The Lecturer will teach ESL (including co-requisite courses), integrated reading-writing courses in the first-year composition sequence (including co-requisite courses), and other electives, as needed. Evidence of ongoing scholarly interests and activity in applied linguistics/TESOL is required, as well as an ability to work collaboratively with others in a large, active department. In addition to teaching, the successful candidate will be expected to engage in committee and department assignments, which might include administrative, supervisory, and other functions.

The successful candidate will join a warm, collegial English department that teaches ESL composition, literature, creative writing, and journalism. Currently, English stands as a concentration within the liberal arts degree; however, the English department is in the process of establishing English as a separate major. The department is home to Kingsborough's A.S. in journalism and, in the very near future, a liberal arts A.A. concentration in creative writing.

Lecturer positions carry a 24-hour course load per academic year, which can be divided across three terms: Fall, Winter and Spring. Lecturers in the CUNY system are eligible for a tenure equivalent-certificate of continuous employment - after six years, which confers a level of stability and commitment often lacking in other systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Qualifications:

A Master's degree in applied linguistics/TESOL/rhetoric and composition, or a closely related field is required. Also required are the ability to teach successfully, to participate in current scholarship or to demonstrate scholarly achievement, and to cooperate with others for the good of the institution. The preferred candidates should have one or more of the following:

·       higher education experience in working with international/ELL students to support their learning goals;

·       expertise in TESOL scholarship, curriculum development, and program administration;

·       expertise in two-year college ESL/English studies (e.g., multilingual, antiracist, and multiliteracies/multimodal pedagogies; developmental education reform; contingent labor; second language assessment; listening and speaking instruction, etc.;

·       expertise and professional and technical communication;

·       expertise in digital literacies;

·       experience learning a second language (preferred)

Candidates with experience teaching students of diverse, racial, ethnic, educational, and linguistic backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as are those with online synchronous and asynchronous teaching experience. We are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge of contemporary TESOL and composition scholarship as it applies to ESL program administration, best practices in co-requisite pedagogy, and the design and implementation of student learning assessments.

COMPENSATION

$49,521 - $89,527. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

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Candidates should provide a CV/resume and statement of scholarly interests.

CLOSING DATE

April 13, 2022

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