Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Mathematics

Overview

This 9-month position is ideal for those primarily interested in teaching as they will be responsible for teaching 24 credit hours in Mathematics, primarily face-to-face. The position supports general education mathematics, teaching endorsements, and service courses for majors in business and science up to the level of precalculus. Title and compensation may be negotiable based on experience and credentials. The individual in this position reports to the Department Chair and Academic Dean.

Essential Duties Summary

Lecturers are primarily contracted to teach and actively maintain their professional development. It is possible for lecturer positions to be converted to tenure-track positions with temporal credit for tenure assuming a level of service and scholarship, in addition to teaching and professional development, during that time consistent with expectations outlined below.

Tenure is based the following components:

Teaching Effectiveness – Effectively teach a full-time load (12 credits per semester; for a total of 24 credits per year) consisting of general education mathematics courses in service of a quantitative reasoning outcome, Statistics, College Algebra, and Precalculus. The specific course load is subject to change, depending upon the qualifications and expertise of the successful candidate, and coordination with existing faculty areas of expertise.

Scholarship – UIU recognizes categories of scholarship as described by Boyer. These include the scholarship of discovery (traditionally thought of as “research”), integration (making connections across the disciplines), application (application of knowledge to consequential problems), or teaching (application of knowledge to student learning).

Professional Development – UIU faculty members are expected to maintain a high level of professional competence and should keep current with requirements, knowledge, or trends, as well as contribute to improved student learning, program development, or curriculum revision.

Service to the University and Community – Service to the university may include departmental, programmatic, or general university service including, but not limited to:

• Collaborate with colleagues on departmental activities, including recruitment and advising of students, assessment of student learning outcomes, and curriculum revision and development
• Participate in meetings and serve on committees, complete necessary training
• Serve as a content expert for adjunct faculty
• Approve adjunct faculty syllabi
• Evaluate transfer courses

Community service may include geographic, professional, or other communities.

Required Qualifications

A lecturer position requires a minimum of a Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics or a field of applied mathematics or quantitative sciences, such as engineering or operations research. A tenure-track position requires a terminal degree in Mathematics, Statistics or a field of applied mathematics or quantitative sciences, such as engineering or operations research with at least 18 credits of graduate coursework to support teaching Mathematics courses depending on the terminal degree. Equivalent work experience in the disciplines may be considered. High school mathematics teachers or mathematics consultants that meet the qualifications will also be considered. Must be eligible to work within the United States.
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