CASC Instructor

About this position

Overview: The Greene Center seeks an adjunct instructor to teach CASC 104: Designing Your Life. This course enables students to learn and apply design-thinking strategies and mindsets (Get Curious, Try Stuff Out, Talk to People and Tell Your Story) to academic, career and personal decision-making. CASC 104 is a one-credit course and meets for 70 minutes for 8 weeks. Under guidance of the Director of Career Curricular Initiatives, this position entails teaching 1-2 section during the fall semester, the spring semester, or both semesters. Day or evening courses may be assigned. Adjunct faculty are responsible for preparing for each class session with the curriculum and material developed by the department, providing effective instruction and generating excitement among the students for the content using a variety of modalities, and assessing student learning and submitting final grades. Duties and Responsibilities: Teaching: • Demonstrate appropriate knowledge of life design, career development principles, career tools, and the resources available through the Greene Center and University of Rochester. • Prepare lesson plans, lectures, and activities for each class session. Send weekly communication to students. • Convey content clearly through lectures, facilitate student discussions, lead experiential activities, and promote student engagement and participation with the material. • Provide individualized support and feedback, assess understanding of content, evaluate assignments, and assign grades through UR Student (Workday). • Maintain an organized, inclusive, collaborative, and supportive classroom environment. Training and Course Preparation: • Participate in 8 hours of paid onboarding and training including introduction to Life Design, course readings, activities, and syllabus and training on Blackboard Ultra and UR Student. • Create a Blackboard Ultra course that will house assignments and course materials. Utilize Blackboard Ultra to communicate with students, update class plans, and assess learning. • Co-teach the course with Director of Career Curricular Initiatives for the first semester. • Participate in class observations and meetings with the Director and other 104 instructors. Qualifications: Qualifications: • Bachelors degree required • Master’s degree preferred in education, student affairs, higher education or related field • High school or college level teaching/training or equivalent experience strongly preferred. • Experience in career development, career services, and/or recruiting is required, and within higher education is preferred. • Ability to foster student engagement and communicate effectively orally and in writing • Ability to work independently and as a member of a team

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