Teaching Specialist (# 375269)

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Job ID: 375269 About the Job Course instructor of AGRO 1103 titled, "Crops, Environment, and Society" in the Fall 2026 semester. This is an academic temp/casual position. Job Duties Teaching (90%)Attend class meetings and deliver course content Evaluation of student performance Grade student materials, including exams, papers and final projects Submit grades Respond to student inquiries and meet with students Course Preparation (10%)Complete orientation and training to subject matter Meet with appropriate faculty and gather information as needed Develop course content and syllabus in ways that effectively account for a variety of diverse backgrounds, communities, identities, and abilities Prepare course materials, including final exam Qualifications Required Qualifications Advanced degree in a related major Excellent writing skills Demonstrated ability to work effectively with faculty, students, staff and the community Preferred QualificationsExperience working collaboratively with academic departments and/or in the community. Experience advising/mentoring students. Experience and ability to organize and manage students projects Experience working/teaching with culturally diverse students Evidence of teaching effectiveness at the collegiate level. About the Department The Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics has 25 faculty members with strength in breeding, genetics/genomics, biotechnology, agronomy/agroecology, weed science and crop physiology. Faculty research programs are focused on improvement of traditional and emerging crops and developing agronomic practices for crops that are of key importance to agriculture in the upper Midwest and beyond. Faculty in the department are members of the Applied Plant Sciences, Plant and Microbial Biology, and other graduate programs. The faculty teach in the Plant Science and Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture interdepartmental undergraduate programs and the Applied Plant Sciences graduate program. Pay and Be

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