Mathematics Teacher

Full Time
Millersville, PA 17551
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Job description
Position Information

Requisition Number
F02604

Department
Mathematics

Working Title
Temporary Part-Time Faculty, Mathematics Instructor

Classification
Instructor - 24900

Position Summary Information

Nature of position
Temporary, part-time

Posting Detail Information

Job Summary/Basic Function
Temporary, part-time instructor responsible for introductory mathematics and statistics courses. Duties include teaching face-to-face and/or online classes days, evenings or weekends as scheduled and being available to students by holding appropriate office hours.
In addition to teaching, there is an expectation for scholarship and service commensurate with the assignment.

A complete application comprises the following:
  • Cover letter describing qualifications for the position
  • Current curriculum vitae or professional resume
  • Copies of registrar-issued transcripts for all degrees conferred and in progress
  • Two letters of professional reference dated within the last 12 months related to teaching.


Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials far enough in advance of the closing date to allow time for their references to respond. If you choose to provide additional documentation, please upload these items as optional documents.

Please do not link your application to the position until you have uploaded all of the required documents and any optional documents you want to provide. You will not be able to change the materials submitted or upload any new additional materials after the application process has been completed and you receive a confirmation number.

Located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Millersville University of Pennsylvania is one of the 14 public universities of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Our pillars of distinction include exceptionally strong student-faculty relationships, numerous programs of distinction, a beautiful campus, and vibrant location, and successful job placement for our students. Our students’ success, both inside and outside of the classroom, is our highest priority, and we provide numerous opportunities to facilitate their academic, personal, and social growth and development. Almost 70 baccalaureate programs are available for our 6,600 students to find their path. Several of our programs are multidisciplinary in nature, combining science, technology, and art to create a more progressive degree. One thousand graduate students enroll in 21 master’s and three doctoral programs. Our faculty are highly respected in their fields and dedicated to the success of students in the classroom, in research labs, and in campus life. Over 66,000 alumni live in all 50 states and in 72 countries around the world. We seek individuals who embrace and value our EPPIIC values of exploration, public mission, professionalism, inclusion, integrity, and compassion.

At Millersville University we are committed to fostering a learning and working environment that promotes the intersectionality of diversity to foster a climate of inclusion. Employing our EPPIIC values and the principles of Inclusive Excellence, we hold that an inclusive community is a core value that is an essential part of the foundation for our learning and working environment. Millersville University is an equal opportunity employer and, in compliance with federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations are encouraged to apply.

The State System Employee Benefits Summary for faculty can be found at: https://www.passhe.edu/inside/HR/LR/Documents/APSCUF_July2019-June2023.pdf.

Required Qualifications
  • Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Statistics, Mathematics, or Mathematics Education.
  • Evidence of ability to successfully teach diverse student populations.
  • Excellent oral, written, interpersonal communication skills.
  • Evidence of a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Successful interview.
  • Successful teaching demonstration for class teaching assignments.
  • Successful completion of three background checks.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience teaching statistics.
  • Prior college-level teaching experience.

Job Description
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES :
Potential courses include basic mathematics through precalculus and applied calculus, as well as introductory statistics: MATH 090, MATH 100, MATH 101, MATH 130, MATH 151, MATH 160, and MATH 235.
Part-time faculty members shall maintain a prorated number of office hours each week, at a minimum of twenty-five (25) minutes for each workload hour taught, at such days, times and locations as will accommodate the needs of the students.
This position may require in-person instruction on Millersville University’s campus. This position is contingent upon sufficient enrollments in assigned classes.
  • For details, please see:
    • The CBA, Article 12.B.1, Effective teaching and fulfillment of professional responsibilities (p. 27);


CONTINUING SCHOLARLY GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND /OR COMMUNITY :
  • In addition to teaching, there is an expectation for scholarship and service commensurate with the assignment.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES :
  • Other reasonable duties assigned within the faculty member’s field of competence.

PERFORMANCE REVIEW / EVALUATIONS :
  • Please see the CBA, Article 12, Performance Review and Evaluation of Faculty (pp. 27-39).

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION :
The Department of Mathematics, in the College of Science and Technology, has approximately 170 undergraduate major/minor students, and all majors are assigned to the full-time faculty members within the program for course advising and program mentoring. The department offers B.A., B.S. and B.S.E. degrees in mathematics with options in statistics, actuarial science, and applied mathematics, as well as an M.Ed. degree in mathematics education.

Essential Functions
  • Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
  • Ability to:
    • sit or stand while teaching.
    • speak clearly.
    • communicate via writing exceptionally well
    • understand verbal communication (read and understand verbal messages).
    • move to and from campus buildings, offices, and classrooms.
    • stoop or bend to pick things up.
  • Must be able to lift/pull/push up to 10 pounds without assistance.
    • lift student paper bundles, small boxes.
  • Must be able to occasionally lift/pull/push heavier items with assistance.
  • Teach courses face-to-face and online if necessary at the higher education level using lectures, demonstrations, class discussion, using online tools and/or equipment and/or other appropriate tools appropriate modes of education delivery.
  • Able to record and calculate grades, prepare course outline and syllabus, develop course and lesson plans, engage in the selection of appropriate textbooks and other teaching aids necessary to the delivery of instruction.
  • Use computer for email, obtain information on websites, prepare class documents, grade papers, submit final grades online and other duties related to teaching and advising students and serving the department, college, university and community.
  • No or very limited exposure to physical risks.
  • Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, photocopier, printer, document camera, projector, calculator, and chalk/blackboard.

Posting Open Date
04/14/2023

Posting Close Date
05/28/2023

Full Consideration Date

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