Position Title: Social Work Affiliate: Content Areas of Research, Legal, and Policy
By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for affiliate faculty. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue as needed. The number of these temporary, part-time, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.
Position Summary:
The Department of Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work prides itself on a richly talented faculty comprised of teacher-scholars who are highly dedicated to support students in growing as social work scholars, practitioners, and leaders in the multitude of settings.
We are seeking part-time, Social Work Affiliate Instructors in Content Areas of Research, Legal, and Policy as they relate to social work. All part-time faculty in the department of social work will work with a Lead Faculty and participate in a content teaching team. When affiliate faculty are needed, they should expect to teach one to two courses each semester, the maximum any affiliate faculty can teach is three courses per semester. See below for affiliate faculty member’s duties. We ask that all those applying to the pool to also complete a teaching preference survey: https://msudenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5orU3EaO9KTQcHI
MSU Denver faculty have expertise in culturally responsive practice that is relationally based. We are actively interrogating and revising our curriculum to reflect anti-oppressive practices while educating our students for the provision of effective clinical social work services with diverse communities in micro, mezzo and macro settings serving vulnerable and underserved populations. For more information about the Department of Social Work, please visit: https://www.msudenver.edu/social-work/
Responsibilities:
An affiliate faculty member’s duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus. They will also adhere to department course coordination and Lead Faculty Model policies; maintain office hours; and comply with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.
Required Qualifications:
Successful candidates must have one of the following:
- Juris Doctor degree, plus two years of experience relevant to social work practice, or
- A Master’s in social work from a CSWE Accredited Program, plus two years of relevant post MSW experience, or
- A Master’s degree in related field, plus two years of post master’s experience related to social work
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) – accredited institution
- Five years of relevant post MSW or related master’s degree experience
- PhD or ABD
- Doctoral level course work in one or more of content areas
- Two years of teaching experience relevant to one or more of content areas
- Previous experience in teaching in an online environment
- Experience with diverse, historically underrepresented and/or first-generation college students
To view the full posting and apply, visit the MSU Denver Career Website.
