Core Faculty - Liberal Arts

At The University of Arizona Global Campus, Core Faculty is a discipline expert who provides a positive learning environment in a specific academic program, emphasis, and/or discipline to facilitate and support student success within the College of The University of Arizona Global Campus. Core Faculty are committed to high quality teaching and learning through ongoing evaluation and continuous improvement.

Essential Job Duties:

Teaching

A Core Faculty should demonstrate exemplary teaching in their discipline. Teaching includes content delivery, student mentoring and assessment of student learning. All Core Faculty will carry a teaching load requirement, determined annually. Additionally, Core Faculty are responsible for:

• Demonstrating awareness of and responding to the diverse needs of all students

• Displaying a thorough knowledge of both the curriculum and the subject matter

• Facilitating instructional materials and providing guidance and feedback to all students

• Setting high expectations for student achievement and behavior

• Evaluating student performance via established rubrics and policies

• Responding to student emails and inquiries in a timely manner

• Addressing plagiarism concerns according to university policy

• Collaborating with student-facing institutional personnel to enhance the student experience

Student Success

• Implement retention, persistence, graduation, and student success initiatives as guided by college and University leadership

• Contribute to student success through regular interaction with student enrollment and academic advisors

• Support program and emphasis development activities, course development, and assessment

• Support college leadership in evaluation of teaching efficacy within college and faculty coaching

• Collaborate with other university departments to ensure a positive experience for all university students

Service

• Contribute to a university-wide or college committees

• Collaborate with college or university teams to develop and implement new initiatives

• Provide support for accreditation and licensure efforts to ensure courses meets career and discipline goals

• Assist with program review (gathering data, writing reports, creating action plans for enhancement)

• Engage in community development activities involving disciplinary expertise

• Represent college in University meetings and forums

Professional Development and Scholarship

• Engage in faculty scholarship and development activities related to the university’s primary focus as a teaching institution, which may include discovery, integration, application, and/or teaching

• Support faculty forums and other professional development activities within the college

• Participate in faculty communities of practice and community spaces

• Participate in external discipline specific conferences and professional communities

• Enhance teaching effectiveness skills by attending seminars, webinars, workshops, and classes through both internal and external programming

Other Duties

• Participate in meetings (on site and virtual) as directed

• Maintain regular work hours coordinated with supervisor

• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Earned doctorate degree in a humanities discipline (e.g. literature, history, philosophy, religious studies, multicultural studies, interdisciplinary humanities), or related field.

• Experience in a distance/online learning environment with adult learners

• Minimum three years teaching experience at the college level

• Experience working with diverse student populations

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Proven organizational skills with attention to detail

• Ability to adapt to a flexible work schedule that requires travel and occasionally work on evenings and weekends

• Computer skills: Microsoft Office applications including intermediate level experience with Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching across disciplines in an interdisciplinary context (generalist).

• Experience with online course development

• Experience supporting adjunct faculty

• Experience in global/non-Western humanities

Education:

• Must possess a doctorate in a humanities discipline (e.g. literature, history, philosophy, religious studies, multicultural studies, interdisciplinary humanities), or related field, from a regionally accredited university.