Adjunct Faculty: Paralegal Program

Job Title Adjunct Faculty: Paralegal Program Classification Title Rank Instructor Tenure Information Job Description

The School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) is seeking dynamic, learner-focused online Adjunct Instructor Educator(s) who have experience working with or as a paralegal.

Adjunct instructors will work with adult students at Elizabethtown College to provide them with the knowledge, concepts, and skills to be successful in the Paralegal undergraduate certificate and associates accelerated online degree program. This will be a 100% remote position.

• Due to state tax payroll processing, Elizabethtown College is limited to only hiring individuals within the following states: New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Vermont and Pennsylvania. If you do not reside in one of those states, you will not be considered for employment.

Job Duties

Adjunct faculty will have the following job responsibilities:

• Teach courses using online, blended and/or and hybrid pedagogy through the Canvas LMS;

• Review textbooks and other courseware changes;

• Review and improve syllabi;

• Create an eLearning environment that fosters a sense of belonging, dignity and, respect;

• Use instructional methods that support syllabi expectations;

• Complete beginning-of-term preparation and communication;

• Facilitate class instruction in accordance with course, program, and student learning objectives; Apply adult learner theory to support students' needs;

• Administer evaluations of student performance based on course assessments;

• Provide both instructive and supportive feedback;

• Adhere to protocol guidelines; submit grades for course completion; .

• Complete end-of-term preparation, communication, and course evaluation(s);

• Model professionalism and appropriate academic conduct.

Required Qualifications

Interested candidates should possess:

• The qualified candidate should hold a degree relate to the legal industry.

• Relevant professional experience of 5 years or more.

• Expertise and experience working with or as a paralegal.

• Ability to support student connections to course content across multiple work contexts due to the interdisciplinary nature of the program.

• Strong facilitation skills to focus discussion board posts on course content and deepening students' paralegal competencies by creating experiential learning opportunities and/or creative online learning activities.

Successful candidates will demonstrate teaching excellence, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to collaborative processes. They will have a demonstrated commitment to teaching adult learners and proficiency in teaching online with high-impact strategies.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to interact with others while maintaining a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Applications should include a cover letter, resume/curriculum vitae, one (1) recommendation letter (additional recommendation letters optional) and contact information for three (3) references.

Preferred Qualifications

Holds a bachelors degree and/or J.D.

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number F300P Open Date 04/05/2021 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Diversity Statement

Elizabethtown College is committed to valuing and fostering the diversity reflected in our life together and in the world beyond our campus. We strive to ensure that the members of the community-students, faculty, staff, and administrators-are diverse in race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, ability, gender, gender identity and expression, age and national origin. We also seek to provide our community members, especially our students, with educational opportunities, programs, and services that are multicultural in content and expressive of a diverse life of experiences and worldviews that underrepresented groups bring to the learning environment.

About Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College, located in southcentral Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than 60 health, science, engineering, political science business, communications, fine art and music, humanities, and education degrees. Discover more at etown.edu.

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