Holistic Health And Healing Arts - Temp Parttime Faculty

Holistic Health and Healing Arts - Temp Parttime Faculty

Posting Numberreq28775 Employment TypeFaculty Faculty TypeAdjunct Hiring DepartmentTaos Branch Academic LocationTaos Branch CampusTaos Benefits EligibleAdjunct faculty may be eligible to receive certain UNM benefits in some cases. See the Benefits home page for more information. Position Summary

UNM Taos anticipates hiring adjunct faculty to teach in Fall 2024 Semesters in the Holistic Health and Healing (HHHA) Arts Program of Integrative Health and Medical Massage. Hires must be local to New Mexico and be available to teach face-to-face in a classroom situation.

Faculty will teach and/or develop Lower Division Courses (100-200 Level).

Anticipated openings for Fall 2024 potentially include the following subjects but may be expanded depending on the instructor's skill-set and the needs of our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program:

HHHA 110 Yoga for Wellness (1-3 credits)

The ideal candidate will have 500 hours of yoga education, experience teaching in a college environment, experience teaching remotely and face-to-face, and/or the knowledge to teach multiple classes in the field, including chanting/mantra, yoga philosophy, history, and sacred texts.

Classes could be in-person or online depending on academic needs. Positions are contingent upon need each semester as determined by student enrollment levels, the current course offering matrix, and demand, which is driven by graduation requirements.

Positions may be filled or eliminated each semester up to the deadline for students to drop or add courses. Candidates who are selected for these positions will report to Amber Burke, Holistic Health and Healing Arts Coordinator, who can be reached at amberburke@unm.edu.

Our 200-Hour YTT prioritizes accessibility, inclusion, anatomy, and yoga philosophy/history. Find out more about us here: https://taos.unm.edu/academics/departments/depts/health-sciences/hhha/yoga.html

Yoga classes may be taken by students earning the HHHA Certificate, a program which seeks to assist students in supporting their own wellbeing and build the foundational skills they need to support the wellbeing of others if they choose to enter healing arts fields. Find out more about us here: https://taos.unm.edu/academics/departments/depts/health-sciences/hhha/index.html

Wages

Adjunct Faculty in the UNM-Taos are currently compensated on the basis of their credentials and credit hour course loads, as follows:

Credentials Rate per Credit Hour

BA= $902.38 per credit hour

MA= $962.54 per credit hour

PHD/Terminal Degree= $1,022.70 per credit hour.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications to teach or develop courses in the field or subfield for which you are applying are determined by Higher Learning Commission's accreditation requirements for faculty, and must be met by one of these ways:

1.A Bachelor's Degree and professional experience in the area which they are applying to teach.

2.Applicant must have completed a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline or subfield in which they teach or tested experience that is determined to be equivalent to the degree and/or have completed 500 + hours of yoga teacher training(s).

3.Faculty must be registered with the Yoga Alliance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with yoga history and sacred texts.

• Successful teaching experience in a post-secondary institution, particularly a community college.

• Demonstrated experience in remote delivery of instruction.

• Successful experience tailoring yoga classes to a wide range of student needs.

• A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities.

• Ability to market courses to foster enrollment.

Application Instructions

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

To apply, please submit the following materials: 1. Curriculum Vitae 2.

Official undergraduate and graduate transcript(s). 3. Yoga Teacher Training Diplomas sufficient to address minimum qualifications. 4. Cover Letter indicating which courses and/or disciplines you are interested in teaching; the days/times you are available to teach; and how your education and/or experience satisfies the qualifications listed above. 5. Three professional references who can speak to your directly relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

Applicants who are appointed to a UNM faculty position are required to provide an official certification of successful completion of all degree requirements prior to their initial employment with UNM.

For Best ConsiderationThis posting will remain active until 4/1/2024. Anyone who applies for a position under this posting will automatically be considered for openings in subsequent semesters unless they indicate in their cover letter that they are not interested in teaching in specific semesters.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.