CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Unless stated otherwise, appointments are effective for one semester.

RECRUITMENT # 524

POSITION:  Teaching Associate Openings

EFFECTIVE DATE: Fall: August 25, 2008; Spring: January 23, 2009 (contingent upon budgetary funds)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Candidates must be enrolled in a graduate program at CSULB
• Must show evidence of good writing and grammar skills as well as potential for successful teaching and ability to communicate effectively with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community. 
• Candidates who do not meet minimum qualifications cannot be appointed.
• Graduate students may not be employed for more than six semesters.

DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:                      

• Evidence of training or experience in teaching developmental writing and basic language skills
• Record of experience tutoring or working in a writing center preferred.

DUTIES:                          

To teach in WPE Prep 010 and 020, a program preparing students for the Writing Proficiency Exam, and to provide student advisement.  Courses are offered on the basis of one unit, credit/no credit and meet for two hours weekly.

SALARY RANGE:           

$190 to $197 per unit, per month, paid in six installments per semester.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION:              

Letter of application; résumé, including a current e-mail address; three letters of recommendation (one of which MUST be from an off-campus reference); official transcript from institution awarding B.A. degree and showing its completion. 

POSITION OPEN UNTIL FILLED (OR RECRUITMENT CANCELLED). 

Review of applications to begin May 15, 2008 for Fall; October 15, 2008 for Spring. Applications, required documentation, and/or requests for information should be addressed to:

Professor Kristin J. Brown

Director, WPE Prep Program

Department of English

California State University, Long Beach

1250 Bellflower Boulevard

Long Beach, CA  90840-2403

Inquiries should be addressed to:

Maureen Ettinger (mettinge@csulb.edu) (562) 985-9293

In addition to meeting fully its obligations of nondiscrimination under federal and state law, CSULB is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can learn, live, and work in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility, and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual, without regard to economic status, ethnic background, political views, or other personal characteristics or beliefs.  An EO employer.