Apply to Teach Critical Reading

Information for Prospective Instructors of Critical Reading Courses

Job responsibilities:

• track student work and remind students of deadlines when necessary;
• monitor student discussion forums to ensure that students are interacting appropriately;
• participate to maintain a lively critical reading discussion forum;
• provide feedback for each student each lesson about the work posted;
• compose mid course progress reports for students in academic difficulty;
• help students use the online course management system; and
• write final evaluations of student work for each student who completes the course.

Desired Qualifications:

Applicants most likely to be selected for interviews submit materials that focus on the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

The position requires a BA in Reading, Writing, English Lit, or Education and at least one year teaching experience in relevant area. Additional education may be substituted for experience.

• Applicants must have broadband internet connections.
• Applicants must have email and the basic tech skills we expect of students. Our primary mode of communication with instructors is through email. Instructors check their email at least twice a day.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in Reading, Writing, English, or Education and experience working with age group (7-14) is preferred.
Experience working with gifted students and online course management systems is helpful.

Writing Sample

Applicants must provide as their writing sample a response to the prompt “Required Writing Sample for Prospective Critical Reading Instructors" 
pdf file (about 42 Kb)
Microsoft Word document (about 50Kb)

Requisition Number

50891 Write down this number, compose your required Writing Sample, then follow instructions How to Apply.

Important Note:

Before you apply, please be advised that successful candidates for this position have these typical instructor qualifications:

• All our current instructors hold at least one advanced degree. We consider current graduate students, but rarely hire outside the Preferred Qualifications disciplines.
• All our current instructors have at least 2 semesters experience teaching in the relevant area at the college level, or at least 2 terms of CTY Summer Programs teaching experience.
• Almost all our current instructors have familiarity with the age group (see preferred qualifications).
• Almost all new hires have distance education experience.
• All new hires must have excellent self-motivated organizational skills.
• Web-based courses use a course management system (currently Moodle 1.9+). Experience with such systems is highly desirable, but lack of experience does not exclude applicants. Training takes about 2 hours. Increasingly, our applicants have experience as either a teacher or a student in a course management system.