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University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Applied Linguistics

 Full time Non-Tenure Track lecturer specializing in Multilingual Teacher Education

Job Description

The Applied Linguistics Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track Lecturer position starting September 1^st, 2025.

(https://www.umb.edu/umasslinguistics)

The lecturer will teach three graduate courses per semester and provide extensive service and mentoring related to the ESL Licensure. (https://www.fsu.umb.edu/content/non-tenure-track-faculty-lecturers).

Required Qualifications:

• A doctoral degree (or candidacy for a doctoral degree) in Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Curriculum and Instruction, or similar field.
• a minimum of two years of experience teaching graduate-level courses.
• experience working in K- 12 ELL instruction and/or teacher education for K- 12 ELL instructors.
• experience providing professional development to pre-service and in-service teachers.
• knowledge of MA DESE regulations.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities

ESL Licensure Coordinator

• Serve as liaison between the Department and DESE.
• Regularly review DESE standards and requirements to ensure t licensure track compliance.  
• Seek out, establish and maintain partnerships with schools/school districts to ensure APLING students have access to suitable placement opportunities.
• Collect and review student applications for the Pre-Practicum an/or Practicum and secure site placements.
• Plan and present at least one Licensure information session per semester.
• Maintain/update the Licensure Handbook.
• Serve as the primary advisor for all students who are seeking licensure endorsement through our department or for any CREATE grant students transitioning from the DL or ELD certificate programs to the MA/Licensure program; Provide academic advising for master’s program students.
• Coordinate with the university’s licensure endorsement officer to ensure licensure endorsements are transmitted and attends relevant meetings organized by the College of Education and Human Development. 

Pre-Practicum and Practicum Instructor and Site Observer

• As Practicum and Pre-practicum Instructor, serves as liaison between the Department and local schools where our students undertake their ESL licensure internship.
• Completes at least (3) site observations for each Practicum student at their teaching placement sites and one observation for each Pre-Practicum student.
• Provides detailed feedback and guidance to the student teacher.
• Completes all the “Program Supervisor” sections of the Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP) form.

Application Instructions

We expect to invite applicants for virtual interviews. Please address any inquiries to Professor Panayota Gounari (Panagiota.Gounari@umb.edu).

To apply, please submit the following:

• a cover letter that briefly explains the candidate’s interest in, and fit with the position.
• a curriculum vitae.
• a personal statement addressing the candidate’s teaching experience and teaching philosophy.
• At least two letters of recommendation that address the teaching and academic credentials.
• Candidates may also submit other evidence of teaching excellence, such as student letters, teaching awards, sample syllabi, or other relevant materials.

Application review will start on April 7th, 2025, until the position is filled.

UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with the challenges they encounter, engage, and strive to overcome. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HRDirect@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.