Description
Teach undergraduate English composition, literature, and language courses with a primary focus on instruction. Design curricula and materials, deliver in-person and online classes, assess learning, advise students, and contribute to departmental service and student success.
- • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, assignments, and handouts.
- • Prepare and deliver lessons on composition, rhetoric, literature, and language.
- • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, materials, and methods of instruction.
- • Compile, administer, and grade examinations and assessments.
- • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- • Keep abreast of developments in the field through reading, collaboration, and conferences.
- • Select and obtain textbooks and instructional materials.
- • Advise students on academic pathways, transfer options, and career issues.
- • Engage in professional development and evidence-based teaching.
- • Collaborate with colleagues on curriculum, assessment, and student success initiatives.
- • Serve on academic or administrative committees.
- • Participate in campus and community events.
- • Participate in student recruitment, orientation, and placement activities.
- • Compile bibliographies and reading lists for outside assignments.
- • Supervise undergraduate teaching assistants, tutors, or internship placements.
- • Provide assistance to students in the writing center or through embedded support.
- • Perform administrative duties such as course coordination and assessment reporting.
- • Advise or mentor student organizations.
- • Contribute to grant proposals or projects supporting teaching and learning.
- • Provide workshops or outreach to campus or community partners.
- • Assist students who need extra help with coursework outside of class.
- • Organize or participate in cultural and literary activities and events.
- • Develop sample texts and instructional resources for class use.
- • Recruit, train, and supervise peer tutors or writing center staff.
- • Provide performance feedback to student employees or tutors.
- • Teach classes using online and hybrid technologies and learning management systems.
- • Teach writing, composition, and communication courses.
- • Provide input for course scheduling and staffing.
- • Write letters of recommendation for students.
- • Review and adopt instructional materials and open educational resources.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
