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Calculus Instructor - UCLA Extension
Position overview
Position title: InstructorApplication Window
Open date: October 28, 2024
Next review date: Thursday, Nov 28, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Thursday, Nov 28, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position description
UCLA Extension is considered one of the top programs of its kind, offering to more than 35,000 students per year approximately 4,500 classes and non-degree certificate programs to meet the professional development, continuing education, and personal enrichment needs of the full spectrum of nontraditional students as well as companies and organizations throughout and beyond the Los Angeles region.
Course / Program Description
This course covers the different applications of both differential and integral calculus to representative problems characteristic of the public and private economic sectors. Major topics covered in differential calculus include optimization, applications of the first and second derivatives that will find the optimized and inflection values of various functions, integral calculus, and procedures for finding either area under one curve or between two curves. Upon completing this course, students should be able to take first derivatives of functions to find minimum and maximum values and take second derivatives to find inflection points of a function.
Job Description
The Department of Health Sciences and Sciences at UCLA Extension offers a wide variety of certificate programs and courses including transfer-credit (XL), post baccalaureate credit-bearing (400-level), continuing education (CEU) credit, and non-credit-bearing general interest courses. UCLA Extension courses and certificate programs offer students the opportunity to learn from highly qualified practitioners who hold advanced degrees, are passionate about teaching and impart knowledge within their field of expertise. Applications to teach are accepted throughout the year in order to fill immediate program needs and to increase the depth of the instructor pool.
An opening for an Instructor is available in the discipline of Calculus. This course will be offered in-person at the UCLA Extension location in Westwood.
Course Schedule: January 21 – January 31, 2025. In-person meetings every business day in the morning. Total of 10 in-person sessions.
Instructor Duties:
- Update course syllabus in consultation with the UCLA Extension Program Director using an approved syllabus template
- Prepare and deliver course materials and learning assessments in assigned format
- As clearly outlined in the syllabus, communicate the Teaching Objectives and Specific Learning
- Outcomes to students and review the grading policies of the course
- Evaluate student achievement of Specific Learning Outcomes and assign grades
- Respond to student questions and learning needs in a timely manner
- Communicate about administrative matters with Program Director and Program Representative in a timely manner
- Employ cultural humility and competent teaching methodologies in the classroom inclusive of a diverse international student population
General Employment Information
Employment as a UCLA Extension Instructor is dictated by contract terms and conditions. Please take the time to read the UCLA Extension Instructor Employment Policies.
For information on UCLA Extension instructor benefits, please visit Pay, Benefits, & Privileges.
Access, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (AEDI) is one of UCLA Extension’s guiding principles. We strive to extend access to UCLA, our programs, and services to underrepresented communities and populations, while serving as a model organization for AEDI in the field of continuing higher education. Committed to attracting and retaining diverse staff & instructors, UCLA Extension welcomes your experiences, perspectives, and unique identity.
Division: https://www.uclaextension.edu/sciences-math/math-statistics/course/introduction-calculus-math-x-4021
Instructor Resources: https://instructor.uclaextension.edu
Qualifications
- Graduate degree in the field required. Terminal degree preferred.
- College-level teaching experience preferred.
- Must be committed to maintaining the highest level of academic standards and integrity.
- Highly effective oral and written communication skills.
- Highly effective interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in (or willingness to learn) the use of instructional technology including but not limited to the Canvas Learning Management System
- Terminal degree preferred.
- College-level teaching experience preferred.
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae / Resume - Your most recently updated Curriculum Vitae / Resume.
Cover Letter
References are requested from candidates after the interviewing stage, and references are only contacted for finalists via SkillSurvey system.
Help contact: ehr@unex.ucla.edu
About UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.