FALL 2025 Adjunct Instructor of French 101

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Position Announcement

Position Details

Proposed Start Date
09/16/2025

Working Title
FALL 2025 Adjunct Instructor of French 101

Department
221000 – FLL Foreign Languages

Position Number
D97751-00

Representation
AP – AFT, Local 3571

Position Summary

Brief Description of PSU/School/Dept

The Department of World Languages and Literatures plays a central role in preparing the students of Portland State University to function in the global community. Because we believe that language is central to that ability, we offer instruction in American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese. The Department is committed to teaching for proficiency. All of our language classes are designed to develop functional skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking for eventual use in a broad variety of real-world settings.

Position Summary

The French program in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Portland State University serves undergraduate students at all levels, both lower division (1st & 2nd year) and upper division (3rd & 4th year). The French section currently offers 45 courses during the year and serves 330+ students. We invite applicants to join our part-time/adjunct faculty team to teach a first-year French language course in Fall 2025 to meet the needs of the department.

Fall 2025:• FR 101, First-Year French TM1, MW 1330-1510, 4 credits

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Meet classes regularly at scheduled times throughout the quarter (10 weeks) and on scheduled final exam days. (Classes meet two days a week: Mondays and Wednesdays)
• Follow prescribed syllabus and textbook as provided by course supervisor.
• Prepare daily lesson plans independently, using sound pedagogy to teach language, grammar, and culture.
• Teach and conduct class in the target language.
• Create contexts and activities for communicating in French within the classroom.
• Correct and grade homework assignments, quizzes, written and oral exams in a timely fashion, and provide feedback to students on their work and progress.
• Hold regularly-scheduled office hours each week for the purpose of discussing course material and individual concerns with students.
• Attend weekly course meetings if scheduled.
• Consult with the course supervisor to address and resolve individual student difficulties or administrative problems.

Minimum Qualifications
• Master’s Degree or equivalent in French or a related field
• Two years experience teaching French at the college level
• Native or near-native fluency in French and in English
• Ability to conduct class in French as the primary language of instruction
• Understanding of sound pedagogical practices for teaching French to non-French speaking American learners

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience living in a Francophone country
• Demonstrated effectiveness teaching French at the 1st-year (novice) level for a 100-level course assignment

Key Cultural Competencies
• Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages and celebrates differences.
• Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities and cultural backgrounds.
• Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement
• Adheres to all PSU’s policies including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct.

Environmental Stewardship

Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship, practices resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long-term sustainability goals.

Required Professional Standards of Conduct

At Portland State University, all employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner which maintains a safe, respectful, and productive environment for faculty, students, administrators, and staff. It is the responsibility of every member of the Portland State University community to conduct themselves in accordance with our PSU Professional Standards of Conduct which are available at www.pdx.edu/hr/professional-standards-conduct.

Compensation
Adjunct faculty members are paid per credit hour per the AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement which can be found at https://www.pdx.edu/academic-affairs/academic-unions#psufa.

Application Instructions

Additional Information

We also require two (2) professional letters of recommendation as a part of your application packet. Your referees must email their letter (on letterhead and signed) as an email attachment to world@pdx.edu.

Review will begin immediately and continue until finalists are identified. Interviews will be conducted via Zoom.

Does this position require the employee to drive a motor vehicle?
No

Background Check Required
Yes

Search Details

Posting Close Date
10/01/2025

Projected Close Date for Posting
Open Until Filled