Position overview
Position title : Instructor
Salary range : $2,206 per course, quarterly
Application Window
Open date : August 29, 2024
Next review date : Monday, Sep 30, 2024 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date : Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
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
Creative Writing
All instructors in this field have documented publications (books, periodicals, and / or literary magazines), and we are especially interested in those with current / recent publications in order to help students understand and navigate the evolving landscape of this field.
Prior teaching experience is preferred.
• Fiction (novels, short stories)
• Nonfiction (creative nonfiction, memoir, personal essay)
• Poetry
• Writing for Young Readers (picture books, middle grade, young adult)
Screenwriting
All instructors in this field have documented produced scripts (features, teleplays, etc), and we are especially interested in those with current / recent productions in order to help students understand and navigate the evolving landscape of this field.
Prior teaching experience is preferred.
• Features
• Television (half hour, one hour)
• Graphic novels (and comics)
• Podcasting
Editing & Publishing
All instructors in this field have documented professional experience as a professional staff member of a publisher or press, not including self-publishing and vanity presses, and we are especially interested in those with current / recent experience in order to help students understand and navigate the evolving landscape of this field.
Prior teaching experience is preferred.
• Copyediting
• Developmental editing
• Editorial management
Written Communication
All instructors in this field have prior teaching experience in English composition at the college level and an advanced degree (Master's or higher).
• Expository Writing
• Persuasive Writing
Classes can be online (live or asynchronous formats) or in person in Westwood or Downtown Los Angeles. Classes held with live instruction meet once a week for 10 weeks, typically in evenings and on weekends.
Asynchronous online classes are deadline-driven and have no class meetings. Many in person courses also take advantage of the online course format for distributing course materials, syllabi, assignments, and feedback.
Job Description
UCLA Extension is the open-access, self-supporting continuing education division of UCLA. The Writers' Program offers a wide variety of certificate programs and courses, including post-baccalaureate credit-bearing (400-level), continuing education (CEU) credit, and non-credit bearing general interest courses.
Course disciplines in the Writers' Program span subject areas such as Fiction and Nonfiction Writing, Poetry, Screenwriting (Film and TV), Editing & Publishing, and more.
Our courses and certificate programs offer students the opportunity to learn from highly qualified practitioners who are passionate about teaching.
Applications to teach are accepted throughout the year in order to fill immediate program needs and to increase the depth of the instructor pool, but interviews will only be scheduled with qualified applicants who can fill anticipated openings.
Writers' Program Instructor
Qualified applicants possessing current knowledge in the following topic area(s) - for adults are encouraged to apply. For a sense of the depth and breadth of our course offerings, visit https : / / www.
uclaextension.edu / writing .
Instructor Duties :
• Complete annual and biannual University compliance trainings by the deadlines set by Human Resources.
• Develop or update course syllabus to meet campus approval requirements, in consultation with the UCLA Extension Program Director and Program Manager.
• Use subject-matter expertise to impart knowledge to students and leverage additional resources appropriately to enhance the curriculum (i.
e. make arrangements for guest speakers, etc.)
• Design interactive and motivational classroom activities to fully engage participants and to reinforce student learning
• Update materials periodically, and regularly monitor course evaluations in order to make adjustments and improvements to the curriculum.
• Utilize Canvas as a course support platform in in-person courses, and as the delivery platform in online and hybrid courses.
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posted: Oct. 2, 2024, 6:50 a.m.
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