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The Education Department and Teacher Preparation Program at Lake Forest College seek a part-time lecturer and fieldwork supervisor committed to anti-racist and culturally-sustaining pedagogies to teach EDUC 422 (cross listed as EDUC 522): Advanced Seminar: Discipline Specific PK-12 Curriculum and Instruction Design (Spanish)

This senior seminar focuses on approaches and methodology in the teaching of PK-12 world/foreign language. Students will explore research-based instructional theories central to world language as a discipline, subject matter-specific ways of constructing knowledge, and specific methods of inquiry and assessment for learning in world language. Students will conduct research on an area of study relevant to the discipline, present content-area demonstration lessons, and construct a culminating unit plan demonstrating best practices for teaching in the discipline. In addition, each student will be assigned two clinical placements: one in a high school for observation hours and consultation with a field-based faculty mentor; and one in an elementary school for a practicum teaching experience with a mentor teacher and a college supervisor (the instructor of the course). Fieldwork supervision includes two observations of student’s teaching in the elementary practicum classroom.

A highly selective liberal arts college located on Chicago’s North Shore, Lake Forest College enrolls more than 1,700 students from more than 40 states and from more than 100 countries. Lake Forest is one of the most diverse small colleges in the Midwest with more than 40% combined are domestic students of color and international students. The majority of our STEM pool is female and also includes a significant number of first generation and traditionally underrepresented students. At Lake Forest College, the quality of a faculty member’s teaching is the most important criterion for evaluation. The College also expects peer-reviewed publications and active participation in the College community. Lake Forest College embraces diversity and encourages applications from women, members of historically underrepresented groups, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Qualifications: A minimum of an earned master’s degree and experience teaching in relevant PK-12 schools content areas are required. 

Interested applicants should send by email (1) a letter of interest, (2) a curriculum vitae/resume, and (3) one letter of recommendation that speaks directly to the quality of the applicants teaching to:

Dr. Jacquelynn Popp

Chair, Education Department

Email: popp@lakeforest.edu

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled.