Part-Time Community Interpretation Instructor (Online)

In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities' air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history, and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Position Title: Community Interpreter: Part-Time UNEX Instructor

Salary Range: A reasonable estimate for this position is: $600 per unit. This is

a 4-unit course. Plus, an approximate $100 per unit as a course development fee

(payable for the first time the course is taught in each modality)

Anticipated Start: Summer 2025

Location: Online

University Extension is in search of practitioners to deliver university-developed curriculum for the Continuing and Professional Education division of the University of California, Riverside, which offers over 80 programs and certificates to domestic and international students. This is a continuous recruitment for part-time instructors to teach courses in University Extension's Professional Certificate in Interpretation and Translation: English/Spanish program, to adult learners. The Professional Certificate in Interpretation and Translation: English/Spanish resides in the Professional Programs Department. This program prepares individuals to enter into the professional field of interpreting and formal translation.

Courses are 4-7 weeks in length, average 3-6 teaching hours per week. Courses in this program are offered as synchronous online courses. Typically scheduled in the early evenings, usually starting after 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. All courses are currently being offered in a distance learning format (online).

Courses include:

• The US Court System: An Overview for Legal Interpreters
• Introduction to Legal Interpretation
• Professional Interpreting: Protocol and Ethics
• Community Interpretation
• Community Interpretation and Translation in Education

RESPONSIBLITIES

• Provide instruction in accordance with the established instructional agreement, curriculum outlines, and class schedules provided by University Extension.
• Communicate teaching objectives and specific learning outcomes to students and clearly outline the grading policies to the course.
• Work in conjunction with collaborative partners and subject matter experts in order to ensure that course information is current.
• Participate in scheduled orientations, meetings, and mandatory training programs by UCR's established deadlines.
• Create course shell, maintain timely and accurate academic records within the learning management system and submit timely and accurate documentation as outlined in the instructional agreement.
• Maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct.

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

• Five years of experience as a community interpreter or a Bachelor's degree.
• Five years of related work experience in community interpretation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and organizational
  skills.
• Must possess technical aptitude to provide instruction in an online format
  (Canvas and Zoom).
• Commitment to diversity and the University's mission.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching adult learners.
• Experience with curriculum development and course design.
• Experience teaching online courses using Canvas.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

To apply please visit https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02056. This is a continuous recruitment. Applications will be reviewed as vacancies occur. Interview process may includes a teaching demonstration. For more information about UCR Extension, please visit http://www.extension.ucr.edu/

Program information can be found at https://extension.ucr.edu/certificates/interpretationandtranslationenglishspanish

Applications must include:

• Curriculum Vitae - Most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Teaching - A personal document containing personal thoughts and
  experiences and including concrete examples of your teaching and mentoring
  style in context to your discipline.
• Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity
  and Inclusive Excellence - Statement on your past and/or potential future
  contributions to promoting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment,
  which is a key requirement of the role of every faculty member and
  administrator at UCR. There are numerous ways to contribute, and a
  commitment to this part of our mission can be reflected through research,
  teaching, supervision, mentoring, community engagement, service, and any of
  the other varied activities that are a part of an academic career.

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

Instructional agreements are made on a course-by-course basis at the discretion of the University with no guarantee to teach future courses. This part-time position has no benefits but participates in the University of California Defined Contribution Plan.

* Five years of experience as a community interpreter or a Bachelor's degree.

* Five years of related work experience in community interpretation.

* Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and organizational

skills.

* Must possess technical aptitude to provide instruction in an online format

(Canvas and Zoom).

* Commitment to diversity and the University's mission.

* Authorization to work in the United States.

* Experience teaching adult learners.

* Experience with curriculum development and course design.

* Experience teaching online courses using Canvas.

* Bilingual English/Spanish.

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

If the candidate advances past the interview, references will be pulled and included in the Academic Senate approval file

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

For the University of California policies on Affirmative Action, Anti-Discrimination, and Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy, see below.

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.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH.

For the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy please visit: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.

For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students, and Third Parties, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.