Proposed Start Date 09/16/2025
Working Title American Sign Language Adjunct Faculty Pool – Academic Year 2025-26
Department 221000 – FLL Foreign Languages
position Number D97751-00
Representation AP – AFT, Local 3571
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 American Sign Language (ASL) program offers approximately 40 ASL in person courses during the year, serving approximately 300 students per quarter during fall, winter and spring. We invite applicants to share availability and interest in our part-time adjunct instructor pool to teach first- / second-year ASL courses during the year to meet the needs of the students. Actual course offerings and / or number of sections of course offerings will be based on the needs of the department.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Key Cultural Competencies
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.
Additional Information
Does this position require the employee to drive a motor vehicle? No
Background Check Required Yes
Posting Close Date 05/29/2026
Projected Close Date for Posting Closes
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