The Department of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University is recruiting a pool of adjunct faculty beginning in Summer 2025. Adjunct faculty may teach online or face-to-face undergraduate or graduate courses in educational leadership and practice and integrate approaches and perspectives with a focus on equity and belonging. The adjunct faculty pool will be utilized on an as-needed basis, and you may resubmit your application for subsequent years or when the application is periodically refreshed and prior applicants are purged.

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The Department of Educational Leadership prepares visionary scholars and leaders who promote justice across a variety of spheres. We have a robust set of programs spanning the PK20W (pre-kindergarten, postsecondary undergraduate and graduate education, and workforce development/adult learning). Programs in need of adjunct instructors include:
​ •  BA in Human and Organizational Development
  •  EdD in Leadership, which has student cohorts of PK12, Higher Education, and General Leadership (public sector, nonprofit, military, academic leadership, and leadership in education-adjacent disciplines such as social work and healthcare)
  •  M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, which has concentrations in
    ·  Administration and Supervision (licensure)
    ·  Culturally Responsive Leadership
    ·  Higher Education Administration
    ·  Leadership Studies
  •  Graduate Certificate in Culturally Responsive Leadership
  •  Post-Master’s Certificate (PMC) in Educational Leadership (licensure)

Benefits: All VCU employee types are eligible for a wide array of benefits to support you during your employment at VCU. Consult the benefits website for information on benefits eligibility according to employee type.

Unit: School Of Education MBU

Department: SOE Ed Ldshp Dept

Duties & Responsibilities:

1.  Meet all designated course instruction guidelines, including delivery of content specific to the course and in the modality assigned.  
2.  Provide written feedback and assign grades to student work in a timely manner.
3.  Respond to student inquiries within 24 hours.
4.  Submit final grades according to policy.
5. Attend orientation and program/curriculum continuous improvement sessions, as appropriate. 
6. Instructors in the Ed.D. must teach to a prepared syllabus, which instructors may modify and personalize, and complete specific post-semester tasks to provide program level feedback about students and the course for student assessment purposes and continual improvement efforts. The Ed.D. is grounded in improvement science; therefore knowledge of and the ability to weave improvement science into coursework is paramount.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

To teach in the BA, applicants must have a master’s degree. For all other programs, a terminal degree in education (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) is required. Applicants must have a combination of professional experience and/or content knowledge related to leadership and policy in one of the following sectors: PK12, higher education, and/or general leadership (public sector, nonprofit, military, academic leadership, and leadership in education-adjacent disciplines such as social work and healthcare). In your cover letter, please highlight the program(s),  content areas (e.g., courses), and teaching modality experience (online asynchronous, synchronous, hybrid, in-person, etc), in which you have expertise and are interested in teaching.

Program Specific Areas of Needed Expertise:

BA in Human and Organizational Development (and undergraduate minor in Instructional Design and Technology):
  •  Facilitation skill.
  •  Designing online learning and instructional design.
  •  Developing culturally competent workplaces.
  •  Organizational development & change.
  •  Project management.
  •  Consulting skills.

Post-Master’s Certificate (PMC), Graduate Certificate in Culturally Responsive Leadership, and M.Ed. in Educational Leadership (concentrations in Administration and Supervision, Higher Education, Culturally Responsive Leadership, and Leadership Studies):
  •  Legal and regulatory frameworks in education.
  •  DEIB principles and social justice theory and application.
  •  College student developmental theory and practices.
  •  Human resource management in education.
  •  Individualized learning strategies and practices.
  •  Crisis leadership and management skills.
  •  Immigration theory and practice analysis.
  •  Student centered policy development.
  •  Higher education policy.
  •  School community and education stakeholder engagement.
  •  Higher education administration.

EdD in Leadership:
  •  Research methods and improvement science, especially using quantitative data and data visualization.
  •  Budgeting and finance (public and nonprofit sectors, higher education, and PK12).
  •  Leading for organizational culture change (public and nonprofit sectors).
  •  Systems analysis and improvement science (public and nonprofit sectors).
  •  Teamwork, project management & conflict resolution.
  •  Policy and ethics (public and nonprofit sectors and higher education).
  •  Organizational analysis and epistemologies.
  •  Legal perspectives (public and nonprofit sectors and higher education).
  •  Professional and academic writing 

•  Crisis management and leadership (public and nonprofit sectors).

Salary Range:$1,437 per 1 credit

FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

Hours per Week: Varies

Rank: Instructor

Contact Information: 

Contact Name: Mariah Taghavie-Moghadam
Contact Email: taghaviemoghm@vcu.edu