The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track Lecturer and Supervisor of Beginning Spanish (alternate second semester, SPAN 1022) to begin Fall 2021. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Spanish, expertise in second language acquisition or teaching, and expertise in Latin American and Latinx cultures by the time of appointment. In addition, applicants must have a minimum of three years experience teaching Spanish at the university level.
 
Additional requirements include:
●    documented teaching excellence,
●    experience with research-driven curriculum development and technology-enhanced language instruction,
●    experience building and designing courses in LMSs (e.g., Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard),
●    superior-level proficiency in both Spanish and English,
●    ability to work effectively as a member of a team of coordinators, and
●    excellent administrative and interpersonal skills.

Preferred qualifications:
●    familiarity with literacy-based approaches to language teaching,
●    familiarity with cultural analysis,
●    experience with online foreign language instruction,
●    coordination experience or experience mentoring new teachers, and
●    ACTFL OPI training or certification.