Adjunct Assistant/Associate/Professor (Open Rank): Professional Development - Content and Pedagogy for Teaching Geometric Reasoning Los Angeles, CA Apply Current employees apply here Job ID REQ20176614 Category Faculty Helpful Information for Applicants External Applicants Internal Applicants (Current USC Employees) The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education is to prepare leaders to achieve educational equity
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solve the most in‐tractable educational problems.The Adjunct Faculty member for EDUC 433x: Content and Pedagogy for Teaching Geometric Reasoning provides instructional support as a subject matter expert in mathematics content and pedagogy to the USC Mathematics Instructional Advancement Alliance (MIAA) program. This 16-week course is designed for elementary and middle school teacher candidates and emphasizes
geometric concepts, spatial reasoning, and transformational thinking while integrating instruction aligned to California schools serving diverse student populations. The selected adjunct faculty member will provide course instruction through online platforms, including Zoom and the Learning Management System, and will guide candidates in analyzing student thinking, identifying misconceptions, and designing responsive
instruction focused on shapes, properties, measurement, symmetry, transformations, and geometric relationships across grade levels. The faculty member will maintain regular communication with candidates, evaluate assignments, provide meaningful written feedback, assign grades in the LMS, and contribute to course and program improvement through participation in faculty and advisory board meetings.Required
Qualifications: This position requires a minimum of five years of full-time experience as a P–12 mathematics teacher in a diverse school setting and experience in teacher education or leadership related to mathematics teaching and learning. Candidates must hold a California Clear Credential in Foundational or Single Subject Mathematics with English Learner Authorization, or equivalent, and must have graduate-level
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