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Part-time Faculty in Sustainable Communities Program
6/30/2008 7:20 AM

Part Time Faculty Advisor Position
Master of Arts in SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS
& SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
 
Seeking candidates with theoretical and practical experience in the start-up and on-going leadership/management of social enterprise ventures and/or socially responsible business endeavors. Specialized interest may include:

§         Entrepreneurship in the business and social sectors;

§         Marketing socially responsible and environmentally friendly products and services;

§         Governance of socially responsible/sustainable organizations;

§         Socially responsible leadership/management of a workforce and operations;

§         Finance, accounting or raising capital for socially responsible organizations; and

§         The interconnections of social responsibility, environmental sustainability, social oppression/social justice and positive social change.

 
Successful candidates must travel to the Goddard College campus (in Plainfield, Vermont)  for the October 11-20, 2008 and

April 15-24, 2009 residency and pre-residency faculty meetings. 

 Please visit our website:  www.goddard.edu.  This is not a typical teaching position.  There are no classes at Goddard.  Each student’s program of study is self-designed and the faculty advisor role is one of mentoring/advising.  Advising occurs during residency and over the course of 5 packet exchanges over the approximately 15 week semester.

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Terminal degrees are required for most faculty positions; teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate level; and participation in an on-site residency and subsequent supervision and written exchange with independent study students of diverse learning styles. Cross-disciplinary approach with experience and commitment to student-centered, progressive pedagogy is important.

Part-time workload and compensation vary depending on student enrollment and assigned program.  Salary will be approximately $6,432 to $9,601 per semester.  Faculty are eligible for dental and life insurance, and long-term disability.

Send cover letter summarizing qualifications, CV, statement of educational philosophy, and three references to Goddard College.  Materials must clearly indicate that you are applying to the MA in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Communities (SBC) Program

 Email:           HROffice@goddard.edu

 Mail:               Human Resources

 Goddard College

 123 Pitkin Road

 Plainfield, VT  05667
(Include a postage paid envelope if you are submitting materials you wish to have returned to you.)

 We will extend our best efforts to send an electronic acknowledgement to all applicants upon receipt of application materials.

No phone calls to HR please.


The Program Director, Ann Driscoll, can be reached for questions at ann.driscoll@goddard.edu.