Sent on behalf of the Harvard College Writing Program

Title:  Preceptor in Expository Writing
School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department/Area: Harvard College Writing Program

POSITION DESCRIPTION   
To meet a one-time surge in the size of the Class of 2025, the Harvard College Writing Program at Harvard University has a number of openings for one-term preceptorship positions for the Spring 2022 semester beginning on January 1, 2022  and ending June 30, 2022, to teach Expository 20, the Program’s course that fulfills Harvard College’s first-year writing requirement. Preceptors in this term-limited position will teach a themed writing course that has been developed by the Program; each preceptor will teach one or two sections of fifteen students per section. Salary and benefits are competitive. Preceptors in this position will be eligible to apply for multi-year preceptorships that begin in the academic year 2022-23, for which the Program will advertise nationally in fall 2021.

Preference will be given to candidates with Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees in fields that are taught at Harvard College, including fields in the sciences and social sciences, or to candidates with MFAs; who have experience teaching fundamental analytical reading and writing skills and sentence skills at the first-year college level; who demonstrate a lively interest in issues of writing pedagogy and an innovative approach to the teaching of communication skills.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Doctorate (or Doctorate nearly completed) in traditional liberal arts discipline taught in Harvard College, including fields in the sciences and social sciences, or MFA or terminal degree with relevant experience teaching writing in a field taught in Harvard College.

https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10846