Submit a resume and cover letter specifying both your knowledge and experiences related to the focus of the course, and your experiences in teaching, supervising, or otherwise working with undergraduate students. In the letter, please also describe your teaching and assessment philosophy for a course of this nature.

Teach a 4-credit seminar-style undergraduate course where students learn about the history, people, politics, and general context of Detroit in conjunction with learning how urban contexts shape and are shaped by their populations. The course is for first-year University of Michigan students living on the Marygrove campus, who are all part of the Learning, Equity, and Problem-Solving for the Public Good degree program in the Marsal Family School of Education. The work expectation is four contact hours with students per week, which may include some weekend or evening events, and 13 hours of total effort per week.

The City as Identity (EDUC 130) is a 4-credit course designed to introduce first-year LEAPS students to the history, people, politics, industries, and context of the City of Detroit.

A pedagogy of place or place-based education informs this course.  We engage Detroit as a site of inquiry. Detroit's history illustrates cities as contested spaces, where issues of identity and affluence affect equity and life experiences. We want students to gain familiarity with both the history of Detroit and with challenges of recent decades.

The course is also intended to connect to key LEAPS learning goals, including:

• Developing fluency with social science approaches to thinking and reasoning, which may involve the use of GIS or other mapping tools to understand the urban landscape;
• Developing fluency with humanistic and creative approaches to thinking and reasoning, which may include historical methods or the analysis of literature;
• Learning to understand the city through the lens of systems thinking and complexity (how elements interact with each other);
• Developing multimedia literacies and fluency in reading and writing, through creative course assignments that might involve interactive documents;
• Introducing and understanding civic structures that make up the government of Detroit
• A starting point for navigating cultural differences in terms of the different identity groups within and across Detroit;
• Weighing ethical implications of different choices made and imposed on residents of the city over time.

In addition, LEAPS courses should, through their activities and assignments, support students' development of self and group learning goals including:

• Self-knowledge and reflection How does my own identity help me understand Detroit and vice-versa;
• Communication, collaboration, and teamwork through group projects or other collaborative opportunities.

LEAPS students take required first-year courses as a cohort, and the program strives to align assignments and expectations across courses. All LEAPS instructors are expected to work in collaboration with other faculty teaching the same course and with the Program Chair and Academic Program Manager to improve alignment with the program, within other sections of the same course, and with other courses.

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Experience with undergraduate college students.
• Deep familiarity with Detroit history, culture, and politics. 
• Ability to meet with students during the required course hours in person on the Marygrove Conservancy campus at 8701 W. McNichols, Detroit for the entire fall semester. 

• Experience teaching undergraduates.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

This is an in-person position.

• Course will be taught at Marygrove in Detroit on either Tuesdays or Thursdays during the fall semester.
• Additional time outside of class will be required for office hours.
• Job also requires attendance at faculty meetings during the term, times TBD. 
• There is a possibility for two sections of this course, which could both be taught by the same instructor or team of instructors.

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Lecturers Employee Organization, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of ten calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eleventh day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

• Familiarity with Detroit and
• Experience with the learning goals and topics of the course.
• Experience with teaching undergraduates, especially first-year students.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.