Crown College: Crown 70 Lecturer Pool

Position overview
Position title: Crown 70 Pre- Six Lecturer
Salary range: A reasonable estimate for an appointment to teach the standard five-credit course is $8,531 - $14,523 (based on salary points 1-19). Please see the UCSC Salary Scales and refer to the Non-senate Instructional (NSI) Unit 18 Pre-six Lecturer Academic Year scale. Instructional Workload Credit (IWC) valuation may vary and the course salary will be adjusted accordingly. Compensation for Summer Session courses may vary from courses taught during the academic year (see Summer Session Faculty and Lecturer Pay).

Percent time: Variable, based on the course load assigned (one standard, five-credit course is 37.5%)

Anticipated start: Appointments are contingent on the hiring units instructional need and the availability of funding. This recruitment is valid for initial appointments beginning in spring quarter 2025 through spring quarter 2026. Initial appointments made after this period must be made through other recruitments.

Position duration: Appointments are typically made during one or more quarters of the regular academic year (fall, winter, and spring quarters), but they may also be made during Summer Session.

Application Window

Open date: February 4, 2025

Most recent review date: Thursday, Mar 6, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Friday, Jan 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position Description

Crown College at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be appointed to teach the enhancement course CRWN 70- Introduction to Broadcast Media: Radio. Crowns enhancement courses promote innovation and the development of transferable skills through work in areas such as start-ups, social or creative entrepreneurship, computational modeling, and digital communication. Crown 70 is the training course for KZSC, a student-run community radio station broadcasting at 88.1 FM in Santa Cruz.

Students in Crown 70 have volunteered at the radio station for at least one quarter prior to enrolling. The course concludes the students training and qualifies them to serve as staff members at the station and host their own shows: fulfilling KZSCs educational and community service mission by providing professional-level communications and production skills, creative flair, and significant educational impact.

The Crown 70 lecturer is assisted in the classroom by KZSCs student leaders who are Crown 70 graduates and work at the radio station. In their positions at KZSC, student leaders work with minimal supervision and are assigned significant responsibility. By assisting in the classroom, the lecturer is able to instruct student leaders on how to deliver hands-on, student-centered instruction and to familiarize them on how participants are socialized to work in a mission-driven all-volunteer non-profit organization.

The Crown 70 lecturer meets with a maximum of twenty students once a week to facilitate student-centered classroom learning activities and present materials from an established syllabus (which the lecturer is encouraged to enhance in collaboration with the KZSC student leadership). The course also provides mentorships (that are overseen by the lecturer) between experienced KZSC programmers and the students, which provide students with hands-on learning about equipment, software, and station policies.

Selected candidates will demonstrate expertise in one or several professional fields related to the content of the class, including but certainly not limited to communications, journalism, music and cultural programming/events, creative writing (fiction or non-fiction), film and television, non-profit management and entrepreneurship (in the arts, education, humanities, community-building, media), experiential education, community studies, and/or documentary work.

Applicants with any of the following qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply:

College or public radio/television experience.
Nonprofit development and/or leadership experience.
Record of creative and/or research activity in a relevant field such as communications, journalism, music and cultural programming/events, creative writing (fiction or non-fiction), film and television, or non-profit management and entrepreneurship (in the arts, education, humanities, community-building, or media).
Demonstrated post-secondary teaching experience in a hands-on, experiential educational setting.
Demonstrated record of working effectively with students from a wide range of social, cultural, and academic backgrounds.

The campus is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the inclusive excellence of the academic community through their teaching and other assigned duties.

The hiring unit will not sponsor employment-eligible immigration statuses for this position.

Internal candidates will be given priority consideration.

Crown College: https://crown.ucsc.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at the time the application is submitted)

M.A/M.S.; or a B.A./B.S. and completion of at least one year of a Ph.D. program; or a B.A./B.S. degree and at least two years of professional experience (relevant to the advertised professional fields as advertised). Equivalent foreign degrees will be considered.
Experience in a professional field such as communications, journalism, music and cultural programming/events, creative writing (fiction or non-fiction), film and television, non-profit management and entrepreneurship (in the arts, education, humanities, community building, or media), experiential education, community studies, or documentary work.
Teaching experience demonstrated by college or university level teaching experience, TA experience, professional development training experience, or previous research presentations.

Your application must demonstrate that you meet all of the basic qualifications when you submit your application. There are no exceptions to this requirement.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Cover Letter - Cover letter that explains your interest in this position and addresses how you meet the qualifications.
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Statement of Teaching - Teaching statement appropriate for the students that enroll at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review the statement guidelines before preparing their application.
Sample of Portfolio - Submit a PDF document with a URL link to a publication or communication (in written, audio, or video format) prepared for a general audience.
(Optional)
Sample of Portfolio - Submit a PDF document with a URL link to a publication or communication (in written, audio, or video format) prepared for a general audience.
(Optional)
Sample of Portfolio - Submit a PDF document with a URL link to a publication or communication (in written, audio, or video format) prepared for a general audience.
(Optional)
Sample of Portfolio - Submit a PDF document with a URL link to a publication or communication (in written, audio, or video format) prepared for a general audience.
(Optional)
Sample of Portfolio - Submit a PDF document with a URL link to a publication or communication (in written, audio, or video format) prepared for a general audience.
(Optional)
Teaching Evaluations (course 1 of 2) (Optional)
Teaching Evaluations (course 2 of 2) (Optional)

Reference requirements

2-3 letters of reference required

Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation* (two are required and three will be accepted). Note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System.

*All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSCs confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm.
Apply link: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01870

Help contact: aktheime@ucsc.edu

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Job location

Santa Cruz, California

To apply, visit https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01870

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