Mathematics teaching and tutoring positions at UMKC
(and in the local area) will be posted here as we hear of them.
This information will be accurate as of the date above.
Campus Map to the Department (PDF Format)

Currently Hiring? NO (but we plan to hire during 2008-2009 again)

• The Department of Mathematics & Statistics regularly hires Adjunct Lecturers to teach courses part-time, primarily
  at the 100 or 200 level every semester, Fall, Spring, and Summer.

• For a list of currently offered courses with days and times and
  whether still in need of an instructor, see Current Semester Course Schedules (Fall, Spring, Summer are listed).
  Please check these schedules before contacting us.

• Adjunct Lecturers are hired semester-by-semester.

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Mathematics (Applied Mathematics, Statistics, etc.)
    OR
    Master's Degree in Secondary Mathematics Education
    with a minimum of 18 graduate hours (usually 6 courses) in Mathematics required.

  • Evidence of Excellence in Teaching Mathematics
  
  

• Adjunct Lecturers may teach one or several courses depending on
  interest, availability, teaching effectiveness, departmental needs, and so on.

• Email a Cover Letter with Resume/Vita to:
  [Please do not call.]
  
  Chair - RE: Adjunct Lecturer Hiring
  Dr. Chen [chenj@umkc.edu]
  
  or, Mail to
  
  Chair, RE: Adjunct Lecturer Hiring
  Department of Mathematics & Statistics
  Haag Hall 206
  University of Missouri - Kansas City
  5100 Rockhill Rd
  Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
  
  

• If you meet our criteria:
  
  • We may schedule an interview, during we will ask you to
    
  • teach a short 10-15 minute lecture on a mathematics topic of your choice, related to one that you might be teaching here.

• Campus Map to the Department (PDF Format)

• UMKC Adjunct Lecturer (part-time)
  Pay Scale: $800.00+ per Credit Hour

GTAs are:

• Graduate students seeking a graduate degree from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
• Who usually teach 6 hours of classes, or perform some combination of
  teaching and tutoring work for 20 hours/week, and
• Enroll in a minimum of 6 hours of mathematics or statistics courses in the department
  for graduate credit each semester.

GAs are Graduate Students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
not currently a GTA or GRA in the department:

• seeking a Master's degree, or
• seeking an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. with coordinating discipline "Mathematics",
• who assist the teaching of certain 3 hour undergraduate courses (usually Stat 235, Elementary Statistics), taught by a full-time faculty member in the department during the Fall or Spring semester,
• whose duties may include grading and helping students as the lecturer sees fit, among other tasks as needed in the course,
• for no more than 10 hours/week for each 3 hour class assigned,
• are hired on a semester by semester basis, and
• who enroll in a minimum of 3 hours of mathematics or statistics courses in the department
  for graduate credit in the semester of their employment.