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We are seeking an Academic Instructor to oversee the Leadership and Public Speaking course, responsible for lesson planning, instruction, grading, providing feedback, and holding office hours for students.

The course involves approximately 36 contact hours, with exact hours determined during the hiring process. In addition to academic duties, the Instructor will support program-related activities throughout the appointment, including weekends, and participate in selection activities and graduation events as required.

As a key member of our team, you will contribute to enriching the educational experience of our students and play a crucial role in helping us achieve our goals.

• Teach the LPS course to two sections: one in Summer I and one in Summer II.
• Work within the existing LPS curriculum to explore leadership theory and practice with students, develop their leadership awareness, and improve their public speaking skills.
• Attend pre-program meetings and/or training sessions.
• Collaborate with other LPS instructors to ensure consistent delivery of material and approach.
• Supervise and coordinate instruction with teaching assistants.
• Arrange meetings and facilitate interactions with professional leaders.
• Provide ongoing and regular feedback to students during the course.
• Participate in faculty meetings by sharing detailed feedback on student progress.
• Submit written feedback on each student for use in crafting letters of recommendation (within 30 days).
• Support co-curricular events and activities throughout the summer session, leading small groups of students or assisting with operations as needed.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a diverse group of students and contribute to their growth and development. We offer a collaborative and dynamic environment, with opportunities for professional growth and development.

As a member of our team, you will be part of a community that values mutual respect, understanding, and care. If you are passionate about education and committed to excellence, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits of this role include the opportunity to work with a world-class institution, collaborate with experienced professionals, and contribute to the growth and development of our students.

Our ideal candidate will possess excellent instructional skills, strong communication abilities, and a commitment to student success. We welcome applications from individuals who share our passion for education and are dedicated to making a positive impact on our students' lives.

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Proven teaching experience, preferably in higher education.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Program Overview

The NYU Abu Dhabi Summer Academy is an 18month university preparation program designed to enhance the academic profiles of highly motivated Emirati high school students. The program features intensive instruction in Leadership and Public Speaking Critical Thinking and Writing Mathematical Reasoning for the Sciences College Readiness and Success and IELTS Preparation over the course of two summers and an intervening academic year.

Following a competitive admissions process up to 90 program participants are selected each year as recipients of the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholarships for Outstanding High School Students which enables them to attend the Summer Academy.

In this mixedgender program students are exposed to a rich cultural and rigorous academic program which enhances their ability to gain admission to and perform well at toptier Englishlanguage universities. The program begins during the summer following the 10th year of high school and continues for the following 18 months with two intensive summer sessions of study in Abu Dhabi at the NYUAD addition students participate in online study and academic refresher weekends during the following academic year.

Program Goals

University Preparation

Students gain the academic cultural and social skills necessary for success at toptier universities. Summer Academy graduates have attended Yale NYU New York NYU Abu Dhabi Princeton United Arab Emirates University The London School of Economics George Washington University Kings College London The University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School and many others.

Academic Preparation

We introduce students to accelerated study of mathematics critical thinking and writing the humanities and to the value of a liberal arts education.

Cultural Awareness

Students develop their understanding of the social and cultural norms of universities and build useful intercultural competencies for success in university.

Test Preparation

We prepare students to excel on the standardized tests necessary for university entry.

Leadership and Public Speaking Skills

With Leadership and Public Speaking as a required course in the Summer Academy our program spurs confidence personal growth maturity and leadership skills.

Social Networking

We bring together top students from across the UAE who form a supportive and challenging social network among themselves and with Summer Academy alumni who have gone on to university study graduate school professions and leadership careers.

Job Summary

The Instructor will be responsible for overseeing all academic aspects of the Leadership and Public Speaking (LPS) course including lesson planning instruction grading providing feedback and holding office hours for two sections of Summer Academy students: those in their first summer (Summer I) and second summer (Summer II) of the program. The course will involve approximately 36 contact hours with exact hours determined during the hiring process.

In addition to academic duties the Instructor will support programrelated activities throughout the appointment including weekends and participate in selection activities and graduation events as required. The Instructor is expected to actively contribute to enriching the educational experience of the students and to play a key role in helping the program achieve its goals.

• Summer Session: Five weeks from approximately July 7 August 8 2024

• Approximately two meetings prior to the summer sessions start for orientation activities

Principal Responsibilities

The jobs activities in terms that enable someone who knows nothing about the job to understand what is done in each activity.

• • Teach the LPS course to two sections the Classes of 2025 (Summer II) and 2026 (Summer I) in Abu Dhabi

  • Work within the existing LPS curriculum to explore with students aspects of the theory and practice of leadership develop their own leadership awareness and improve their public speaking skills. This course over the 18month span of the Summer Academy also helps students enhance their critical analysis collaboration and teamwork skills problem solving skills and oral communications in various formats including speeches debates and group presentations. Areas of study include: characteristics of effective leadership public speaking leadership development and interactions with leaders from different settings

  • Attend any preprogram meetings and/or training sessions

  • Work closely with the other LPS instructor(s) to ensure that both cohorts and all sections receive the same material delivered with a similar highquality approach

  • Supervise and coordinate instruction with teaching assistants(s)

  • Arrange for meetings and facilitate interactions with leaders from various professional settings typically 34 leaders in the UAE

  • Schedule and be available to individual students and groups in need of assistance as well as to other instructors undertaking crosscurricular or collaborative projects

  • Provide students with ongoing and regular feedback (oral and written) during the course

  • Participate in faculty meetings by providing detailed feedback on student progress

  • Following the summer session submit extensive and detailed written feedback on each student to be used in crafting letters of recommendation for their college applications (within 30 days)

  • Attend and provide assistance as needed with cocurricular events and activities throughout the summer session which will entail leading small groups of students on excursions and trips or supporting the operations of the program as needed

  • Oversee and support students during assigned day trips extracurricular activities and events ensuring a safe and engaging environment that promotes learning and development

About NYU Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is the first comprehensive liberal arts and research campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university. Times Higher Education ranks NYU among the top 30 universities in the world making NYU Abu Dhabi the highestranked university in the UAE and MENA region. NYU Abu Dhabi has integrated a highly selective undergraduate curriculum across the disciplines with a world center for advanced research and scholarship. The university enables its students in the sciences engineering social sciences humanities and arts to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world and advance cooperation and progress on humanitys shared challenges. NYU Abu Dhabis highachieving students have come from over 120 countries and speak over 100 languages. Together NYUs campuses in New York Abu Dhabi and Shanghai form the backbone of a unique global university giving faculty and students opportunities to experience varied learning environments and immersion in other cultures at one or more of the numerous studyabroad sites NYU maintains on six continents.
NYUAD is committed to building and strengthening a universitywide culture of inclusion diversity belonging and equity (IDBE) which is fundamental to the Universitys commitment to excellence. Visitour website for more information on NYUADs commitment to IDBEand how these values are fundamental to our mission.
Students are drawn from among the worlds best. They are bright intellectually passionate and committed to building a campus environment anchored in mutual respect understanding and care. The NYUAD undergraduate student body has garnered an impressive record of scholarships graduateschool admissions and other global honors. Graduate education is an area of growth for the University; the current graduate student population of over 100 students is expected to expand in the next decade as doctoral programs are developed.

Qualifications must support the essential functions and serve as the primary criteria for selecting candidates.

• Bachelors degree in Communication Education Public Relations Psychology or other related educational field

• Public Speaking Certification: Certifications from programs such as but not limited to Toastmasters International (e.g. Competent Communicator or Distinguished Toastmaster) and Dale Carnegie

• Leadership Development Certification: Leadershipfocused certifications such as but not limited to those from the John Maxwell Team or the Center for Creative Leadership CCL

• Certificates of training in communication and leadership from a recognized international university

• Advanced degree (Masters PhD or other terminal degree) in Executive Leadership Professional Communications Educational Leadership or a related subject

• Highschool or collegelevel experience in teaching debating and public speaking

• Experience teaching public speaking communication leadership or related courses at a university level

• Experience teaching a related course at the high School or university level

• Demonstrated experience in delivering leadership development programs or training in an Academic or Professional setting

• The ability to demonstrate effective public speaking techniques and mentor students in the art of communication and presentation

• Ability to teach leadership principles and practices including team management decisionmaking and strategic thinking in an Academic or Professional manner

• Experience in designing and developing course curricula focused on public speaking leadership or communication skills

• Proficiency in various teaching methodologies such as interactive workshops experiential learning and assessments tailored to enhance students public speaking and leadership abilities

• Demonstrated ability to provide feedback in a constructive manner

• Experience supervising high school and/or university students in a cocurricular setting (i.e. school or afterschool program)

• Demonstrated interest in crosscultural education and enthusiasm for teaching
• Familiarity with online and facetoface instruction

Program Overview

The NYU Abu Dhabi Summer Academy is an 18month university preparation program designed to enhance the academic profiles of highly motivated Emirati high school students. The program features intensive instruction in Leadership and Public Speaking Critical Thinking and Writing Mathematical Reasoning for the Sciences College Readiness and Success and IELTS Preparation over the course of two summers and an intervening academic year.

Following a competitive admissions process up to 90 program participants are selected each year as recipients of the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholarships for Outstanding High School Students which enables them to attend the Summer Academy.

In this mixedgender program students are exposed to a rich cultural and rigorous academic program which enhances their ability to gain admission to and perform well at toptier Englishlanguage universities. The program begins during the summer following the 10th year of high school and continues for the following 18 months with two intensive summer sessions of study in Abu Dhabi at the NYUAD addition students participate in online study and academic refresher weekends during the following academic year.

Program Goals

University Preparation

Students gain the academic cultural and social skills necessary for success at toptier universities. Summer Academy graduates have attended Yale NYU New York NYU Abu Dhabi Princeton United Arab Emirates University The London School of Economics George Washington University Kings College London The University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School and many others.

Academic Preparation

We introduce students to accelerated study of mathematics critical thinking and writing the humanities and to the value of a liberal arts education.

Cultural Awareness

Students develop their understanding of the social and cultural norms of universities and build useful intercultural competencies for success in university.

Test Preparation

We prepare students to excel on the standardized tests necessary for university entry.

Leadership and Public Speaking Skills

With Leadership and Public Speaking as a required course in the Summer Academy our program spurs confidence personal growth maturity and leadership skills.

Social Networking

We bring together top students from across the UAE who form a supportive and challenging social network among themselves and with Summer Academy alumni who have gone on to university study graduate school professions and leadership careers.

Job Summary

The Instructor will be responsible for overseeing all academic aspects of the Leadership and Public Speaking (LPS) course including lesson planning instruction grading providing feedback and holding office hours for two sections of Summer Academy students: those in their first summer (Summer I) and second summer (Summer II) of the program. The course will involve approximately 36 contact hours with exact hours determined during the hiring process.

In addition to academic duties the Instructor will support programrelated activities throughout the appointment including weekends and participate in selection activities and graduation events as required. The Instructor is expected to actively contribute to enriching the educational experience of the students and to play a key role in helping the program achieve its goals.

• Summer Session: Five weeks from approximately July 7 August 8 2024

• Approximately two meetings prior to the summer sessions start for orientation activities

Principal Responsibilities

The jobs activities in terms that enable someone who knows nothing about the job to understand what is done in each activity.

• • Teach the LPS course to two sections the Classes of 2025 (Summer II) and 2026 (Summer I) in Abu Dhabi

  • Work within the existing LPS curriculum to explore with students aspects of the theory and practice of leadership develop their own leadership awareness and improve their public speaking skills. This course over the 18month span of the Summer Academy also helps students enhance their critical analysis collaboration and teamwork skills problem solving skills and oral communications in various formats including speeches debates and group presentations. Areas of study include: characteristics of effective leadership public speaking leadership development and interactions with leaders from different settings

  • Attend any preprogram meetings and/or training sessions

  • Work closely with the other LPS instructor(s) to ensure that both cohorts and all sections receive the same material delivered with a similar highquality approach

  • Supervise and coordinate instruction with teaching assistants(s)

  • Arrange for meetings and facilitate interactions with leaders from various professional settings typically 34 leaders in the UAE

  • Schedule and be available to individual students and groups in need of assistance as well as to other instructors undertaking crosscurricular or collaborative projects

  • Provide students with ongoing and regular feedback (oral and written) during the course

  • Participate in faculty meetings by providing detailed feedback on student progress

  • Following the summer session submit extensive and detailed written feedback on each student to be used in crafting letters of recommendation for their college applications (within 30 days)

  • Attend and provide assistance as needed with cocurricular events and activities throughout the summer session which will entail leading small groups of students on excursions and trips or supporting the operations of the program as needed

  • Oversee and support students during assigned day trips extracurricular activities and events ensuring a safe and engaging environment that promotes learning and development

About NYU Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is the first comprehensive liberal arts and research campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university. Times Higher Education ranks NYU among the top 30 universities in the world making NYU Abu Dhabi the highestranked university in the UAE and MENA region. NYU Abu Dhabi has integrated a highly selective undergraduate curriculum across the disciplines with a world center for advanced research and scholarship. The university enables its students in the sciences engineering social sciences humanities and arts to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world and advance cooperation and progress on humanitys shared challenges. NYU Abu Dhabis highachieving students have come from over 120 countries and speak over 100 languages. Together NYUs campuses in New York Abu Dhabi and Shanghai form the backbone of a unique global university giving faculty and students opportunities to experience varied learning environments and immersion in other cultures at one or more of the numerous studyabroad sites NYU maintains on six continents.
NYUAD is committed to building and strengthening a universitywide culture of inclusion diversity belonging and equity (IDBE) which is fundamental to the Universitys commitment to excellence. Visitour website for more information on NYUADs commitment to IDBEand how these values are fundamental to our mission.
Students are drawn from among the worlds best. They are bright intellectually passionate and committed to building a campus environment anchored in mutual respect understanding and care. The NYUAD undergraduate student body has garnered an impressive record of scholarships graduateschool admissions and other global honors. Graduate education is an area of growth for the University; the current graduate student population of over 100 students is expected to expand in the next decade as doctoral programs are developed.

Qualifications must support the essential functions and serve as the primary criteria for selecting candidates.

• Bachelors degree in Communication Education Public Relations Psychology or other related educational field

• Public Speaking Certification: Certifications from programs such as but not limited to Toastmasters International (e.g. Competent Communicator or Distinguished Toastmaster) and Dale Carnegie

• Leadership Development Certification: Leadershipfocused certifications such as but not limited to those from the John Maxwell Team or the Center for Creative Leadership CCL

• Certificates of training in communication and leadership from a recognized international university

• Advanced degree (Masters PhD or other terminal degree) in Executive Leadership Professional Communications Educational Leadership or a related subject

• Highschool or collegelevel experience in teaching debating and public speaking

• Experience teaching public speaking communication leadership or related courses at a university level

• Experience teaching a related course at the high School or university level

• Demonstrated experience in delivering leadership development programs or training in an Academic or Professional setting

• The ability to demonstrate effective public speaking techniques and mentor students in the art of communication and presentation

• Ability to teach leadership principles and practices including team management decisionmaking and strategic thinking in an Academic or Professional manner

• Experience in designing and developing course curricula focused on public speaking leadership or communication skills

• Proficiency in various teaching methodologies such as interactive workshops experiential learning and assessments tailored to enhance students public speaking and leadership abilities

• Demonstrated ability to provide feedback in a constructive manner

• Experience supervising high school and/or university students in a cocurricular setting (i.e. school or afterschool program)

• Demonstrated interest in crosscultural education and enthusiasm for teaching
• Familiarity with online and facetoface instruction