Position Announcement
Position Details Proposed Start Date: 09/16/2026 Working Title: BSW Adjunct Faculty Pool 2026-27 Portland Campus and BSW Online Program Option External Department: 242101 - SSW Position Number: D97732 Representation: AP - AFT Local 3571
Position Summary
Brief Description of PSU School Dept: The PSU School of Social Work (SSW) envisions a world where all people lead fulfilling lives in affirming just and equitable communities. Rooted in justice, relationship, and community collaboration, PSU SSW advances knowledge and creates social change through teaching, research, practice, and advocacy. Our core values and beliefs include collective care, responsive learning, knowledge that serves the community, partnership, and social change. The SSW provides accessible, interdisciplinary educational opportunities and actively works to bring about structural change through its teaching, training, workforce development, research, and advocacy.
The SSW includes three undergraduate majors: BSW, Child, Youth, and Family Studies, and Human Services, and two graduate programs: MSW and PhD.
Position Summary (continued)
Established in 2008, the PSU BSW Program is the only CSWE-accredited undergraduate social work degree offered in a public institution of higher education in Oregon. The PSU BSW Program emphasizes critical thinking, innovative pedagogy, anti-oppressive, equity-aligned, and transformative social work practice. Instructors who demonstrate an interest in and ability to realize the mission, values, and vision of the SSW and the BSW program are strongly encouraged to apply, particularly those with knowledge of and demonstrated commitment to racial equity, healing-centered, liberation, and abolitionary practices, decolonizing, and indigenizing transformative and restorative justice, and critical anti-oppressive and social justice-oriented frameworks.
We are committed to hiring a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. Persons with lived experience from communities of color, women, persons with disabilities, low-income communities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and members of Oregons nine federally recognized Indian tribes are encouraged to apply.
This position is open to instructors interested in teaching in Portland, Oregon, and/or in our online, asynchronous program. Our greatest need is a more robust pool of adjuncts teaching in-person on campus in Portland. Each academic year, there is a need to hire adjunct faculty to teach.
BSW Program Application Process The BSW Program will collect applications on an ongoing basis to fill vacancies throughout the academic year. Review of applications occurs as new sections or instructors are needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Seminar and Liaison positions require two or more years in combination of the following:
All adjunct candidates are required to be living in either Oregon or Washington for the academic year 2026-2027.
Preferred Qualifications
Key Cultural Competencies
• Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages, and celebrates differences. • Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds. • Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement. • Adheres to all PSU policies, including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct.
Environmental Stewardship
Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship practices, resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long-term sustainability goals.
Required Professional Standards of Conduct
At Portland State University, all employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, maintaining a safe, respectful, and productive environment for faculty, students, administrators, and staff. It is the responsibility of every member of the Portland State University community to conduct themselves in accordance with our PSU Professional Standards of Conduct, which are available at www.pdx.edu/hr/professional-standards-conduct.
Compensation
Adjunct faculty are paid per credit hour, per the AFT CBA 2020-2025 PSUFA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Salary may be adjusted above the minimum rates based on qualifications and experience.
Application Instructions
Additional Information
Please submit a cover letter, resume or CV, and the names of three professional references, including contact name, phone number, and email address. In your cover letter, please specify which courses you are interested in teaching, what qualifies you to teach these courses, and evidence of your teaching and training effectiveness. If you are applying to teach in the online program, please provide evidence of online teaching effectiveness.
Note: The applicants for the School of Social Work Adjunct Posting will be in an open pool. If you have not been contacted about your application, it will remain active in the pool for the remainder of the academic year. As stated above, there is no guarantee that the school will be hiring for any particular course. All adjunct candidates are required to be living in either Oregon or Washington for the academic year 2026-2027.
The BSW Program will collect applications on an ongoing basis to fill vacancies throughout the academic year. Review of applications occurs as new sections or instructors are needed.
Search Details
Posting Close Date: Projected Close Date for Posting Open Until Filled
Supplemental Questions
The BSW Program often has a need for faculty to teach human behavior courses. Are you interested in HBSE? Yes No
To which program option can you provide instruction? Portland Online Both Portland & Online
Are you interested in teaching online classes? Yes and I have prior experience Yes and I do not have prior experience No
Do you have a Masters Degree in Social Work? Yes No
Do you have a PhD or DSW in social work or related discipline (e.g., public health, human development, family studies, education)? Yes No
Are you interested in teaching and have expertise in direct social work practice? Yes No
Are you interested in teaching and have expertise in macro social work practice - policy, communities, and organizations, advocacy? Yes No
Are you interested in teaching and have expertise in social justice and racial equity? Yes No
How did you first find out about this position? PSU website Indeed Chronicle of Higher Education Higher Ed Jobs HERCJobs Referral Professional Listserv Please specify in comment box Professional Journal Please specify in comment box Other Please specify in comment box
Are you interested in teaching and have expertise in research, including community-based research? Open-ended question
BSW Practicum Seminar Instructor or Practicum Liaison requires MSW, 2 years post-MSW practice experience, and 2 or more years in combination of the following:
Practicum Seminar or Faculty Practicum Liaison
Human Behavior Across the Lifespan
Beginning Social Work Practice
Social Work Practice with Groups
Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families
Practice with Communities and Organizations
Policy and Advocacy
Research Methods
Social Justice and Equity Open-ended question
Are you interested in teaching and do you have the requirements for practicum seminar and being a practicum liaison? Requires two or more years combined - practicum liaison BSWMSW practicum instructor Staff supervisor Social work educator trainer or community member in service to social work higher education Yes No Are you interested in teaching practicum seminar and/or being a practicum liaison? Yes No
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