UNM Taos anticipates hiring adjunct faculty to teach in Fall 2024 Semesters in the Holistic Health and Healing (HHHA) Arts Program of Integrative Health and Medical Massage. Hires must be local to New Mexico and be available to teach face-to-face in a classroom situation.

Faculty will teach and/or develop Lower Division Courses (100-200 Level).

Anticipated openings for Fall 2024 potentially include the following subjects but may be expanded depending on the instructor’s skill-set and the needs of our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program:

HHHA 110 Yoga for Wellness(1-3 credits)

The ideal candidate will have 500 hours of yoga education, experience teaching in a college environment, experience teaching remotely and face-to-face, and/or the knowledge to teach multiple classes in the field, including chanting/mantra, yoga philosophy, history, and sacred texts.

Classes could be in-person or online depending on academic needs. Positions are contingent upon need each semester as determined by student enrollment levels, the current course offering matrix, and demand, which is driven by graduation requirements.Positions may be filled or eliminated each semester up to the deadline for students to drop or add courses.Candidates who are selected for these positions will report to Amber Burke, Holistic Health and Healing Arts Coordinator, who can be reached at amberburke@unm.edu.

Our 200-Hour YTT prioritizes accessibility, inclusion, anatomy, and yoga philosophy/history. Find out more about us here: https://taos.unm.edu/academics/departments/depts/health-sciences/hhha/yoga.html

Yoga classes may be taken by students earning the HHHA Certificate, a program which seeks to assist students in supporting their own wellbeing and build the foundational skills they need to support the wellbeing of others if they choose to enter healing arts fields. Find out more about us here: https://taos.unm.edu/academics/departments/depts/health-sciences/hhha/index.html

Wages

Adjunct Faculty in the UNM-Taos are currently compensated on the basis of their credentials and credit hour course loads, as follows:

CredentialsRate per Credit Hour

BA= $902.38 per credit hour

MA= $962.54 per credit hour

PHD/Terminal Degree= $1,022.70 per credit hour.