American Sign Language Adjunct Faculty

Howard Community College • Columbia, MD

40d

About The Position

The department of Humanities & World Languages is seeking adjunct instructors to teach American Sign Language for a variety of day, evening, and online credit classes. Our instructors are passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated. They enjoy working with our diverse population of adolescent and adult learners, and they are interested in professional development and growing as educators.

Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in American Sign Language, linguistics, education, or a related field, or BA/BS in ASL linguistics or ASL education with teaching experience and a background or experience in teaching ASL to non-native users.

Nice To Haves

• Current pedagogical best practices in the field of language teaching
• Knowledge of and ability to appraise the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• Basic technology skills: familiarity with an LMS is beneficial
• ASL Proficiency Interview (ASL PI) score higher than 3

Responsibilities

• Teaching assigned course hours each week
• Lesson planning
• Assessing regularly and giving timely feedback to students
• Completing required paperwork and maintaining accurate records, such as attendance and grades, within the Canvas LMS
• Delivering planned lessons in the classroom or online according to program standards set by course coordinator and department head
• Examining and remediating one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support students of diverse, particularly minoritized, backgrounds
• Monitoring HCC email for program updates and responding to requests for information
• Attending required professional development and departmental meetings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Educational Services
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees