English Instructor - Adjunct - Spokane Community Colleges

CCS Spokane • Spokane, WA

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs in Spokane and surrounding rural communities. This is an adjunct (part-time) position. Compensation will be pro-rated according to the amount of workload assigned. Spokane Colleges reserves the right to cancel this recruitment without notice. Academic employees are represented by the Association of Higher Education (AHE), which is affiliated with NEA and WEA. Membership is optional.

Requirements

• An earned Master's degree in English or a closely aligned field from an accredited institution.
• A specialty in Composition/Rhetoric or coursework in Composition Pedagogy from an accredited institution or 2 years equivalent teaching experience in composition as the instructor of record.
• Ability to teach in-person and hybrid composition courses.
• Prior composition teaching experience
• Communicate effectively in oral and written English in a classroom and with other professionals.
• Working/interacting effectively with colleagues, staff, students, administrators and others of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Person hired must be able to provide acceptable documentation of U.S. Citizenship or lawful authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be able to successfully work in and promote a multicultural work and education environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience equivalent to two years of full-time post-secondary teaching experience.
• Community college teaching experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to student success in classes comprised of students with a wide range of abilities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare for and instruct classes in English Composition in face-to-face, hybrid, and online modalities based on the needs of the department.
• Provide availability and accessibility to students through a combination of scheduled office hours, e-mail accessibility and other effective means of responsive and timely communication.
• Communicate expectations and establish clear grading criteria through appropriate instructional means, to include but not limited to developing course syllabi, handouts, and materials supporting the instructional process; evaluate student progress and provide clear, timely feedback and support to students.
• May participate in department and general faculty meetings.
• Comply with state and federal law applicable to professional duties and responsibilities; follow established procedures in areas such as printing, turning in grades, retaining records for grades, bookstore orders, student safety and health issues and related administrative processes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance benefits are provided as currently administered under Public Employees Benefits Board
• TIAA retirement plan or WA State Retirement Plan
• leave accruals and usage are governed by the faculty master contract.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level