Part-Time Faculty Counseling Instructor

Montgomery College • Rockville, MD

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Montgomery College is seeking enthusiastic and dedicated part-time faculty members for its Counseling and Advising Department at the Germantown and Rockville campuses. The ideal candidate will exhibit professionalism, a strong commitment to students, and the ability to teach in an engaging manner. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed periodically based on enrollment needs. The hiring decision is at Management's sole discretion.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher in counseling or a related field (i.e., psychology, social work, human services, student affairs, higher education).
• Successful counseling and advising experience at the secondary or college level.
• Demonstrated commitment to promoting belonging, inclusion, and multicultural competence in an educational and work environment and must be willing to contribute to the Colleges strategic plan of inclusion.
• Access to a personal computer with virus protection that can connect to the internet outside of the work location.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without a sponsor.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate level courses required to be eligible for the National Certified Counseling (NCC) certification.
• A minimum of one year experience counseling, advising and providing retention support for the needs of at-risk and multicultural populations.
• Successful counseling and advising and/or teaching experience in a comprehensive community college setting.
• Experience teaching student success courses.
• Bilingual in one of the most common second languages spoken in the county (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French and Amharic).
• For degrees earned outside of the U.S., a copy of your education equivalency, conducted by a nationally recognized evaluation service, must be included in your application.
• Employees must live in Maryland or a state where the College has payroll reciprocity (DC, VA, PA, WV, DE, MA).

Responsibilities

• Providing counseling and advising services.
• Teaching student success courses as needed.
• Developing, implementing and assessing retention strategies and education plans for students who are experiencing academic and completion difficulty.
• Providing services to the College and community through active membership in division, campus, and College committees or work groups, as needed.
• Engaging in professional development activities offered by the College and provided through membership within professional organizations.
• Using technology for advising educational planning and as a learning resource.
• Serving as student advocate as appropriate.

Benefits

• Montgomery College (MC) provides an MC e-mail account and access to the learning platform, password-protected faculty sections of the website, college listservs, and other faculty communications tools.
• Subject to available funds, the college may be able to provide temporary access to resources.

What This Job Offers

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