Assistant Professor, English

Position:
Assistant Professor, English

Department:
Academic Affairs

Type of Position:
Full-time Salaried

Exemption Status:
Exempt

Work Schedule, Hours per week:
Varies depending on department needs, 40 hours per week

Opportunity for hybrid schedule:
No

Starting Salary Range: $54,122.00-$91,437.00 and determined based on relevant years of work experience provided on application and resume.

Position Summary:

The English Department at Johnson County Community College is searching for a full-time Professor of English, primarily teaching college composition. The department is looking for a diverse pool of applicants to fill the position. Full-time faculty in English teach the equivalent of 15 credit hours per semester in composition with the potential also to teach literature and creative writing courses.

Our faculty are expected to be collaborative and treat all with dignity and respect; demonstrate professional, courteous behavior; and defend the free inquiry of associates. Full-time faculty in English emphasize excellent teaching while pursuing research interests and maintaining professional connections with regional and national composition, rhetoric, and literature professional organizations. The successful candidate will perform other duties expected of full-time faculty, including maintaining scheduled office hours;

developing and revising curriculum; developing and implementing course and program assessment of student learning outcomes; participating in department, division, and college meetings; serving on committees; and other duties as assigned. Teaching assignments could be a combination of on-line, hybrid, and face-to-face classes and are subject to change as assigned.

Johnson County Community College is located in Overland Park, Kansas, the second largest city in the state of Kansas and part of the greater Kansas City Metro. Established in 1969, JCCC now educates over 18,000 students and serves as a strong regional and national presence with other colleges and universities. Many of the students are nontraditional, military veterans, immigrants, international, and first-generation.

The college is dedicated to maintaining a rich cultural community with its academic programs, an award-winning contemporary art museum, and a center for the performing arts on campus.

Required Qualifications:

* Master's degree in English.

* Demonstrated expertise in English instruction, effective teaching practices, and effective communication skills to guide student learning in the classroom .

* Demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to the teaching mission of a community college.

* Demonstrated ability and willingness to collaborate with faculty, administration, and people from the community.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Ph.D. in English.

* Demonstrated experience teaching English at community college level.

* Demonstrated ability to teach effectively across multiple course delivery methods.

* Demonstrated ability to manage effectively multiple sections of composition per academic semester/quarter.

* Demonstrated interest in scholarly engagement.

* Demonstrated experience working with students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Position Details:
Job duties include but are not limited to:

Teaching - Faculty members are expected to be effective teachers and excel in course instruction. Listed below are the minimum expectations of faculty who teach at JCCC.

* Effective teaching requires content expertise:
Faculty must demonstrate deep subject knowledge, including key concepts, current and relevant research, methodologies, tools and techniques, and meaningful applications. Consequently, faculty members are expected to do the following:

* Possess thorough and accurate knowledge of his or her specific field/discipline including the ability to evaluate and apply content.

* Be committed to professional development by keeping current in their respective discipline.

* Maintain faculty credentials as required by the college's accrediting agencies.

* Effective teaching reflects sound instructional methods drawn from the scholarship of teaching and learning, and cultivates a supportive learning environment that allows students to think critically and experiment with material. Therefore, faculty members are expected to do the following:

* Select and develop instructional materials; plan and organize instruction to enhance student learning; create appropriate assignments to encourage student learning, the development of communication skills, and higher order thinking; and use available instructional technology, as appropriate.

* Use a variety of proven methods of engagement and assessment that facilitate student mastery of the content.

* Provide students constructive, encouraging, and corrective feedback. Evaluate student learning by creating and applying course competencies and accurately evaluating student progress.

* Strive to increase teaching effectiveness through the application of appropriate teaching and learning strategies; evaluate student…