English Instructor - Adjunct - Spokane Falls Community College

English Instructor - Adjunct - Spokane Falls Community College

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Work type: Adjunct Faculty
Location: Spokane
Categories: Adjunct Faculty

Location: Spokane Falls Main Campus Spokane

Department: SFCC English

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Starting salary for this position is: $42.05 - $89.48 per hour based on workload category.

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.

About Us

Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) is a beautiful campus located in the inland Pacific Northwest, on the ancestral home of the Spokane Tribe, near the Spokane River. Our campus is not far from the urban center of Spokane, a mid-sized city with a high quality of life and quick access to the outdoors.

SFCC is one of two accredited community colleges that comprise the Spokane Colleges. Serving about 6,000 students, SFCC endeavors to be an educational leader and a responsive partner with the community and region, offering access to relevant programs of the highest quality. We offer a large liberal arts/transfer program (approximately 75% of total enrollment) as well as state-of-the-art professional technical programs (about 25%).

In addition to serving the urban and suburban population in greater Spokane, Spokane Colleges provides educational services to rural communities throughout a 12,302 square mile region in Eastern Washington. This region includes all of Spokane, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry, and Pend Oreille Counties as well as portions of Lincoln County.

SFCC's mission is to provide all students with an excellent education that transforms lives and expands their opportunities. We fulfill this mission by embracing Guided Pathways, whereby all students discover and engage their passions and get on the path to achieve their educational goals in a cost-effective and focused way. We foster equity and inclusion by addressing every student's unique needs.

We celebrate the opportunity to meet individual students where they are and provide them with excellent education and holistic support to reach their full potential.

Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) seeks qualified candidates for consideration of employment in an adjunct (part-time) position in the English Department, teaching composition on-ground. We seek applicants with a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. The College strives for faculty who are content experts and who are also knowledgeable about best practices, innovative teaching strategies, and effective instructional technologies.

We are committed to SFCC's mission to provide all students with an excellent education that transforms lives and expands their opportunities.

First review of applications will occur on 05/01/2026, interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.

About the English Instructor - Adjunct - Spokane Falls Community College

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare for and instruct classes in English in face-to-face and hybrid classroom 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFCATIONS

• 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 teaching experience in English.
• Communicating 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.

DESIRED QULIFICATIONS

• Experience equivalent to two years of full-time post-secondary teaching experience (graduate students are encouraged to apply but must have degree when SFCC school year starts).
• Community…