Languages; Faculty Chair

World Languages (Faculty Chair 40)

Job : 322242

Location: Rio Salado Community College

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Hiring Salary Range $51,774 - $99,672/annually DOE

Grade 001

Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 30 hours per week

Work Calendar 9 Months

Maricopa County Community College District is one of the largest community college systems in the nation, home to 10 individually accredited community colleges and 31 satellite locations. We serve students across the Valley while living our vision: creating excellence in education for a better world. We focus on people‑not profits, offering 100% acceptance, zero rejections, and affordable tuition. We help build the community and are the largest provider of workforce development training in the state.

Our colleges support one out of every 28 jobs in Maricopa County. We value our employees as our most valuable asset and support nearly 10,000 jobs and careers throughout Greater Phoenix.

• Nationwide Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off:
  Vacation, Sick Leave, and Personal Time
• 20 Paid Observed Holidays
• Company‑paid Life Insurance, AD&D, and Short‑Term Disability plans, with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
• Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) Pension, including Long Term Disability and Retiree Health Insurance with 100% employer‑matching contributions
• Optional Retirement Plans: 403(b), 457(b), Roth 403(b), Roth 457(b)
• Tuition Reimbursement for employees and dependents
• Annual Professional Development Funding
• Flexible Work Schedules

• District‑Wide Wellness Program with Workshops and Webinars
• Monthly Health & Wellness Calendar and Newsletter
• Virta Diabetes Reversal Program, Support Groups, and Diabetes Empowerment Education Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sight‑On‑Site Eye Care Services
• Mobile On‑Site Mammography Screenings
• Pre‑Retirement Planning Events
• Qualifying Employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (potential loan forgiveness for federal Direct Loans after meeting repayment requirements and working full‑time for an eligible employer)

Residential Faculty at Rio Salado College serve as Faculty Chairs to provide leadership over multidisciplinary academic and/or service areas. This position oversees the Languages Department, joins a collaborative Faculty Chair cohort, and manages adjunct faculty while actively participating in Faculty Senate and multiple committees. The role reports directly to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

• 35% – Provides leadership for adjunct faculty in discipline and related disciplines, including hiring, training, mentoring, and evaluation.
• 35% – Engages in instructional activities such as teaching diverse populations of students, curriculum development and assessment, researching and resolving student‑related concerns, etc.
• 20% – Serves on collaborative work teams with faculty, staff, administration, and community partners.
• 10% – Coordinates development and provides oversight for discipline‑related partnerships and programs.

Language faculty must have a master’s degree in the language to be taught or a master’s degree in any field and 18 graduate credits and/or experience credits in the language to be taught.

• A. Master’s degree or higher in Spanish or a Master’s degree or higher in any field with 18 graduate credit hours in Spanish.
• B. Experience working in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment handling multiple tasks/projects effectively.
• C. Experience with multiple modalities, including online educational methodologies, curriculum development, implementation, and assessment; teaching online and/or hybrid post‑secondary courses; and developing and/or revising online post‑secondary curricula in the discipline field and/or related area, including using open educational resources and/or textbookless content.
• D. Demonstrated participation in assessment/accreditation activities at a course, department, and college level, and experience using data for department‑level assessment and/or program review.
• E. Experience hiring, training, mentoring, managing, and evaluating faculty.
• F. Experience researching…