Title: English Instructor
Salary Range: $41,000
Contract Term Length: 10 Months
Standard Hours: 37.5
Work Location: On-Site
FLSA Status: Exempt
College: Owensboro Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Owensboro Community College
Department: Heritage, Humanities, and Fine Arts Department
Total Rewards
Owensboro Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
- Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
- Tuition discounts and waivers
- 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
- Vacation/Sick Time
- Work-Life Balance
- 9.5 Paid Holidays
- 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
- Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
Owensboro Community and Technical College is hiring a full-time English Instructor in the Heritage, Humanities and Fine Arts Department. Primary teaching assignments will include a variety of courses in the study of English such as Writing I, Writing II, Introduction to Literature, and specialized interest areas. This position reports directly to the Department Head.
Job Duties:
• Provide instruction to students in both theory and practice of English.
• Incorporate a variety of teaching methods and materials to assist students with differing educational experiences, experiential backgrounds, and learning styles to assist them in meeting course competencies.
• Evaluate students’ progress towards stated course competencies and inform them of their progress in a timely manner.
• Provide quality and timely access to students and communicate availability through appropriate methods such as posted campus/office hours and electronic communication.
• Participate in non-teaching assignments including instructional development, academic advising/mentoring, student orientation, college-wide and/or division activities and committees, professional development, internal and external service, and other assigned responsibilities determined in consultation with Academic Affairs.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Master's degree from an accredited university with 18 graduate hours of coursework in English is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
• The candidate should have experience with instructional technologies, including presentation software and learning management systems (i.e., Blackboard Ultra) is preferred.
• Prior teaching experience preferred.
Additional Skills Requested:
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Excellent organizational skills; high attention to detail; independent; self-motivated.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to communicate with many individuals at all levels throughout the internal college environment and external business and community partners, representing himself/herself professionally and courteously.
• Ability to multi-task, work under deadlines, and prioritize projects to meet deadlines with high level of efficiency and accuracy.
• Must have proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Candidates must possess a strong commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with technology, as well as written, verbal, and interpersonal communication.
• Candidates must have experience in and understand working with students from diverse populations.
