Part-time Faculty American Sign Language

The Montgomery College,Germantown Campus, is currently accepting applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member teaching American Sign Language. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and demonstrates the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner.

***Montgomery College accepts applications for Adjunct/Part-time Faculty on a continuous basis. Applications may be reviewed periodically based on the student enrollment needs. ***

• The listing of a course in the schedule of classes as “TBA” does not constitute an assignment.
• The hiring decision for part-time faculty involves an academic judgment and shall be determined at Management’s sole discretion.
• During the academic year part-time faculty at Montgomery College may teach no more than 11.5 ESH (equivalent semester hour) per semester and no more than 23 ESH per academic year.
• During summer part-time faculty at Montgomery College may teach no more than 10 ESH (equivalent semester hour) for both sessions combined.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach American Sign Language classes to MC dual enrollment students at a high school site.
• Participate in general education assessment for American Sign Language.
• Engage with students in a technology-rich environment.
• Grade and provide feedback to students in a timely manner to monitor student mastery and progress.
• Complete required professional development training.
• Follow guidelines from department chair and coordinators to ensure that course objectives are met.
• Communicate in a timely manner with students and with the course coordinators and department chair.
• Meet established deadlines to submit student mid-term and final course grades.
• Other duties as assigned by the department chair.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in American Sign Language or a closely-related field.

• Experience teaching at the college level.

• Demonstrated experience teaching using a variety of delivery methods, online resources and technology applications across the curriculum.
• Successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity, inclusion, and multicultural competence in an educational and work environment and must be willing to contribute to the Colleges strategic plan of inclusion.
• Faculty members are expected to have access to a personal computer with virus protection that can connect to the internet outside of the work location (i.e., office, classroom, college campus). 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.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without a sponsor.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Community college teaching experience.
• Experience working with dual-enrollment populations.

Application Process:

• Online applications must be received by June 14, 2024
• For consideration, you must:

  Include dates of employment in your application or attachment;

  Submit a cover letter along with an unofficial copy of your transcripts from your highest degree earned.

As a condition of employment, the following are required at the time of hire:

• Successful completion of a background check and degree verification (if applicable).

• For international degrees, you must provide US degree equivalency verified by a nationally recognized credential evaluation service.

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management at 240-567-5353 or HRSTM@montgomerycollege.edu. We require at least two weeks advance notice to enable us to provide the requested accommodation.

Montgomery College is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting and fostering diversity among its student body, faculty, and staff.

Montgomery College is a tobacco-free and smoke-free workplace.