English Instructor

Title: English Instructor

Salary Range: $40,980.00

Contract Term Length: 10 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Somerset Community College

Campus Location: Somerset Community College

Department: Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences

Total Rewards

Somerset Community 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 reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 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 Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Somerset Community College invites applications for an English Instructor. This position is responsible for teaching 15 credit hours per semester in English consisting primarily of Writing I and Writing II classes. In addition to the teaching duties, instructors are expected to maintain office hours, engage in advising/support, class preparation, curriculum development, assessment, faculty development (in-service, formal coursework, seminars, etc.), and regularly attend college/departmental meetings.

Job Duties:

• Deliver instruction, and instructional activities, and prepare learning materials for courses each semester in accordance with the approved curriculum.

• Use of technology and learning management systems to support instruction.

• Teach in a variety of modalities, including fact-to-face, hybrid, online, and at multiple locations, including campuses, centers, and area high schools.

• Complete instructional support processes such as syllabi development, course assessments, early interventions, and class organization.

• Participate in professional development and college/department meetings.

• Engage in internal service to the college, external service to the community, and fulfill leadership assignments.

• Travel required as needed.

• Teach dual credit students at area high schools, campuses, centers, and online.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in English or Master's degree in Fine Arts with a focus in writing and literature from a regionally accredited college or university. 

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.