Description

Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), located in Reno, Nevada, is seeking applicants for three, full time, non-tenure track, temporary English Instructors.

Minimum Qualification :

1. Master’s degree in English or Composition and Rhetoric.

2. One year of college teaching experience equivalent to one academic year (30 semester credit equivalent or more) of transfer level and / or developmental composition courses.

3. Experience working with diverse populations.

4. Proven ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional and collegial

manner.

5. Evidence of innovative instructional techniques and technologies as well as strong written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

1. Experience teaching at a community college.

2. Graduate classes in Composition and Rhetoric.

3. Demonstrated experience with faculty administrative tasks such as assessment, curriculum review and development, and program oversight.

4. Demonstrated ability to adjust curriculum / pedagogy to student and department needs and best practices in the field and based on assessment data.

5. Experience in teaching classes in alternative formats : dynamically-dated, dual credit, online, co-requisite, and / or accelerated courses.

Responsibilities :

Candidates must exhibit an appreciation of, a sensitivity to, and respect for a diverse academic environment, inclusive of students, faculty, and staff of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological, academic, and ethnic backgrounds.

Teaching and workload assignments are scheduled throughout the calendar year, and may require evening and weekend obligations at one or more college locations.

1. Perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with standards, mission, and goals of Truckee Meadows Community College.

2. Instruct students in English, using appropriate course outcomes developed by college- wide subject area faculty; assess student performance in these courses.

3. Teach 30 credit or contact hours during the academic year, including day, evening, and / or weekend classes at one (1) or more college or dual credit locations as well as online classes.

4. Assist with curriculum and program review, revision, assessment, and develop new course materials and innovative instructional concepts and techniques to facilitate student learning.

5. Apply teaching techniques effective in a classroom or online setting utilizing state-of-the-art delivery systems.

6. Demonstrate awareness of diversity issues as they apply to instruction. Maintain sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds as well as disabilities of community college students.

7. Attend and actively participate in non-classroom activities such as College events, staff development, department, and division meetings, college or NSHE committees, and community service activities.

8. Participate in student advisement, recruitment, and retention efforts.

9. Annually define long- and short-range professional development goals to remain current in the discipline.

10. Assist the department chair and coordinators in mentoring part-time faculty.

11. Comply with departmental administrative responsibilities and published college and Nevada System of Higher Education policies and procedures.

12. Maintain regular office hours in a shared or private office, per the NFA contract.

13. Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with students, staff, and the community.

15. Other duties as assigned.

Salary and Benefits Information :

Salary : This is a temporary position as such the incumbent will be placed at the minimum salary dependent on degree level.

Master’s- $60,634

Master’s 30- $63,444

Ph.D- $68,739

Perks of Working at TMCC

Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance

17.5% retirement match, a beginning balance of 30 sick leave days, 12 paid holidays

Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave - NSHE Benefits

Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse / domestic partner.

ComPsych supports employees through life's difficult moments.

Professional Grant-in-Aid : TMCC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents.

Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and / or employee’s spouse or domestic partner.

Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.

No State income tax

All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs.

Exempt

Full-Time Equivalent

100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment / s viewable to you will be the attachment / s to the resume / CV section of the application.

Any additional required attachment / s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application.

All uploaded attachment / s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact

In order to be given full consideration all of the following must be attached to your application.

1) Resume / CV

2) Cover Letter

3) Contact Information for Three Supervisory References Please make a note if you do not want your present employer contacted unless necessary to determine your qualifications for the position.

4) Copy of Unofficial Transcript

5) A document with answers to the following questions.

Please provide specific examples of your ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional and collegiate manner.

Please list the courses you’ve taught including the course description, the credits (specify quarter or semester), and the number of sections and semesters / quarters when you taught each one.

Describe your knowledge and application of individual course, departmental, and program assessment efforts.

Posting Close Date

06 / 24 / 2024

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications.

Search committees will use this information to determine that applicants meet minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement.

This posting will close at 12 : 00 am on the date listed above. The posting will no longer be available to apply to after 11 : 59 pm the day prior.

All documents, including unofficial transcripts for academic positions, must be received prior to the closing date listed on the job announcement.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check upon hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.

Last updated : 2024-05-24