Instructional Faculty Full Time - American Sign Language

Job Description

Montgomery College, Rockville campus, is seeking a full-time American Sign Language faculty member to fill a position starting Fall 2025. We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to our students, and the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. This faculty member will have the opportunity to teach a range of American Sign Language classes and will serve as coordinator of the American Sign Language (ASL) certificate and degree programs. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit.

The successful candidate will appreciate teaching in a multi-cultural environment, and will welcome the opportunity to work with students with diverse learning abilities. Faculty duties include classroom instruction, assessment, curriculum development, advising, professional inquiry, committee work and utilizing instructional technology. The majority of our courses use open educational resources (OERs) to yield cost savings for the students and the most current content for faculty. Incoming faculty will utilize OERs in alignment with the other faculty in the discipline.

Teaching assignments may include various delivery modes, such as face-to-face, on-line, hybrid and/or blended formats during days, evenings and weekends. Montgomery College has three campuses and instructs courses at area high schools. Faculty may be assigned to any of these campuses and/or teaching online.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Faculty members are expected to teach a variety of ASL courses offered by the discipline.
• Faculty will be expected to serve as coordinator of the ASL degree and certificate programs, designing curriculum, advising students, engaging with transfer partners, and participating in General Education assessment and certification.
• Faculty may be asked to teach early morning, evening, weekend, off-campus, remote, or online courses.
• Faculty members teach 30 semester hours per academic year. Opportunities may exist for faculty to teach summer and winter.
• Faculty duties include serving on department, campus and college-wide committees, advising students, providing leadership to student clubs, maintaining an active program of professional development, and participating in professional organizations and activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in ASL, Deaf Studies, Sign Language Education, Linguistics, or closely related field. Graduate coursework must include courses that reflect both depth and breadth in ASL.
• Experience with academic advising.
• Currency in content and pedagogy in ASL; at least one year of teaching experience in this or a related discipline at the college or secondary level.
• Experience or professional development training on working with a diverse student population.
• Experience or professional development training on effective technology use in the classroom.
• Proficiency with and ability to use a Learning Management System (LMS) and other web-based instructional technology to facilitate learning in a web-enhanced environment.
• 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.
• Eligible applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States and not require employer visa sponsorship.

Additional Requirements

• Attach a cover letter of interest and resume or curriculum vitae to your application. Your letter should specifically address your interest in teaching at Montgomery College, including how you meet the required qualifications and any of the appropriate preferred qualifications.
• Attach unofficial transcripts for the highest two degrees earned.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in ASL, Deaf Studies, Sign Language Education, Linguistics, or closely related field.
• Experience with degree program coordination.
• Community college teaching experience and a commitment to the community college mission
• Experience working with dual enrollment student populations.
• Competence in web-based or other distance education courses.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive and equitable teaching practices and support of a diverse student population.
• Experience supporting students to overcome barriers to academic success.

Salary Range: $62,319 to $94,876 annually.

Application Process:

• To apply online, please visit: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/about-mc/careers/index.html

• Best consideration date for applications, March 8, 2024.
• For consideration, you must:

  Include dates of employment in your application or attachment;

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

For degrees earned outside of the U.S., a copy of your education equivalency, conducted by a nationally recognized evaluation service, must be included in your application.

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).

• Participation in a retirement plan (Pension or Optional Retirement Plan, depending on the position). If you are already retired from the Maryland State Retirement System, you may not enroll in a Maryland State Retirement System plan at Montgomery College and may have earnings restrictions, per state law.

Our benefits package includes: sick leave, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, group legal benefits, professional development, retirement plan, educational assistance, tuition waiver for employee and dependents, wellness programming including onsite gyms, pools and classes.

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.

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