Communication Faculty Member
Company Description
Cape Cod Community College is a place of personal discovery, enrichment, and professional development for those just beginning the quest and for those at many points along the path of higher education throughout life. It is a caring, comprehensive institution that belongs to the people it serves and responds to their individual and community needs.
Job Description
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES: The Arts and Communication Department of Cape Cod Community College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty member position to begin in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027. The successful candidate will be a communication studies generalist who will teach, develop curriculum, and advise students with concentrations in communication or media studies.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
- Teach the equivalent of five (5) sections each semester from the Department's communication and media studies offerings.
- Serve as academic advisor to approximately 18 students.
- Hold a minimum of four (4) office hours per week.
- Serve on Department and College Committees.
- Actively participate in department evaluation, development, implementation and assessment of curriculum.
- Attend and participate in department, division, and college meetings.
- Participate in the development of articulation agreements.
- Maintain professional growth.
- Participate in the assessment of student learning outcomes at the course, discipline, program and college level.
- Use college-provided technology tools such as email, learning management systems, and advising software.
Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree in communication studies from an accredited institution.
- Comprehensive knowledge of and expertise in one or more of the following areas: interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, or social media communication.
- Prior experience teaching an undergraduate introductory communication class.
- Demonstrated interest in college level teaching of communication courses at a community college.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic teaching/learning community that requires flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork.
- Record of excellence in teaching, curriculum and program development, outcomes assessment, and maintaining a learner-centered environment.
- Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in curriculum development, assessment of student learning and instructional strategies that include experiential learning and integration of technology in face-to-face and online formats.
- Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills, with a collaborative approach to working with students and colleagues from multiple disciplines in a variety of academic, professional, and community settings.
- Familiarity with professional academic organizations in communication, humanities, and/or social sciences.
- Competency using learning management systems.
- Effective pedagogical, teaching, and presentation skills.
- Ability to meet the challenges of providing support to students with diverse abilities, interests, and backgrounds.
- Demonstrated commitment to current assessment practices, especially given the influence of AI on higher education.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with, appreciation for, and commitment to working in a global, multi-cultural academic setting.
- Experience with the integration of technology and alternative delivery systems of instruction in the teaching-learning process.
- Knowledge of social media algorithms and analytics.
- Community college teaching experience.
- Earned doctoral degree.
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