"Lecturer, English"

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Lecturer, English

Posting Number: 0000972
Reports to: Dean, Arts and Sciences
Department: Arts and Sciences Education
Classification: Faculty
Full or Part-time: Full Time

Job Summary:

Provides current and engaging instruction and academic support services. This is an in person position.

Essential Functions:

1. Designs and delivers effective instruction as assigned through traditional, online, remote and hybrid formats, using course outlines approved by Curriculum Council.
2. Advises students and holds posted office hours.
3. Delivers supplemental instruction, as assigned.
4. In collaboration with departmental colleagues, designs/selects, and implements appropriate assessment of student learning at the course and program level.
5. Submits contract, grades, attendance reports, and other required paperwork within prescribed timelines.
6. Attends departmental, divisional, and college-wide meetings.
7. Collaborates with academic administration in conducting program reviews and other institutional activities intended to promote continuous improvement in teaching and learning, including periodic curriculum reviews.
8. Effectively integrates the use of instructional technology in instruction.
9. Remains current in the discipline taught as well as in current trends in teaching methodologies.
10. Participates in graduation exercises.
11. Contributes to decision-making in a productive manner.
12. Maintains the highest ethical standards in relationships with constituencies, research activities, and business dealings with and on behalf of the College, per College policy.

Other Duties:

1. Other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications:

A minimum of a Masters degree in English or in a related discipline (such as Rhetoric, Literature, Technical Writing, Creative Writing, etc.) including 18 graduate hours in English. College-level English teaching experience highly preferred. Instructor must adhere to the Lake Michigan College curriculum and testing procedures for all appropriate courses. This is a 12-month contract with minimum course load 36 contact hours annually. Workload to be spread between Fall, Spring and Summer terms as assigned.

OTHER HIGHLY DESIRED QUALITIES:

Preferred candidates will have experience teaching English across a range of levels, from developmental to advanced, which could include composition, literature, creative writing, humanities, or co-requisite English, and working with diverse student populations. Desired qualifications include curriculum development, instructional technology proficiency, effective assessment design, and a commitment to diversity, open dialogue, and the mission of community colleges.

Salary Range: $40,000 - $51,000

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Be a part of the Red Hawk family and apply today! Benefits start on first day of hire! Extensive paid time off (including Spring Break), College fully pays the in-network health insurance deductible, minimum of 10% employer retirement contribution per payroll, and much more!

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Official transcripts required upon hire.

Information on our standard hiring process: Lake Michigan College will accept applications on this position for at least 14 days. Please use a non-mobile device to fill out the application and upload documents. Applications will be screened for minimum qualifications as received. Once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received and sufficient diversity of applicants achieved, those applicants will be passed along to the search committee. Once the search committee has determined which applicants they would like to interview, those applicants will be contacted. If this process extends beyond 21 days, a communication of the delay will be made to all applicants for the position. If you have questions, please contact Human Resources at hr@lakemichigancollege.edu.

Open Date: 12/20/2024
Closing Date:

To apply, visit https://lmc.simplehire.com/postings/5290