Montgomery College accepts applications for Adjunct/Part-time
Faculty on a continuous basis. Applications may be reviewed
periodically based on the student enrollment needs. The listing of
a course in the schedule of classes as “TBA” does not constitute an
assignment. The hiring decision for part-time faculty involves an
academic judgment and shall be determined at Management’s sole
discretion.
Job Description
Montgomery College – Rockville Campus, is seeking a part-time
faculty member in Applied Geography. This position will begin in
the Fall 2026 semester. We are seeking an individual who is
enthusiastic, dedicated, self-motivated, and exhibits a high degree
of professionalism with a strong commitment to the success of our
students. The successful candidate must exhibit the ability to
educate in an engaging manner.
The candidate will be committed to teaching in a multi-cultural,
two-year environment (i.e., a career program offering an A.A.S. in
Applied Geography as well as certificates in Cartography/G.I.S. and
Geographic Education) with students of all ages, varying levels of
education. Montgomery College provides an excellent opportunity to
teach in a large, urban community college setting with three
campuses. Faculty duties include classroom instruction, assessment,
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.
Faculty may be assigned to any of these campuses and/or teaching
online.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Teach an array of General Education courses in geography, e.g.
Introduction to Geography, Global Geography, Cultural Geography,
Political Geography, and Physical Geography within the Department
of Applied Technology.
Teach a diverse schedule of courses that may include day,
night, early morning, weekend, accelerated sections, online/remote,
and summer courses.
Engage students in their learning through active collaborative
and innovative methods.
Maintain office hours and meet with students outside of class
to assist them as necessary.
Mentor students so that they become successful academically and
professionally.
Apply culturally relevant pedagogies to the teaching and
learning process.
Incorporate the use of educational enterprise platform such as
Blackboard and other relevant technology into instruction,
including inexpensive or no-cost resources in the development and
delivery of instruction.
Actively and enthusiastically participate in Gamma Theta
Upsilon, the geography honor society when appropriate.
Teach on all three campuses as needed when necessary as well as
off-campus courses.
Ability to create and teach online courses and remote
structured teaching.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in geography or related discipline.
- Minimum of five years’ teaching experience at the undergraduate
level
- Ability to integrate technology and classroom-related computer
software into course delivery
- Experience in online or remote teaching utilizing
Blackboard.
- Evidence of teaching or work experience in the field.
- Candidates must demonstrate currency in the social science
(BSSD) and natural science (NSLD) courses as well as specialty
courses in geography: Physical, Economic, Political, Global, Intro,
Cultural, U.S. and Canada, Conservation and Cartography.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- 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).
- Successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to
promoting belonging, inclusion, and multicultural competence in an
educational and work environment and must be willing to contribute
to the Colleges strategic plan of inclusion.
- 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. *If you do not have access to a personal
computer, please notify the department chair at the time of
interview. Subject to available funds, the college may be able to
provide temporary access to resources.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without a
sponsor.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior teaching experience at the community college level in
geography and cartography.
- Experience supporting students with varying levels of
preparedness for college-level work.
- Demonstration of student engagement strategies that help
students succeed in the course.
- Strong background in the General Education courses of
geography.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and leadership
roles.
- Experience leading academic initiatives.
- Member of and participation in Gamma Theta Upsilon.
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.
Employees must live in Maryland or a state where the College has
payroll reciprocity (DC, VA, PA, WV, DE, MA).
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).
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.
Closing DateMonday, September 14, 2026