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
Job Description
Montgomery College Rockville, Takoma Park/Silver Spring &
Germantown English & Reading Departments is currently accepting
applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member
teaching English and Reading. We are seeking an enthusiastic and
dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a
strong commitment to our students, and demonstrates the ability to
motivate and educate in an engaging manner.
***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.
During the academic year part-time faculty at Montgomery
College may teach no more than 11.5 ESH (equivalent semester hour)
per semester and no more than 23 ESH per academic year.
During summer part-time faculty at Montgomery College may teach
no more than 10 ESH (equivalent semester hour) for both sessions
combined.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Teach English composition classes and support student
success.
- Teach a varied schedule of courses on campus or that may
include day, night, weekend, and/or accelerated sections. Some
sections of college English may also be taught at local high
schools.
- Teach a variety of modalities, primarily in person but possibly
also online.
- Provide students detailed written and verbal feedback on their
writing.
- Grade and provide feedback to students in a timely manner to
monitor student mastery and progress through a course.
- Participate in general education assessment for selected
English courses.
- Complete required professional development training, which may
include training in Blackboard and structured remote course
delivery.
- Follow guidelines from department chair and coordinators to
ensure consistent content coverage and student experience across
multiple sections of a course and to ensure that course objectives
are met.
- Communicate in a timely manner with students and with the
course coordinators and department chair.
- Meet established deadlines to submit student mid-term and final
course grades.
- Other duties as assigned by the department chair.
- As an option, part-time faculty may also serve as embedded
academic coaches supporting the Achieving the Promise Academy,
Montgomery College’s academic coaching program, which partners with
the English Department to help students succeed in rigorous
college-level composition courses. Academic coaches empower
students to reframe challenges, build on their strengths, and
target areas for growth by embedding within course sections and
partnering with the section’s instructional faculty to support
students. Academic coaches may serve within both remote and
in-person modalities to hold group and/or individual coaching
sessions outside of class and provide ongoing communication that
nudges students to stay on track and access the resources they need
to succeed. In addition to helping students strengthen their
understanding of critical concepts and complete their coursework,
embedded academic coaches use a variety of teaching, tutoring, and
coaching strategies to help students develop the academic skills,
knowledge, attitudes, and habits that contribute to success in
their composition class and in college more broadly.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in English, Reading, Rhetoric, or a closely
related field.
- Proficiency with and ability to use the Blackboard Learning
Management System (LMS) and other web-based instructional
technology to facilitate learning in a web-enhanced
environment.
- Demonstrated experience teaching using a variety of delivery
methods, online resources, and technology applications across the
curriculum.
- 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 College’s 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 Blackboard 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 :
- One or more years of community college English composition
teaching experience.
- Online or remote teaching experience, using Blackboard, Zoom,
Collaborate Ultra, and/or other educational technology.
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 DateSunday, September 20, 2026
