Job Details
Part-time Faculty Pool: English
Salary: $66.91 - $86.49 Hourly
Job Type: Adjunct Faculty
Job Number: 20260032
Closing: 6/30/2027 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Merced College, CA
Open pool for academic year [contact details available in the full listing]
Additional Compensation for Doctorate
General Description
This is a part-time instructional assignment in the English Department at Merced College under the general direction of the Dean of English and Humanities. The professor could be assigned to teach a variety of English courses. The maximum teaching load is 10 units per semester, which may include evening and weekend hours.
Essential Functions
- Provide instruction in accordance with established course outlines and expectations
- Inform students about course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance policy
- Maintain required student attendance and scholastic records
- Prepare and grade class assignments and examinations
- Post and maintain regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy
- Participate in the development and review of curriculum
- Participate in the development of teaching-learning methods and materials
- Participate in departmental, area and campus professional activities/committees
- Participate in the college's learning outcomes assessment program, including course, program, and institutional assessments
- Perform tasks needed for student records, e.g., submit grades on time to admissions and records
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in English, Literature, Comparative Literature, or Composition OR
- Bachelor's degree in any of the above and Master's degree in Linguistics, TESL, Speech, Specialization in Reading, Creative Writing, Journalism OR
- Hold a California Community College Instructor Credential in Language Arts and Literature OR
- The equivalent
- Promote and incorporate culturally affirming DEIA and anti-racist principles to nurture and create a respectful, inclusive, and equitable learning and work environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Teaching experience in college level English
- Current technology skills related to teaching in the discipline and a willingness to pursue future technological developments
