Description

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Title: Instructor, CC (English)
Position Number: 0084277
Hiring Unit: Academic Affairs
Location: Kaua'i Community College
Date Posted: April 3, 2023
Closing Date: May 10, 2023
Salary: C2, $4,507 monthly minimum; salary commensurate with education and experience
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent

General funds to begin approximately August 2023, pending operational and program needs, actual staffing requirements, and availability of funds. Position may be converted from 9-month to 11-month or 11-month to 9-month as operational needs are required.

Duties:

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  Teaches a variety of English courses. This may include, but is not limited to, developmental English composition and reading, technical writing, first-year or second-year college composition, or a variety of college-level English literature courses at the Kaua`i Community College campus, as well as Early College English courses offered at different high school campuses on the island of Kaua`i, as needed. Day, evening, early morning, weekend, off-campus, and/or distance education classes may be assigned as part of regular workload. Changes to modality and approaches for teaching assignments may be needed to address emerging needs.
• Identifies students' learning needs, including needs of underprepared students, and implements effective teaching strategies to address them.
• Independently plans, organizes, and carries out instructional and non-instructional assignments.
• Revises or creates new curricula and student learning outcomes when necessary, and regularly prepares and revises course syllabi.
• Performs regular course assessments and participates in ongoing discipline-, program-, and institutional-level assessment. Implements adjustments to course content and professional practice to improve student learning in classes taught.
• Participates in discipline-, division-, campus-, and system-wide committees, as well as relevant partnership initiatives between Kaua'i Community College/University of Hawai`i and the Hawai`i Department of Education.
• Maintains appropriate office hours for each course taught.
• Works collaboratively with other Kaua`i Community College faculty and staff.
• Develops and maintains a personal professional development program.
• Demonstrates commitment to Kaua`i Community College's mission, principles, and philosophy.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in English; or
• Master's degree in Composition/Rhetoric; or
• Master's degree in Literature; or
• Master's degree in Fine Arts (Creative Writing).

Desirable qualifications:

• Master's Degree in English from an accredited college or university.
• Demonstrated clarity in oral and written language skills.
• One to three (1-3) years of successful experience teaching reading, composition, technical writing, and/or literature courses at an accredited community college or university.
• Ability to use writing assignments and integrate teaching of appropriate critical thinking skills into course content as an integral part of students' classroom learning activities.
• Successful experience teaching students at a variety of ability and initial skill levels, including underprepared students.
• Successful experience developing and delivering synchronous and/or asynchronous distance education composition and literature classes at the post-secondary level.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate a variety of learning technologies with student instruction, including the use of online platforms, learning management software, distance learning modalities, and/or classroom technology.
• Successful experience integrating a variety of pedagogical approaches in the delivery of instruction, including instructional experience with accelerated/co-requisite learning models.
• Successful multi-cultural teaching experience, especially in Hawai`i and/or Pacific island regions, as well as experience teaching the literatures of these regions.
• Experience working with a tutoring center and utilizing embedded tutors to facilitate student success.
• Ability and desire to be a cooperative, contributing member of a team invested in student success.

Application Submission: Click on the "Apply" button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach required documents. Documents include:

1) Graduate and undergraduate transcript(s) from a regionally accredited institution of higher education showing degree and coursework to date appropriate to the position (Copies of official transcripts are acceptable; however, original official transcripts will be required at the time of hire. Academic record/grade summaries will NOT be accepted. Diplomas and copies will NOT be accepted.) Transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant,
2) A cover letter explaining how you meet the minimum and desirable qualifications,
3) Resume, and
4) Names and contact information (including e-mail address) of at least 3 professional references.

Separate documents and application materials must be submitted for each position. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. The application will be considered incomplete if materials are unreadable. Minimum qualifications must be met by the start date. Please REDACT references to social security numbers and birth date on submitted documents. All requested documents/information become the property of Kauai Community College and will not be returned. Letters of recommendation may be requested at a later time in the search process.

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Inquiries: Human Resources, 808-245-8372

EEO/AA, Clery Act, ADA

The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, breastfeeding, income assignment for child support, arrest and court record (except as permissible under State law), sexual orientation, domestic or sexual violence victim status, national guard absence, or status as a covered veteran. For more information or inquiries regarding these policies, please refer to the following link: http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/eeo-coordinators/

Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.

In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at: https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.

Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/

Kaua‘i Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities.