English Faculty Southwest Virginia Community College Why Work atSWCC? Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC) offers meaningful work, a collaborative campus environment, opportunitiesfor professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, retirement benefits through the VirginiaRetirement System, paid leave, and other valuable state employee benefits. Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC) is seeking acreative instructor to teach English, beginning in January 2027. Primary teaching responsibility will be beginning composition classes butthe ability to teach survey level literature courses is desirable. Teaching load per semester is 15 credit hours and could include day,evening, and/or some weekend duty. A minimum of 10 office hours are also required each week. This position will be assigned primarily to themain campus location; however, the successful candidate may be asked to travel to any of the sites in the SWCC service region. Thesuccessful candidate will be expected to collaborate with other professors in the English Department to ensure consistency of studentoutcomes. Additional duties include academic assessment, student advising, curriculum development, and service on college committees. Thesuccessful candidate will provide college level instruction in English and will be expected to design, annually assess, and updatecurriculum. The position reports directly to the Dean of Arts and Sciences and indirectly to the Vice President of Academic and StudentAffairs. The primary responsibility of a member of the teaching faculty in the Virginia Community College System shall be to providequality instruction for the students. At SWCC, the major emphasis shall be on excellent teaching by working with students in classroomsand/or laboratories, through individual conferences, various distance education media, and related activities. Our goal is to help studentsdevelop his or her own interests and abilities to the fullest capacity in order to become a better person, a better worker, and a bettercitizen. Other duties shared by teaching faculty include participation in reaccreditation efforts, student advising, studentactivities, sponsorship of student organizations, supervision of work/study students, college service activities, professional developmentactivities, and community service. KSA's/Required Qualifications Master's degree inEnglish Knowledge of current teaching and learning strategies to facilitate student-centered learning Experience interactingsuccessfully with academically diverse student populations Ability to teach classes using various instructional delivery methodsincluding web-based instruction Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in writing so others willunderstand Ability to work with service area education providers and employers Flexibility to teach evening and/oroff-campus courses Ongoing professional development and membership on an appropriate regional, state, and/or national organizationrelated to teaching assignment Responsibility for establishing a campus presence by holding regular office hours, advising students,participating in campus life, and doing assigned committee work Required Travel Some travel isrequired. Special Instructions to Applicants To be considered for this position, you must complete the fullstate application. Please visit www.jobs.vccs.edu to apply. Link for

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https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/101396 The selectedcandidate's offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprintchecks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally,selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth's Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow thislink: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/ The Virginia CommunityCollege System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discriminationand harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, politicalaffiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors. The Virginia Community CollegeSystem (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), toprovide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested. VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 formand provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.