The Montgomery College, Takoma Park is currently accepting applications for possible openings as a part-time faculty member teaching Adult ESOL and Literacy for the Refugee Training Center (RTC).  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. The RTC ESOL program is a grant funded program through the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylee (MORA) to provide English language instruction, support, & resources to those newly resettled in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. If you are skilled, extremely flexible, and want to change lives, please apply online today!  Classes will be taught in person on campus. This position is contingent upon grant funding.

***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 constitutes an assignment.
• The hiring decision for part-time faculty involves an academic judgment and shall be determined at Management’s sole discretion.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Faculty member will be expected to teach Adult ESOL & Literacy classes.
• Scaffold and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a multi-level ESOL class.
• Assess students’ successful completion of the course
• Faculty members will abide to program policies and procedures.
• Faculty members will participate in training sessions prior to the class start date.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience teaching ESOL for a minimum of two years.
• Some experience working with a diverse student population, especially those with specific immigration statuses: refugee, granted asylum, SIV.
• Training in teaching ESOL.
• Proven experience in delivery of high-quality, including creating scaffolded, differentiated, and contextualized activities & instruction to limited literacy and language populations.
• Successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity, 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:

• Master’s Degree in TESOL or related field.
• Coursework in TESOL.
• Completion of TESOL certificate program.
• Teaching experience in Adult or Vocational ESOL.