Faculty- History

Position Information

Position Information

Career Opportunity Number
24-183

Position Title:
Faculty- History

Location
Penn Valley

Position Type:
Full-Time

Class Category
Faculty

Job Open Date
04/11/2025

Job Close Date
04/22/2025

Open Until Filled
Yes

Initial Screen Date:

Minimal Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in History or master’s degree in a related field with at least 18 graduate hours in the field of instruction.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Two years of teaching experience using interactive teaching techniques.
Ability and background to teach United States, Western Civilization, African American history and Women’s history courses.
Experience using assessment techniques to promote teaching and learning excellence.
Demonstrated experience with current pedagogical and instructional methods.
Demonstrated experience with utilizing a variety of classroom technologies, both inside and outside the classroom.
Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with all constituencies of a diverse community.
Familiarity with understanding the unique challenges students face on an urban campus in a metropolitan city.
Demonstrate your experiences with teaching students who are impacted by outside barriers, ie, economic insecurities, inadequate preparedness
Demonstrated interest in and passion for teaching community college students.
Ability to work well with others.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to use information technology for professional productivity (such as Microsoft Office Suite).

Work Hours

Normally scheduled Monday through Friday; may be required to work different shifts to include evenings and/or weekends. Schedule subject to change based upon department needs.

Compensation
Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Special Instructions to Applicants

PLEASE NOTE :
An MCC application must be accompanied by the following:

A cover letter which indicates the position of interest and addresses the following:
- Respond to the Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities and Preferred qualification;
- The highlights of your education and experience which specifically prepare you for this position;
- The mission of the community college and how you would contribute to the mission;
- How your teaching style would reflect the diverse learning style of our students;
- Your familiarity with the instructional technology appropriate to your discipline;
- The basis for your familiarity with multi-culturalism as you would apply it to your discipline; and
- The methods of assessment you would use to assess student learning outcomes.

A resume to include
- Three (3) professional references with name, address, and phone number.
Official or student copies of your transcripts. Please note: Official transcripts are required if selected for interview.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Brief Description of Duties:

Deliver effective instruction – Provide quality instruction, which is reflective of current discipline standards and is accurate, relevant, and engaging using college-approved curriculum and resources. Assigned classes may include daytime, evening, off-campus, virtual, hybrid, and/or online modalities.
Assess student learning – Demonstrate reflective practice, including assessment of student learning. This includes ongoing formative assessments, as well as official departmental assessment. Actively participate in course assessment activities and utilize student learning outcomes for continual improvement.
Manage classes and learning environments – Maintain timely and accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress. Foster a positive classroom-learning environment by presenting information in a way that is inclusive to all learners.
Support learning through student engagement – Incorporate pedagogical strategies such as active learning, authentic and problem-based activities, and other successful teaching strategies into classroom instruction.
Provide student guidance – Help students develop academic habits for college success. Provide academic assistance and related services to students during scheduled office hours.
Pursue professional development – Engage in continual professional development in subject matter content or in teaching methodology and technology.
Support an inclusive campus environment – Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and racial and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.
Participate in shared governance committees, processes, and initiatives. Actively participate collegially in department, campus, cross-college, discipline-specific, district, and community service activities.
Participate in hiring committees for adjunct and/or full-time faculty in the discipline or in representing the campus.
Advocate for the program or discipline assigned through recruitment events, community presentations, visits with potential students, and other outreach functions.
Cooperate with and participate as may be required in District investigations and/or student grievance matters of alleged unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.
Perform other duties as assigned to provide a high-quality learning experience for students, including participating in commencement, attending college functions, complete required District trainings such as Title IX, Mandated Reporter, EEO /Diversity/Elimination of Bias, Workplace Safety, Cybersecurity, etc.

Special Requirements:

Specific Experience Required:

Preferred Areas of Expertise:

6-9 hours in African American History
6-9 hours in Women’s Studies
6-9 hours in World History or Western Civilization

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

* Do you currently have at least: * a Master’s degree in History OR * Master’s degree in a related discipline with a minimum of 45 credit hours in History, including a minimum of 18 credit hours in History at the graduate level?
- No
- Yes
* How did you learn about this position?
- Academic Keys
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Craigslist
- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Dos Mundos
- Employee referral
- Facebook
- HigherEdJobs
- Jobs.mo.gov
- Indeed
- Inside Higher Ed
- Kansas City Call
- Kansas City Globe
- Kansas City Hispanic News
- LinkedIn
- MCC Website
- Monster
- Other Source
- Twitter