Engaging Part-Time Applied Geography Instructor

Montgomery College; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 15,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Montgomery College – Rockville Campus, seeks a part-timefaculty member in Applied Geography starting Fall 2026. The role involves teaching General Education geography courses across multiple delivery modes, using OERs to lower costs and enhance current content.

Faculty duties include instruction, assessment, and technology-enabled teaching. Ideal candidates have a Master’s in geography or related field, significant undergraduate teaching experience, and proficiency with Blackboard.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in geography or related discipline.
• Minimum of five years’ teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
• Ability to integrate technology and classroom-related computer software into course delivery.
• Experience in online or remote teaching utilizing Blackboard.
• Evidence of teaching or work experience in the field.
• Candidates must demonstrate currency in the social science (BSSD) and natural science (NSLD) courses as well as specialty courses in geography: Physical, Economic, Political, Global, Intro, Cultural, U.S. and Canada, Conservation and Cartography.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 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).
• Successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to promoting belonging, inclusion, and multicultural competence in an educational and work environment and must be willing to contribute to the Colleges strategic plan of inclusion.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without a sponsor.

Responsibilities

• Teach an array of General Education courses in geography, e.g. Introduction to Geography, Global Geography, Cultural Geography, Political Geography, and Physical Geography within the Department of Applied Technology.
• Teach a diverse schedule of courses that may include day, night, early morning, weekend, accelerated sections, online/remote, and summer courses.
• Engage students in their learning through active collaborative and innovative methods.
• Maintain office hours and meet with students outside of class to assist them as necessary.
• Mentor students so that they become successful academically and professionally.
• Apply culturally relevant pedagogies to the teaching and learning process.
• Incorporate the use of educational enterprise platform such as Blackboard and other relevant technology into instruction, including inexpensive or no-cost resources.
• Actively participate in Gamma Theta Upsilon, the geography honor society when appropriate.
• Teach on all three campuses as needed and/or online.

Job description

Montgomery College – Rockville Campus, seeks a part-timefaculty member in Applied Geography starting Fall 2026. The role involves teaching General Education geography courses across multiple delivery modes, using OERs to lower costs and enhance current content.

Faculty duties include instruction, assessment, and technology-enabled teaching. Ideal candidates have a Master’s in geography or related field, significant undergraduate teaching experience, and proficiency with Blackboard.