Instructor – English (Part-Time Interest Pool 2026)

Mt. Hood Community College; Gresham (OR); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Mt. Hood Community College is seeking an instructor to provide quality education and contribute to student learning experiences. Responsibilities include instructing students, maintaining evaluation and grading records, and preparing instructional support materials. A Master's degree in relevant fields is required, along with the ability to address diverse learning needs. This position ensures a supportive environment for all students and aims at enhancing their education and career development.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in English, composition, creative writing, rhetoric, literature or comparative literature.
• Ability to effectively address the learning needs of a diverse population.

Responsibilities

• Instructs students in a classroom or other appropriate setting.
• Maintains evaluation and grading records for assigned students.
• Prepares and utilizes instructional support materials.

Skills

Diverse teaching strategies

Classroom technology integration

Education

Master's degree in relevant field

Job description

Job Summary

Provides quality instruction that will contribute to the learning experiences necessary for each student to meet the objectives of the course and to be successful in both their education and career development experiences.

Essential Duties

• Instructs students in a classroom, lab, learning center, or other setting as appropriate.
• Provides student contact before or after class or through telephone or email exchanges or office hours where facilities and schedules permit.
• Prepares, distributes, and utilizes instructional support materials, including course syllabi, supplementary materials, instructional media, and other devices as appropriate; incorporates the latest classroom technology when available and appropriate into instructional activities.
• Structures classes and curriculum to correspond with the overall program objectives; prepares clear objectives for students each course and maintains and revises curriculum to maintain currency.
• Understands, develops, and provides a learning environment that supports diversity and incorporates sensitivity to diversity within the College community.
• Maintains classroom, laboratory, and departmental equipment and provides for the security of facilities and instructional materials as appropriate.
• Understands and abides by College policies and regulations and other policies, procedures and materials as required by the College, departments or divisions.
• Convenes classes on time and as scheduled.
• Maintains evaluation and grading records for assigned students; enters grades and provides all necessary documentation for incompletes within established College timelines.
• Ensures and emphasizes safe working and classroom conditions and practices.
• Maintains current licenses or certificates in areas of expertise.
• May attend in-service sessions and division meetings.
• May direct aides and work‑study students as assigned.
• Understands and uses the College's computer system.
• May participate in professional development activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in English, composition, creative writing, rhetoric, literature or comparative literature or a master's degree in any discipline with 24 graduate credits in those areas.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience, preferably at the community college level.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to use a variety of strategies to effectively address the learning needs of a diverse population.

Working Conditions

Work is typically performed in a normal office environment and classroom setting.

Salary Placement

Initial salary placement for Instructional Load Credit (ILC) Instructors will be based on applicable education and/or years of relevant full‑time equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws. Initial salary placement for all other newly hired instructors will be at Level 1.