ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENGLISH

Job no: 497353
Work type: Full-time Faculty
Location: Overland Park Main Campus
Categories: Credit Instruction
Position, Department: Assistant Professor, English, Academic Affairs
Type of Position: Full-time Faculty, Exempt
Work Schedule, Hours per week: Varies, 40 hours per week
Pay Range: $54,122-$91,437 and determined based on relevant years of work experience.
Opportunity for hybrid schedule: No
Benefits Category: Full-time Benefits
Position Summary: Johnson County Community College is searching to fill a full-time faculty position in English (with emphases listed below). JCCC is in Overland Park, KS, the second largest city in the state of Kansas and part of the greater Kansas City Metro. JCCC is dedicated to maintaining a rich cultural community, with an award-winning contemporary art museum and center for the performing arts located on campus. JCCC is looking for a diverse pool of applicants for this full-time faculty position. Full-time faculty in English work to strike a balance between teaching and research and have strong professional connections with regional and national composition, rhetoric, and literature professional organizations. Many of our 18,000 students are nontraditional, military veterans, immigrants, international, and first-generation college students. The successful candidate for this job will teach the equivalent of 15 credit hours per semester in composition, with the potential to teach literature courses. The successful candidate will perform other duties expected of full-time faculty, including maintaining scheduled office hours; developing and revising curriculum; developing and implementing course and program assessment of student learning outcomes; participating in department, division, and college meetings; serving on committees; and other duties as assigned. Teaching assignments could be a combination of online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes and are subject to change as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in English.
• Demonstrated strong teaching ability in face-to-face classes.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the teaching mission of a comprehensive community college.
• Demonstrated consistent record of collegiality.
• An ability to collaborate with faculty, administration, and people from the community.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ph.D. in English with a focus on composition/rhetoric or technical/professional writing.
• Experience teaching college-level advanced composition.
• Experience teaching online classes.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple sections of composition per academic semester/quarter.
• Interest in scholarly engagement.
• Experience working with students of diverse linguistic backgrounds.

To be considered for this position we will require an application, resume, cover letter, and a 300-word-maximum essay in response to the following prompt: In a world of AI, how do you convey to your students the importance of writing? .

• Unofficial transcripts are required for all Adjunct faculty and Faculty positions.

Position Details: Job duties include but are not limited to:

Teaching – Faculty members are expected to be effective teachers and excel in course instruction. Listed below are the minimum expectations of faculty who teach at JCCC.

• Effective teaching requires content expertise: Faculty must demonstrate deep subject knowledge, including key concepts, current and relevant research, methodologies, tools and techniques, and meaningful applications. Consequently, faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Possess thorough and accurate knowledge of his or her specific field/discipline including the ability to evaluate and apply content.
• Be committed to professional development by keeping current in their respective discipline.
• Maintain faculty credentials as required by the college’s accrediting agencies.
• Effective teaching reflects sound instructional methods drawn from the scholarship of teaching and learning, and cultivates a supportive learning environment that allows students to think critically and experiment with material. Therefore, faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Select and develop instructional materials; plan and organize instruction to enhance student learning; create appropriate assignments to encourage student learning, the development of communication skills, and higher order thinking; and use available instructional technology, as appropriate.
• Use a variety of proven methods of engagement and assessment that facilitate student mastery of the content.
• Provide students constructive, encouraging, and corrective feedback. Evaluate student learning by creating and applying course competencies and accurately evaluating student progress.
• Strive to increase teaching effectiveness through the application of appropriate teaching and learning strategies; evaluate student learning and modify instructional methods and strategies as appropriate to meet diverse student needs.
• Effective teaching communicates successfully. Effective teaching clearly articulates high, achievable, and purposeful expectations. Effective teaching adeptly guides meaningful course activities, allowing students to advance their knowledge or skill. As a result, faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in clear communication of subject matter to the students.
• Provide timely, substantive feedback in appropriate forms.
• Effective teachers should meet institutional expectations. Therefore, faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Meet classes as scheduled; notify the appropriate Chair, Assistant Dean, or Dean in advance if they are to be absent, and, if possible, arrange for a substitute instructor or assignments for his or her class.
• Be accessible to students through e-mail, wireless/cellular technology, or scheduled office hours including arranging, when necessary, additional time for appointments.
• Prepare and distribute syllabi in accordance with established procedures and guidelines and follow the published final exam schedule.
• Maintain accurate records of students’ academic standing; promptly provide final grades, attendance, and other information as required by administration.
• Respect the confidentiality of student information; refrain from discussing or releasing such information except within recognized limits.
• Evaluate students based solely on their academic performance and to respond promptly to student grade questions and/or appeals.

Member of the College Community – In addition to teaching, faculty members are expected to be an active member of the college community. Listed below are the expectations of faculty as responsible and professional representatives of JCCC. Members of the college community should perform their professional responsibilities in accordance with the goals, missions, and plans of the department, program, division and College. Therefore, faculty members are expected to do the following:

• Fulfill all requirements as stated in College policies and procedures including mandatory training.
• Attend and participate in all required meetings and exercise stewardship in the use of college facilities and materials.
• Submit information or materials related to their assigned duties as requested by college administrators or peers in a timely manner.
• Members of the college community should contribute to the creation of a collegial culture. As colleagues, all faculty have obligations that derive from common membership in the community of scholars. Faculty do not discriminate against or harass colleagues. They respect and defend the free inquiry of associates, even when it leads to findings and conclusions that differ from their own. Faculty accept their share of faculty responsibilities for the governance of the institution (drawn from AAUP Statement on Professional Ethics, 1966, Revised 1987, 2009). Therefore, faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and stakeholders from across the College and the community in order to create, preserve, and enhance important partnerships.
• Provide support for both adjunct and full-time colleagues in the form of consultation and cooperation; work as effective team members when required.
• Treat all members of the college community with dignity and respect demonstrating professional, courteous behavior and engage in constructive conflict resolution, when needed.
• In addition, full-time faculty members are expected to serve the College by contributing to the growth and enhancement of the College mission and programs. Consequently, full-time faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Fulfill all requirements as stated in the Master Agreement.
• Participate in instructional and College planning and assist in the recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff.
• Serve on college, division, program, and department committees and assist the Chair or Dean in the exercise of their duties.
• Attend and participate in professional development opportunities including activities during Professional Development Days and other opportunities offered by the College and/or external organizations.
• Create and revise, develop and amend where appropriate, departmental or program curricula.
• Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity, may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. Scheduling, shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.

About JCCC: Established in 1969, Johnson County Community College is dedicated to transforming lives and strengthening communities through learning. Located in Overland Park, Kansas, JCCC has enjoyed a national reputation for educational excellence and student success for more than 50 years. That’s five decades dedicated to smaller class sizes, more resources and a thriving campus culture – not to mention our competitive tuition rates and extracurricular experiences that transcend the norm.
Equal Employment Opportunity: JCCC provides equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals. JCCC does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, religion, marital status, parental status, military status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or other factors that cannot be lawfully considered in its programs and activities, which includes employment and admissions, in accordance with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Executive Order 11246, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act, the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, the Kansas Acts Against Discrimination and all other applicable civil rights and nondiscrimination laws.
Inquiries concerning JCCC’s compliance with its nondiscrimination policies (including Title IX, Title VI and Section 504 inquiries) may be referred to a Title IX Coordinator (TitleIX@jccc.edu), or Director of Human Resources, or the Dean of Students and Learner Engagement at Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210, 913-469-8500; or to Office for Civil Rights, Kansas City Office, U.S. Department of Education, One Petticoat Lane, 1010 Walnut Street, Suite 320, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone: 816-268-0550,Facsimile: 816-268-0559, Email to: OCR.KansasCity@ed.gov.
Disclosure: If you need any assistance throughout the search process, please reach out to the HR Generalist for this position. In accordance with the college policy, finalists for this position will be subject to criminal background investigations. Individual hiring departments at JCCC may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions as part of the applicant selection/hiring process. Many departments require those selected for hire to submit a certified transcript for all degrees obtained. For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to apply prior to the review date listed in posting.
If you are an applicant requesting assistance or a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at 913-469-3877, or email HR@jccc.edu.
Advertised: 09 Jun 2025 Central Daylight Time
Applications close: 15 Aug 2025 Central Daylight Time

• Fulfill all requirements as stated in College policies and procedures including mandatory training.
• Attend and participate in all required meetings and exercise stewardship in the use of college facilities and materials.
• Submit information or materials related to their assigned duties as requested by college administrators or peers in a timely manner.
• Members of the college community should contribute to the creation of a collegial culture. As colleagues, all faculty have obligations that derive from common membership in the community of scholars. Faculty do not discriminate against or harass colleagues. They respect and defend the free inquiry of associates, even when it leads to findings and conclusions that differ from their own. Faculty accept their share of faculty responsibilities for the governance of the institution (drawn from AAUP Statement on Professional Ethics, 1966, Revised 1987, 2009). Therefore, faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and stakeholders from across the College and the community in order to create, preserve, and enhance important partnerships.
• Provide support for both adjunct and full-time colleagues in the form of consultation and cooperation; work as effective team members when required.
• Treat all members of the college community with dignity and respect demonstrating professional, courteous behavior and engage in constructive conflict resolution, when needed.
• In addition, full-time faculty members are expected to serve the College by contributing to the growth and enhancement of the College mission and programs. Consequently, full-time faculty members are expected to do the following:
• Fulfill all requirements as stated in the Master Agreement.
• Participate in instructional and College planning and assist in the recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff.
• Serve on college, division, program, and department committees and assist the Chair or Dean in the exercise of their duties.
• Attend and participate in professional development opportunities including activities during Professional Development Days and other opportunities offered by the College and/or external organizations.
• Create and revise, develop and amend where appropriate, departmental or program curricula.
• Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity, may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. Scheduling, shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity