Instructor Pool - Writing Job at Lane Community College in Oregon
Lane Community College, Oregon, IL, United States, 61061
Please see Special Instructions for more details.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. All fields in the application must be completed, including employment dates, work hours, and detailed job duties.
- The CV/Resume may not take the place of any one section in the application.
Required Documents
- Online Application – Complete and submit online via the applicant portal.
- Curriculum Vitae – Submit a copy listing all relevant educational and professional experience and activities, including a list of courses taught within the last five (5) years, if applicable.
- Cover Letter – Clearly detailing how you meet the qualifications for the position.
- Transcripts – Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application, see instructions below.
Questions?
- For assistance with the online application call Human Resources at 541-463-5586.
- Enter recruitment@lanecc.edu into your Safe Senders list. Notifications will be sent toward the end of the search process.
- Visit your Employment Opportunities account. The main page will show your status in the search.
AA/EEO Statement
Lane Community College is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity / Veteran / Disabled Employer embracing equity, inclusion and accessibility. We encourage a safe and hospitable environment for historically marginalized populations including women, BIPOC, Latinx, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and candidates and employees living with disabilities.
Lane actively recruits veterans and those with disabilities for all positions. For accommodations and questions call 541-463-5586.
Position Information:
Posting Number: 250004
Job Title: Instructor Pool - Writing
Department Information
The Humanities Division is seeking to hire faculty to teach Writing courses. Depending on the candidate’s experience, literature courses may be assigned.
- Beyond the required education and experience, instructors must have a passion for what they teach and teaching styles that support student success. Instructors are also responsible for following Division and College procedures to support teaching and learning.
- Instructors are expected to teach in various modalities (e.g., online, hyflex) with a preference for in-person teaching.
- This is an application pool posting for the 2025-2026 academic year. The position is assigned to Lane Community College’s main campus in Eugene, Oregon.
Search Information
- First review date of applications may be as early as 10 business days after posting. Subsequent review dates will be based upon department needs. Lane Community College reserves the right to modify this information.
- Your application will remain in the pool until a decision is made on your candidacy.
Application Information
- Provide all documents as requested.
- A resume may not take the place of any section of the application.
- Unofficial Transcripts are required for this position at the time of application. See the instructions below.
Location: Main Campus
Classification: Faculty
Position Type: Contracted Part-Time Faculty
Anticipated Start Date: Quarterly based on Academic Term dates
Salary/Wage: Hourly
- Our application is used to determine the initial salary placement for selected candidates. All employment and education history will be considered.
- The Part-time Faculty benefits package includes a generous contribution toward medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, long-term disability, and paid sick leave. Part-time faculty may be eligible for full contracted benefits after meeting certain criteria.
Working Schedule: Classes as assigned by the Division Dean based on need, enrollment, and availability of contracted and/or more senior part-time faculty.
Master’s degree in English or a closely related field from a regionally accredited institution with credits in English, Composition, Rhetoric, and/or Technical Writing courses.
Required Experience:
- Successful applicants are required to complete a criminal background check. Infractions do not necessarily disqualify a candidate, and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. See our FAQs for more detail.
- Must work and reside in the state of Oregon at the time their work is being performed.
Preferred Qualifications
- 20 or more graduate credit hours or 15 or more semester hours in composition and rhetoric studies, composition theory, writing studies, or similar.
- Two (2) or more graduate courses in literature or literary theory.
Preferred Experience
- Recent teaching experience (within the past 5 years).
- Experience teaching at a community college.
- Experience in teaching and/or developing Hybrid, Hyflex, and/or Online courses.
- Experience teaching Technical or Workplace writing.
Language Statement: We welcome multilingual applicants who can support and welcome all students.
Inclusiveness, diversity, and equity are integral to Lane’s commitment to excellence in education and our commitment to student and community engagement. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage applications from candidates that identify with groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education.
Equivalency Statement: We want to find the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described. You are also encouraged to address how your professional and lived experience, scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and/or service will contribute to the Lane mission of transforming lives through learning.
Position Purpose: Faculty are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality learning experience for all Lane Community College students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of the teacher of record and facilitator of learning.
Essential Functions:
- Exhibit compliance with College policies and procedures, accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering and related functions.
- Sustain currency in discipline and innovation in teaching.
- Collegial participation in faculty performance evaluation process.
- Maintain and post office hours in alignment with College expectations.
- Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, and/or other documentation; ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory.
- Problem solve and manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness of FERPA standards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students.
- Provide high-quality classroom instruction.
- Create course content, develop and revise course content and materials.
- Establish learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to inform improvements at a program and course level.
- Incorporate college values into the curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment including facilitating awareness of multicultural and diversity issues in curricula.
- Teach and develop all class syllabi and course materials, in a form that can be directly delivered to, and used by, students.
- Confer with students on course materials.
- Deliver curriculum to students in traditional and online formats.
- Engage within the online course environment to ensure Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI).
- Monitor student progress and provide reasonable coaching and assistance to struggling students towards success.
- Review and grade all work submitted by students and provide timely and substantive feedback.
- Provide timely responses to student inquiries.
- Ensure that all materials meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Use effective strategies for teaching online.
- Demonstrate Lane Community College’s core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences, are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships, and are applied to all position responsibilities.
- Duties are carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, nationality, age, language, origin or employment status.
- Must demonstrate an active concern for students, staff, and the public.
Supervision Statement: Faculty report to a department or division dean, and perform instruction-related duties and responsibilities in a timely manner and in accordance with the mission, policies, and procedures of the college.
Physical Demands/Working Environment: This position works indoors and is exposed to usual office working conditions that includes office noises and interruptions, such as printers, telephones, and visitors. Position requires that an employee be able to sit or stand for extended periods of time; perform computer work in the form of word processing, data entry, spreadsheet work, and web-based research for several hours a day. Employees in this position may work with individuals who are in active crisis. Work involves concentrated mental and visual attention for sustained periods of time. Work may require transporting materials up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Work safely.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to engage students in learning through a range of approaches and methods, understanding that community college students have diverse backgrounds, diverse literate orientations and academic preparation, and varying language skills and life experiences.
- Knowledge of differences among learning styles and ability to adapt instruction and curriculum to address such differences.
- Knowledge of, and ability to assess, proficiency at all levels, from entry to exit.
- Ability to develop and work with assessment goals at the student, course, and program levels.
- Ability to understand and carry out Lane Community College’s commitment to student success, lifelong learning, and the needs of students, staff, and the public.
- Ability to understand and carry out Lane Community College’s mission and strategic agendas including College Learning Outcomes, cultural competency, and diversity.
- Analytical Thinking
- Building Relationships
- Change Advocate
- Teamwork
- Service Mindset
- Process Improvement
- Supervision and Leadership
- Strategic Project Management
- Knowledge of instructional design, delivery, and learning theory.