Assistant Professor of Spanish

About the role

Johnson County Community College is seeking an Assistant Professor of Spanish to join the Foreign Language Department. The successful candidate will teach Elementary, Intermediate, Heritage Speaker, Spanish for Hospitality, and Conversational Spanish courses.

Responsibilities

• Teach the equivalent of 15 credit hours per semester in Spanish.
• 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; collaborating with and observing adjunct faculty teaching Spanish and other languages; collaborating and working successfully with other full-time faculty in the Foreign Language department; and other duties as assigned.
• Provide extra and co-curricular opportunities for Spanish language students, participate in the planning and administration of all departmental initiatives, and participate in on-campus and off-campus events promoting languages.

Requirements

• M.A. in Spanish or an MA in a related discipline with at least 18 hours of graduate work in Spanish as required by JCCC HLC criteria.
• Demonstrated 2 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level and/or high school teaching experience.
• Demonstrated ability to teach Elementary and Intermediate level Spanish language courses.
• Demonstrated excellent communication and collaboration skills, as provided by supervisor and colleagues’ letters of reference.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Spanish, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, or Linguistics with a focus on the Spanish language.
• Experience in teaching heritage speakers of Spanish.
• Ability to work well and collaborate with others.
• Ability to work independently on departmental initiatives.
• Familiarity with proficiency-based language learning.

Benefits

Category for Full-Time Employees: Health insurance with some employer-paid options, life insurance & AD&D (employer provided), retirement plans (403(b), 457(b), and KPERS), employer-paid 8% contribution into a 403(b) no match required, paid time off (vacation, sick, personal, and floating holidays), 14 days of paid holidays, full tuition reduction for JCCC credit courses (for employee and eligible dependents), tuition reimbursement / assistance for non-JCCC courses for employee, free access to the Gym on campus for all employees and dependents, discount to the Hiersteiner Child Development Center, and many more!

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.