English Faculty

About the role

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC's annualized enrollment of 3,900 credit students in 2025-2026 and almost 890 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and five satellite sites. RCC seeks applicants for an English Teaching Faculty position. This is a full-time, 9-month faculty ranked position located on the Glenns campus, beginning January 2, 2027.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain quality English curriculum and teach high-quality courses supporting diverse student acquisition of knowledge and skills in English.
• Perform instructional design, delivery, effectiveness assessment, and course assessment.
• Teach 15 credit hours per semester unless released for other duties.
• Teaching schedules may include day, evening, and weekend classes, on- and off-campus, and online and hybrid modes of delivery.
• Provide academic advising and maintain a minimum of 10 office hours per week.
• Complete special projects, mentor adjunct and dual enrollment faculty, engage in community outreach, and serve on college committees.
• Maintain currency in the field through professional development activities such as conferences, projects, publications, and group teaching.
• Use state-of-the-art classroom teaching technologies.
• Participate in teaching demonstration for finalists.

Qualifications

Required:

• Master's degree in English, or a Master's degree with 18 graduate semester hours in English and one year of post-secondary teaching experience.
• Experience using advanced instructional technology including video, audio, and interactive educational software.
• Knowledge of effective pedagogical practices.
• Ability to define and assess student learning outcomes and create courses with knowledge of instructional teaching platforms, preferably CANVAS.

Preferred (Additional Considerations):

• 18 graduate credits in a second field.
• One course in composition pedagogy.
• One year of teaching experience with post-secondary or community college teaching.

Pay

The hiring salary range is $52,905 – $81,811 per year, commensurate with education and experience.

Schedule

This is a full-time, 9-month faculty position beginning January 2, 2027. Teaching load is 15 credit hours per semester, with schedules that may include day, evening, and weekend classes, on- and off-campus, and online/hybrid delivery.