Reading Instructor

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Work type: Full-time
Location: Louisville, KY
Categories: Faculty

Title: Reading Instructor

Salary Range: $47,000.00. Salary compensatory upon experience and education

Contract Term Length: 10 Months

Standard Hours: 37.50

Work Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Jefferson Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Jefferson Community College

Department: Humanities

Total Rewards

Jefferson Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

  • Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Humanities Department of Jefferson Community and Technical College has an opening for a full-time Reading Instructor. The primary modality for instruction will be in-person. Other teaching modalities may be implemented as needed.

Job Duties:

This position will primarily be responsible for instruction in Reading, instruction in the First Year Experience course when needed, maintaining office hours for mentoring and coaching students, success and retention activities, and utilization of Blackboard for communication and feedback. This position may teach on multiple JCTC campuses.
Other duties include but are not limited to:
• Academic advising
• Course and curriculum development
• Internal and external community service
• Educational leadership and professional development.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's in Reading and/or Adult Literacy, or a Master’s degree in a related field with 18 graduate hours in Reading/Adult Literacy instruction. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in, and understanding of the importance of, working with students from diverse backgrounds required. Teaching experience at the college level preferred. This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consist of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public. The preferred candidates should also have experience and sensitivity working with colleagues and students from diverse backgrounds and a commitment to fostering an inclusive work and learning environment in which students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive.

Additional Skills Requested:

Jefferson Community and Technical College is working to build an engaged faculty and staff committed to teaching and working within the community. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working and supporting students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are especially encouraged to apply.

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.

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