ESL Instructor Adjunct

Title: ESL Instructor Adjunct

Agency: Brightpoint Community College

Location: Chesterfield – 041

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Salary and rank commensurate with experience and education

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

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Job Description:

Brightpoint Community College is a two-year public institution of higher education and is the third largest of Virginia’s 23 community colleges. The college is located within the Greater Richmond metropolitan area. It serves students and the community at its two campuses, in Chester and Midlothian; online; and in locations throughout its service area. Brightpoint Community College’s mission is to provide quality educational opportunities that inspire student success and community vitality. It envisions a success story for every student.

General Information: The Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences division at Brightpoint Community College seeks skilled instructors who share our dedication to students and are interested an adjunct position. Adjunct faculty teaching is limited to a maximum of 8 credit hours in the summer semester, 12 credit hours in the fall semester, and 12 credit hours in the spring semester. These limits are for total number of credit hours taught in the Virginia’s Community Colleges (VCCS). Additional restrictions may apply depending upon other positions occupied within VCCS.

Responsibilities: Provide traditional (on-campus) and/or Zoom-based synchronous online instruction in English as a second language. In-person courses meet on the Midlothian campus. Courses offered in the discipline include ESL Composition I, II, & III and ESL Reading I, II, & III. Please see our class schedule at https://brightpoint.edu/schedule/ for more detailed course descriptions and upcoming scheduled classes.

Minimum Qualifications:

Required: Bachelor’s degree in ESL or a related discipline, such as Foreign Language, English, or Linguistics. Additional Considerations: 18 graduate semester hours of coursework in applied linguistics or TESOL, prior teaching experience at the postsecondary level, ability to use instructional technologies (experience with Zoom and Canvas a plus), excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

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