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Adjunct Faculty (English) SPC - req13879

Adjunct Faculty (English) SPC - req13879

Alamo Colleges District

San Antonio, TX • On-site

Full-time, Part-time

Posted 21 days ago

Alamo Colleges District rating

7.1

Company rating: 7.1 out of 10

Based on 12 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

362nd of 553 rated colleges and universities

Job description

Adjunct Faculty (English) SPC - req13879
To receive consideration for employment, you must upload transcript(s) and a Resume/CV. Please submit transcript(s) under "Other Documents" under applicant profile in application.
Posting closes on: 12/22/2026 at 6:00pm CST
The date after which applications are not guaranteed review is 12/22/2026 at 6:00pm CST
This position is part-time and temporary
Employment type: TN
Hours per Week: Varies
Hourly or Salaried: Salary
Entry Pay: Depends on education level
Funding source: Hard Money
Benefits Eligible: No
Location: English
1801 M. L. King Dr.
San Antonio, Texas, 78203
United States
Requisition #: req13879
Outside working hours if other than M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: May include face-to-face, remote, or online evening and/or weekend classes.
Job Summary and Description
Teaching faculty are professional educators who have the primary responsibility of fulfilling the District mission of providing a quality education for all students attending the colleges. Categories include full-time, temporary with benefits, and temporary without benefits. Full-time faculty members are classified according to the ranks of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Faculty members are responsible to a department/program chairperson. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. Faculty members will uphold the mission and values of the colleges' and foster effective working relationships with students and colleagues.
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Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience:
  • Master's degree in English, Literature, Linguistics, Technical Writing/ Communication, Rhetoric, Composition, or Creative Writing or a master's degree in any discipline with 18 approved graduate hours in English, Literature, Linguistics, Technical Writing/ Communication, Rhetoric, Composition, or Creative Writing.

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