Online Community College Math Instructor Jobs in Utah

Salary: $1,056.00 Hourly
Location : Various SLCC locations, UT
Job Type: Adjunct Contract
Job Number: 202500984
Division: Student Affairs
Department: Humanities and Languages
Opening Date: 07/30/2026
Closing Date: 7/31/2027 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.
Job Summary
Face-to-face position to teach first- and second-year Chinese courses with the potential to teach third- and fourth-year Chinese courses. We are looking for an adjunct to join our World Languages team to teach one or more sections a semester. The new instructor will be supported by our World Languages Coordinator. Our language courses are flipped, communicative, and active-learning-based. Cultural competence is necessary (e.g., how to navigate racial and sexual diversity in the target culture, including gender-neutral language). Candidates need to be available to teach physically in the classroom on our Taylorsville Redwood Campus. Specific days and times are negotiable. Instructors are required to serve for a minimum of one hour a week at the Center for Languages as part of their teaching load.
This is a pooled position. The department reviews applications as positions become available.
Pooled positions re-open every year. We encourage all interested to apply to re-posted adjunct positions. This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.
Please attach resume or curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts, or other documents for consideration.
1) In accordance with SLCC policy, adjunct positions are offered on a semester-by-semester basis with no guarantee of continued employment.
2) Official transcripts are required for those who are offered employment within in 30 days of hire.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities
1. Become familiar with and abide by all college policies with immediate priority given to those policies that govern interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization.
2. Maintain professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
3. Provide appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
4. Return graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
5. Maintain student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades.
6. Conduct a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
7. Inform students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
8. Assist in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
9. Prepare and submit incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
10. Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
11. Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.
All Faculty will maintain an on-site campus presence to encourage in-person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences unless approved for on-line only courses.
You are employed as an Adjunct Faculty member/ Instructor on a contract-to-contract basis, with no future expectation or obligation for employment.
Your employment may be terminated At Will at any time.
You are required to maintain professional boundaries with all SLCC students.
Minimum qualifications
1) M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, linguistics, or culture), or a related language degree.
2) Native or near-native level of fluency in the target language.
3) Native or near-native level of fluency in English.
4) Experience or interest in teaching either online or livestream modes in addition to face-to-face.
5) Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
1) M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, culture, or linguistics) or a related language degree.
2) Native level of fluency in the target language, or a ranking of Advanced-Mid or higher as scored by an official Oral Proficiency Interview of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
3) Knowledge of decolonial studies and gender-neutral language.
4) Two or more years of experience teaching beginning and intermediate language at the college level.
5) Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.
6) Skilled in the use of Canvas or other learning management systems.
7) Knowledge of and experience in computer-assisted learning, and online language instructional methodologies.
SLCC Information
Salt Lake Community College is Utah's largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah's fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students' lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.
Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.
This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.

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