New England HERC

Title: Intensive English Institute Instructor 

Unit: PT MCCC Professional Staff        

Department: Intensive English Institute 

Reports to: Director, Intensive English Institute 

Date: August 5, 2024 

General Summary: The Intensive English Institute is an innovative department that provides alternative approaches through competency-based learning, in the area of English as a second language. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Direct Teaching 

• Provide instruction either in-person or online using the Intensive English Institute methodology (a competency-based model with two-level sections) on campus beginning the first day of the semester and through the final exam;
• Create a supportive learning environment utilizing current best practices and strategies for success;
• Provide students with timely feedback and guidance for further learning;
• Foster independent thinking, accuracy, and cooperative and collaborative learning;
• Respond to students' questions and promote further inquiry;
• Integrate the use of technology where appropriate;
• Remain dedicated to academic excellence and inclusivity, serving students of diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, including those with different levels of academic preparation and varying physical and learning abilities.

Plan and Design of Course 

• Meet or exceed requirements established in course descriptions, utilize course outlines from discipline, department, and
• MCC-established standards
• Prepare course syllabi outlined by MCCC contract 
• Address and assess the Institutional Student Learning Outcomes (ISLO's), discipline-specific and program-specific
• outcomes for the courses, assess and document growth and learning
• Utilize and update current course LMS or electronic delivery of materials as needed
• Use principles of Universal Course Design (UCD).

Administrative Duties 

• Maintain and submit student records according to college and department policies and procedures including, but not
• limited to attendance, grade book, and class rosters
• Drop for non-attendance, mid-semester notices, and final grades
• In-Progress Contracts
• Submit an electronic copy of syllabi to the department director each semester or in each instance of a material change,
• promptly complete timesheet, monitor college e-mail communication, attend departmental meetings and in-service
• training opportunities

• Master's degree in English as a Second Language, Applied Linguistics, or TESOL with a minimum of two (2) years of teaching experience or Master's Degree in Education with an English language teaching certificate in TESL or TEFL 
• Ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships
• Ability to inform and guide others by applying principles of professional counseling in addressing specific situations.
• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory, and/or design data and information
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria
• Experience with equity-minded work and/or understanding of individuals of diverse identities such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic level, sexual orientation, veterans, and individuals with different academic preparation levels and varying physical and learning abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in English as a Second Language, Applied Linguistics, or TESOL, or Master's Degree in Education with an English language teaching certificate in TESL or TEFL and a Bachelor's degree in English, a world language, or education
• Working knowledge of MS Word, Blackboard LMS, and PC
• College or high school-level teaching experience is strongly preferred both in-person and online
• Bilingual skills a plus

Salary Range: $38.00 per hour in accordance with the MCCC Collective Bargaining Agreement. 

Location: Lowell campus with occasional travel to Bedford as needed

Hours: 12 hours per week, schedule to be determined upon hire

Expected Start Date: September 2024 

Application Deadline: This position will remain open until filled

About Middlesex Community College

At Middlesex Community College, everyone teaches, everyone learns. Collaborative in nature and innovative in practice, we educate, engage, and empower a diverse community of learners. Through transformative opportunities, we challenge and support every student to succeed and lead. Recognizing equity and inclusion as the foundation for excellence and creativity, Middlesex Community College meets the evolving educational, civic and workforce needs of our local and global communities.

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