Job Description
Montgomery College seeks a full-time criminal justice faculty member in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice beginning January 2027 for the [contact details available in the full listing] academic year. We seek an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to students, and the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. The successful candidate will be committed to teaching in a multicultural two-year environment and welcome the opportunity to work with students with diverse learning abilities. Montgomery College provides an excellent opportunity to teach in a large, urban community college setting. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit.
With over 500 students majoring in criminal justice across two criminal justice programs, faculty strive to meet students’ diverse academic needs by offering a wide array of dynamic and challenging courses that are taught in multiple formats and at various times, ensuring ease of access for our busy students. The curricula are designed for individuals currently employed in criminal justice professions as well as students interested in pursuing careers in the field.
Montgomery College criminal justice students transfer to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities throughout the country, including the University of Maryland, College Park, Towson University, and the University of Maryland Global Campus. Montgomery College criminal justice faculty actively engage in a number of student support and co-curricular initiatives as evidenced by their efforts in the development of open education and zero-cost instructional materials, embedded academic and career advising, and external partnerships with practitioners that expose students to diverse curricular and career pathways in the social sciences. Faculty also work closely with industry partners on the program advisory committee to develop curriculum updates, articulation agreements, career workshops, student field trips, and continuing education for criminal justice professionals.
Faculty duties include classroom instruction, assessment, curriculum development, advising, professional inquiry, committee work, and the utilization of instructional technology. Many courses are taught using open educational resources (OERs), yielding cost savings for students, and providing faculty with the opportunity to curate diverse, relevant, and current instructional materials. Incoming faculty will utilize OERs in alignment with the other faculty in the discipline.
Teaching assignments may include various delivery modalities, such as in-person synchronous online, asynchronous online, HyFlex, hybrid, and/or blended formats. Courses may be held during daytime, evening, and weekend hours. Montgomery College has three campuses and instructs courses a t area high schools and the College's East County Educational Center. Faculty may be assigned to any of these locations.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Montgomery College seeks a full-time criminal justice faculty member in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice beginning January 2027 for the [contact details available in the full listing] academic year. We seek an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher who exhibits a high degree of professionalism, a strong commitment to students, and the ability to motivate and educate in an engaging manner. The successful candidate will be committed to teaching in a multicultural two-year environment and welcome the opportunity to work with students with diverse learning abilities. Montgomery College provides an excellent opportunity to teach in a large, urban community college setting. This position is part of a collective bargaining unit.
With over 500 students majoring in criminal justice across two criminal justice programs, faculty strive to meet students’ diverse academic needs by offering a wide array of dynamic and challenging courses that are taught in multiple formats and at various times, ensuring ease of access for our busy students. The curricula are designed for individuals currently employed in criminal justice professions as well as students interested in pursuing careers in the field.
Montgomery College criminal justice students transfer to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities throughout the country, including the University of Maryland, College Park, Towson University, and the University of Maryland Global Campus. Montgomery College criminal justice faculty actively engage in a number of student support and co-curricular initiatives as evidenced by their efforts in the development of open education and zero-cost instructional materials, embedded academic and career advising, and external partnerships with practitioners that expose students to diverse curricular and career pathways in the social sciences. Faculty also work closely with industry partners on the program advisory committee to develop curriculum updates, articulation agreements, career workshops, student field trips, and continuing education for criminal justice professionals.
Faculty duties include classroom instruction, assessment, curriculum development, advising, professional inquiry, committee work, and the utilization of instructional technology. Many courses are taught using open educational resources (OERs), yielding cost savings for students, and providing faculty with the opportunity to curate diverse, relevant, and current instructional materials. Incoming faculty will utilize OERs in alignment with the other faculty in the discipline.
Teaching assignments may include various delivery modalities, such as in-person synchronous online, asynchronous online, HyFlex, hybrid, and/or blended formats. Courses may be held during daytime, evening, and weekend hours. Montgomery College has three campuses and instructs courses a t area high schools and the College's East County Educational Center. Faculty may be assigned to any of these locations.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Teach 30 semester hours of courses per academic year, including
Administration of Justice and upper-level offerings related to each
of three subsystems of the criminal justice system, as appropriate
.
