Community College Faculty - Sociology Instructor

All Job Postings will close at 12:01 a.m. CT on the specified Closing Date (if designated).

Working Title:

Community College Faculty - Sociology Instructor

Institution:

Normandale Community College

Classification Title:

Community College Faculty

Bargaining Unit / Union:

210: Minnesota State College Faculty

City:

Bloomington

FLSA:

Job Exempt

Full Time / Part Time:

Full time

Employment Condition:

Unclassified - Unlimited Academic

Salary Range:

$0.00 - $0.00

Classification: Unlimited, Full-time faculty

Salary Range: $51,303 to $71,893 (placement is dependent upon education and experience)

Position Start Date: Fall Semester: August 19th, 2026

This vacancy is posted online from December 8th, 2025 – January 4th at 11:59pm

We are a proud equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and we seek applicants with deep connections to the cultural communities to which our students belong. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

ABOUT THE POSITION AND THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT NORMANDALE

The members of the Sociology Department are committed to providing a solid foundation in sociology coursework to students of all backgrounds. We believe in supporting a quality education experience that provides learning opportunities for our diverse student body. Our curriculum offers courses that prepare students for completion of the Sociology Transfer Pathway degree, the Peace Officer/Public Safety Transfer Pathway degree, the Criminal Justice Transfer Pathway degree, the Women’s Studies Associate of Arts, other degree programs, and for transfer.  We value a diversity of approaches and backgrounds in our faculty members. The Sociology Department encourages a participatory and democratic faculty culture and affirms the engaged role our faculty have played in service to the college.

Normandale Community College is striving to achieve racial equity in educational outcomes. Those hired into these positions will be expected to advance this goal through culturally responsive teaching, identifying barriers to success for students of color, and proposing effective solutions to eliminate those barriers.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Teach in an inclusive, student-ready, and culturally responsive manner to meet the needs of our diverse student body.

• Teach a broad spectrum of sociology courses including day and evening classes, and utilizing different instructional modalities, including online, face to face, and hybrid delivery formats.

• Work as a team member in maintaining a student-ready learning environment that meets the educational needs of a diverse student body.

• Contribute to department, division, and college goals, which provide the basis for program planning, implementation, evaluation and support

• Engage in scholarly activities consistent with the college’s goals

• Be committed to the success and retention of underrepresented students

• Demonstrate knowledge of and experience in assessment of student learning outcomes.

• Participate in the development and improvement of curriculum and courses.

• Participate in faculty and department meetings and college-wide committees.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree with a major in sociology or a Master's degree with a minimum of 18 graduate semester credits (27 graduate quarter credits) in sociology.

Teaching and Learning Competency Requirement

• course construction (credit course)*

• teaching/instructional methods (credit course)*

• student outcomes assessment/evaluation (credit course)*

• philosophy of community and technical college education (credit or non-credit course)**

• Faculty shall have a degree in education or three years of successful full-time (or equivalent) teaching experience prior to being hired, or shall be required to complete coursework in the above content areas (or their equivalent) prior to being granted unlimited status.

*These courses shall be waived for individuals who at the time of hire have: a degree in education, or have documented evidence of successful completion of equivalent coursework in the specified teaching and learning content areas, or have three years of successful, full-time (or equivalent) secondary, postsecondary, industry, or trade apprenti