Category:
: Full-time Faculty
Subscribe:
:
Department:
: Academic Affairs - STEM
Locations:
: Lowell, MA; Bedford, MA
Posted:
: Jan 28, 2025
Closes:
: Dec 30, 2025 - 11:59 PM EST
Type:
: Full-time
Position ID:
: 185062
About Middlesex Community College
Middlesex Community College (MCC), established in 1970, provides access to affordable education to prepare individuals for success and lifelong learning. We promote academic excellence, provide workforce development opportunities, and empower all learners to become productive and socially responsible members of our local and global communities.The College provides a broad range of services that are essential to attract, reward, and retain talented faculty and staff. The MCC community promotes a work environment where our employees feel supported and empowered to best serve our student population. We are proud to offer our classes on both the Bedford and Lowell campuses, as well as a robust online course offering. MCC is committed to transforming lives as we educate, challenge, and support all students as evident in our strategic plan.
Title:
Assistant Professor - Physics
Unit:
MCCC Day Faculty
Department:
Science
Reports to:
Dean of STEM
Date:
January 28, 2025 (Re post December 9, 2025)
General Summary:
The Physics Faculty is a creative, knowledgeable and flexible individual who will develop and teach courses in Physics (both Algebra and Calculus based) and related disciplines to a diverse student body within the STEM division. The faculty will teach project based courses to both liberal arts and STEM students. The faculty member will work with STEM division staff, administration and faculty to develop student learning outcomes and assessment strategies, and will participate in college service and student advisement. The successful candidate will be committed to inclusive excellence and diversity, and continuous professional improvement.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Teach courses in Physics on all MCC campuses.
- Participate in ongoing curriculum review, assessment, and development.
- Develop instructional material consistent with course, program and institutional student learning outcomes and apply innovative instructional approaches, in order to achieve student learning outcomes.
- Develop and apply instructional methods that engage a diverse student body of varying learning styles and abilities, and promote critical thinking and other employability skills.
- Integrate available science instrumentation and computer-based experiments into the classroom
- Develop and apply technology in and out of the classroom, including use of the BlackBoard Learning Management System for web-based, hybrid, or computer-enhanced classes.
- Develop and apply assessment strategies that maximize the learning process and effectively measure student learning outcomes.
- Incorporate high impact practices such as learning communities, undergraduate research, service learning and collaborative projects as part of pedagogical practices.
- Support and foster a culture of civic learning and community engagement.
- Participate in division and college committees and activities.
- Provide developmental advising to students in STEM disciplines to help students assess their skills, interests and aptitudes; identify realistic career goals and develop an educational plan.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Physics and a Master's Degree in a related discipline.
- Successful teaching experience, and a demonstrated ability to teach Physics
- Experience in the organization and management of the laboratory environment.
- Knowledge of outcomes assessment and assessment techniques in education.
- Ability to apply innovative instructional approaches, in order to achieve stated course objectives and student learning outcomes.
- Commitment to continuous professional improvement.
- Ability to collaborate and work collegially with faculty from all disciplines.
- A demonstrated interest in the use of inclusive pedagogies and high impact practices to foster student success and close achievement gaps
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing
- 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
- Successful teaching at a community college
- Proficiency in the Blackboard Learning Management System to develop and implement online courses
- Experience developing academic courses and curriculum
- Ph.D. in Physics, or equivalent
- Knowledge of and commitment to Community College Academic Programs, services and culture
- Evidence of successful experience with a variety of instructional methods.
- Demonstrated ability to develop or apply innovative student centered instructional approaches.
- Student advising experience
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement high impact practices such as learning communities, undergraduate research, service learning/civic engagement and collaborative projects as part of pedagogical practices.
- Experience with STEM grant initiatives
- Bilingual skills a plus
Additional Information
Please note, the faculty rank of Assistant Professor may be subject to change in accordance with Article XVII of the MCCC Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Salary Range:
$58,438 is the starting salary for Column B under the MCCC 2025 Salary Grids for an Assistant Professor with a Master's Degree; actual salary commensurate with academic background and experience. Employees of Middlesex Community College are considered employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and receive benefits, which include:
- High-quality and affordable health insurance through the Commonwealth's Group Insurance Commission (GIC)
- Competitive Dental and Vision Plans
- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Assistance programs
- Low-cost basic and optional life insurance
- Retirement Savings: State Employees' Pension or Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan or 403(b).
- 12 paid holidays per year and competitive Sick, Vacation, and Personal Time
- Tuition Benefits for employees and dependents at state colleges and universities
- Short-Term Disability and Extended Illness program participation options
- Professional Development and Continuing Education opportunities
- Cell Phone Bill Discounts with Verizon and T-Mobile Cell Phone Carriers
- Access to the Commonwealth's Mass4You, employee assistance program
- Free employee parking on Bedford and Lowell campuses
- Eligibility towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Location:
Lowell and Bedford campus
Hours:
37.5 hours per week, schedule to be determined upon hire.
Expected Start Date:
January, 2025
Application Deadline:
December 30, 2025
Application Instructions
All applicants must apply online by submitting:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- Names and contact information for three (3) professional references
Pre-Employment Requirements
The College will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
All offers of employment at Middlesex Community College are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates, as deemed necessary.
Middlesex Community College only accepts application materials through our online application system. We are unable to accept application materials through mail, email, fax, or hand delivery. If you do not have access to a computer, please contact Human Resources at careers@middlesex.mass.edu.
Middlesex Community College strives to make the application and interview process accessible for all applicants but understands that applicants may still encounter barriers due to ability, language, or technology. If we can make the process any more accessible for you, contact Human Resources at 781-280-3549 or careers@middlesex.mass.edu.
