Title : Part-Time Faculty Chemistry Instructor / Chemistry Lab Facilitator
Employee Classification : Part-Time Faculty
Institution : Columbia State Community College
Campus Location : Columbia State Community College
Job Summary
Part time faculty are hired as needed on a semester-to-semester basis and typically teach up to nine credit hours during the semester.
Columbia State offers classes at five campuses : Columbia Campus, Williamson Campus, Lawrenceburg Campus, Lewisburg Campus, and Clifton Campus.
Columbia State also offers classes at several off-campus locations and clinical sites.
Minimum Qualifications
Instructor Master’s degree or higher in Chemistry (or a related field with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in Chemistry).
Lab Facilitator Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry (or a related field with a minimum of 18 semester hours in Chemistry).
Preferred Qualifications
Teaching Experience
Higher Education Experience
Special Instruction to Applicants :
You must submit a transcript and a resume / CV to be considered for a Part-Time Faculty position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the application process.
Official transcripts will be required upon hire. Applicants may be subject to a background check. Please note the closing date for pool postings.
If you are still interested, you must re-apply each calendar year.
Salary is $545 per credit hour. Workload adjustments will be made for faculty teaching classes where the number of contact hours exceeds the number of credit hours.
Additionally, a travel stipend may be negotiated at time of hire for faculty traveling more than 80 miles each week to teach their classes.
For part-time faculty who continue to work at Columbia State, salary is based on collegiate level teaching experience documented during the first semester of teaching.
Part-Time Faculty Duties and Responsibilities
The part-time faculty member reports directly to the dean for assignments / duties and is responsible for :
- Preparing for courses as assigned and adhering to departmental course syllabi and course minimum student learning outcomes.
- Beginning and ending all classes as schedules.
- Organizing, assigning, and supervising learning activities of students in his / her classes.
- Maintaining academic standards and classroom behavior to ensure an environment conducive to learning. Evaluating students using a variety of methods and for informing each student of scores received on each assessment in a timely manner.
- Maintaining accurate records of student attendance / participating and grades.
- Reading Columbia State email and responding to student questions via email in a timely manner.
- Meeting deadlines for all administrative requests such as submitting personnel paperwork, student enrollment