Adjunct Instructor, Automotive Technology Dual Enrollment / Early College High School

Adjunct Instructor, Automotive Technology Dual Enrollment / Early College High School

Job Summary

Adjunct Faculty are professional educators who work on a limited basis with the primary responsibility of fulfilling the Texas Southmost College's (TSC) mission, vision, values, and goals of providing a quality education for all students enrolled at the College. The relationship of the adjunct faculty member to the student is that of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. Adjunct Faculty members are responsible to the College President through a chain of command and are accountable to the College's policies and procedures.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Strive for continual improvement of student success by planning an optimal learning environment; providing high quality instruction and advising; participating in the development of learning outcomes and in the assessment of students as well as of self and applied teaching techniques to increase effectiveness; and engaging in ongoing professional development.
• Manage learning environments by ensuring that accurate syllabi are developed that incorporate departmental, college and instructor requirements; maintaining attendance records, submitting grades, and providing constructive feedback and other relevant information to students throughout the semester; and conducting classes punctually and in accordance with the prescribed meeting schedule.
• Deliver effective instruction by assuming primary responsibility for curriculum development in conjunction with the College's policies and procedures; ensuring rigor and the quality of instruction; considering individual differences of students to design and support a range of learning activities; using the College's digital learning solution to meet course objectives; and communicating clearly to students the expectations concerning the use of the College's digital learning solution and other available technologies.
• Enhance the student's learning experience by integrating concrete, real-life situations into learning experiences to encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills, and teamwork; employ methods that develop discipline-specific thinking and interdisciplinary applications to create academic literacy; and work with students and employers in occupational settings as required by or appropriate to the academic discipline.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the College in the construction and continuous improvement of measurable learning outcomes to include THECB core curriculum objectives and Texas Southmost College objectives.
• Assess student learning by designing assessments that measure or demonstrate student growth; sequence learning opportunities throughout advising, courses and programs to build student understanding and knowledge; and align assessment with learning opportunities.
• Promote continual improvement as part of the cycle of teaching and learning by developing and revising curriculum as needed and by using defined student learning outcomes to plan, develop, document, and evaluate teaching activities.
• Support TSC's institutional effectiveness program by understanding the preparation and evaluations of Student Learning Outcomes; completing all mandatory performance evaluation measures within specified time limits; sharing best practices with colleagues; and striving toward improved educational effectiveness.
• Support learning through student engagement by creating a positive classroom atmosphere that encourages active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge, student and faculty interaction, and support for learners.
• Maintain a learning-centered environment by being available to students during the designated work period.
• Support student learning by making students aware of and referring them to the appropriate student and academic support services available at the College.
• Pursue professional development by taking graduate courses or internal classes offered by the College or professional development organizations, maintaining required professional credentials, licensing, and continuing education hours as disciplinary standards dictate.
• Participate collegially in discipline-specific activities developed for adjunct faculty, as appropriate.
• Handle sensitive and extensive confidential information. Attend the workplace regularly, report to work punctually, and follow a work schedule to meet job demands. Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, and guidelines. Promote positive morale and teamwork within the unit and provide exceptional customer service to students, faculty, and the community. Use interpersonal skills and sound judgment to decide how duties are completed among coworkers, supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers. Complete all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College. Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the College's Strategic Plan.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. On rare occasions it will require lifting heavy objects over forty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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