Equity Compass Canvas Course Facilitator - Adjunct

Job Summary

The Institutional Equity, Inclusion and Transformation Office is piloting a new Canvas course for SLCC faculty and staff on the implementation of the Equity Compass, a college-wide tool designed to help support employees in connecting their work to the mission, vision, and values of SLCC.

About the course :

This is a course designed to support us to have an institutional approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion with our work.

This tool has inclusion and accountability built in, so that we know that our decisions and outcomes were thoroughly examined and explored.

Here at SLCC, we are an open-access institution, and we have a commitment to ensure that everyone has access to education in our community.

Our mission, vision, and values provide us with direction for how we approach our work. Our strategic plan provides us with how we accomplish that and the Equity Compass is designed to give us a tool to structure it.

The Compass is designed as a tool to support our efforts in five areas : assess, engage and plan, implement, examine data, and measure.

This will help us create transformation in all of the work that we do on our campuses, in our classrooms, and in the community.

This course will support employees to delve deeper into the areas that they are designing or reevaluating. As participants move through the course, they will be covering those five areas above.

Each of the five areas will come along with different literature and activities. In some sections there will be people who will share examples of the work that they have done using the compass and they will also talk about their expertise in the areas.

There are 4 goals for utilizing the compass at SLCC :

• To have a holistic, shared, systematic approach that guides our approach to initiating and reviewing the work that we do
• The process of engaging the compass will produce a strategy for documenting our decision-making process and being reflective in our work
• Identify gaps in what we know and support us in finding resources that we may need for professional development
• Provide a hub that links people to resources around the college that can support continued learning and collaborations

This position will work 8-10 Hours per week for the duration of the course. Essential Responsibilities and Duties Course-specific duties include :

• Reviews submissions from the course participants
• Holds regular office hours to answer questions
• Facilitates group discussions
• Monitors and communicates participant progress on course materials
• Reports hours on a weekly basis
• Gathers and records course evaluative data
• Attends regular meetings with supervisor

Along with the following regular adjunct faculty responsibilities : 1. Becomes familiar with, and abides by, all college policies with immediate priority given to those policies that govern interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization2.

Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators3. Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments4.

Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards5. Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades6.

Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance7. Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines8.

Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment9. Prepares and submits incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy10.

Maintains professional and collegial behavior11. Handles / responds to student concerns / complaints, and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1 2 days)12.

Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and / or College procedure13. Completes all required employee trainings14.

Knows and enforces FERPA guidelines15. Provides ADA accommodations as requested16. Other job-related duties as needed Essential Responsibilities and Duties Continued Minimum Qualifications

• Currently teaching six (6) credits or less at SLCC
• Has the ability to receive approval of Associate Dean or Chair
• Ability to utilize Canvas as an online learning tool to teach and create a supportive learning environment.

Preferred Qualifications Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) practices in the workplace and higher education both theoretical and practical applications
• Ability to support course participants in the application of theoretical concepts into practice.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people from a wide range of cultures, ethnic backgrounds, and abilities in order to provide effective instruction.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships across the College.

Non-Essential Responsibilities and Duties