Geography Part-Time Instructor
Job Description
- Description
POSITION:
Temporary, part-time, certificated position.
**Online/Correspondence Courses Only**
NATURE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The instructor will teach classes within the approved discipline(s). In addition, the instructor shall be responsible for maintaining and updating curriculum relevant to the assigned instructional area. This position could involve assignments during day, evening, weekends and correspondence education.- Examples of Duties
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.Provide instruction in all areas of the approved discipline.
2.Prepares, evaluates, and revises courses and course materials.
3.Maintain organized sets of course and student records.
4.Enforce the rules and regulations of the college.
5.Utilized approved textbooks and following the course objectives, course content, and evaluation standards as listed in the course outline.
6.Maintain the scheduled days and class hours as listed in the class schedule.
7.Maintain accurate grade and census records for each student on the class record sheets provided and submit them to the record office, as an official record, by the deadline established for these records by the Registrar.
8.Give final exams in each class according to the official schedule of days, times, and locations unless permission has been received from the Vice President of Instructional and Student Services.
9.Notify the Instructional Services Department promptly whenever regularly assigned duties cannot be performed.
10.Attend part-time faculty meetings, when requested to do so. (Part-Time faculty are welcome to all regular faculty meetings, check contract for compensation requirements.)
11.Return all keys at the end of each semester to the Administrative Services Department.
12.Keep current in one's academic field(s).
13.Work collegially with full-time faculty and staff.
14.Hear and understand speech at normal levels.
15.Speak so others will be able to clearly understand normal in person conversation.
16.See for the purpose of reading laws and codes, rules and policies, and other printer matter.
17.Perform other related duties as assigned- Educational/Experience Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1. The instructor shall meet the minimum qualifications required for the discipline, consisting of: Master’s in geography; OR Bachelor’s in geography AND Master’s in geology, history, meteorology or oceanography OR the equivalent OR see Interdisciplinary Studies
2. Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
3. Meet criteria of regulatory authorities related to the particular instructional programs, such as, Statewide Board of Nursing, federal and state Vocation and Education Act programs.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Teaching experience, preferably at the community college level.*Please mention you saw this ad on Diverse Careers.*