Adjunct, Chemistry

Salt Lake Community College (UT); Murray (UT); On-site; USD 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College (UT) invites applications for an adjunct faculty position in Chemistry. The successful candidate will work with full-time faculty under the Associate Dean to design, deliver, and evaluate course content.

The role includes instructional delivery for chemistry courses (including online), managing the learning environment, assessing student learning, and providing timely feedback and accurate grading.

Qualifications

• Becomes familiar with and abides by college policies, prioritizing those governing interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments.
• Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
• Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
• Maintains student attendance records and grades for Financial Aid purposes.
• Conducts evaluations of student performance.
• Informs students of progress and submits grades by published deadlines.
• Maintains a safe and respectful instructional environment.
• Completes required employee trainings and knows FERPA guidelines.
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested.

Responsibilities

• The adjunct faculty member will teach chemistry courses and online sections, collaborating with full-time faculty and under the supervision of the Associate Dean.
• Deliver instructional content, manage the learning environment, and assess student learning for chemistry courses.
• Communicate progress to students and respond to inquiries within 1–2 days.
• Prepare and submit incident reports for inappropriate student behavior as defined by policy.
• Maintain professional appearance and conduct in all college interactions.

Skills

Effective communication

Professional etiquette

Timely feedback

Education

Master’s Degree or higher in Chemistry or related field

Job description

The adjunct faculty member will work with full-time faculty, under general supervision of the Associate Dean, in program and class-related duties such as classroom (including online) instruction, content design and delivery, and student evaluation.

Instructional delivery, management of learning environment and assessment of student learning for Chemistry course(s).

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 organization.
2. Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
3. Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
4. Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
5. Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grade.
6. Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
7. Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
8. Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
9. Prepares and submits incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
10. Maintains professional and collegial behavior.
11. 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 procedure.
13. Completes all required employee trainings.
14. Knows and enforcesFERPAguidelines.
15. ProvidesADAaccommodations as requested

• Faculty will maintain an on-site campus presence to encourage in-person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences.
• AllSLCCemployees must maintain permanent residence/address within the State of Utah to maintain employment. A permanent Utah address must be recorded to Human Resources within 30-days of your employment start date.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College.

• Master’s Degree or higher in Chemistry or a closely related field with an emphasis in the area of Chemistry related to the course being taught.

• Prior experience teaching college-level Chemistry courses and/or college-level Chemistry labs