Adjunct, Chemistry

Salt Lake Community College; Utah; On-site; USD 34,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College seeks an adjunct faculty member to teach Chemistry courses, including online sections, under the supervision of the Associate Dean. The role involves content design, delivery, and evaluating student learning in a collegial setting on campus in Utah.

The candidate will maintain professional communications with students and staff, provide timely feedback, and ensure adherence to college policies and scheduling deadlines.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Chemistry or a closely related field.
• Prior college-level Chemistry teaching experience or teaching Chemistry labs.

Responsibilities

• Teach Chemistry courses (including online) and deliver content design and delivery.
• Assess student learning and provide appropriate and timely feedback on assignments.
• Maintain attendance records and grade submissions by published deadlines.
• Maintain a safe and respectful instructional environment and respond to student inquiries promptly.
• Communicate policies and expectations to students and colleagues.

Skills

Communication with diverse groups

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Chemistry

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