Adjunct, Chemistry Lab

Salt Lake Community College (UT); Murray (UT); On-site; USD 1,200,000 - 1,709,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College invites applications for an Adjunct Chemistry Instructor to support full-time faculty under supervision to deliver classroom and online instruction, design content, and evaluate students.

The position involves teaching Chemistry labs, managing the learning environment, and assessing student learning. Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and have prior college-level teaching experience; position is semester-to-semester and on-site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or a closely related field.
• Prior experience teaching college chemistry courses and/or college chemistry labs.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities across the College.

Responsibilities

• Deliver classroom (including online) instruction and assess student performance.
• Manage learning environment and design/deliver content for Chemistry labs and courses.
• Contribute to student evaluation and maintain professional conduct as an adjunct faculty member.

Skills

Effective communication

Diversity & inclusion awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry or closely 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 lab(s).

This is a pooled position. The department reviews applications as positions become available.

This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

In accordance with SLCC policy, adjunct positions are offered on a semester‑by‑semester basis with no guarantee of continued employment.

Official transcripts are required for those who are offered employment within 30 days of hire.

• 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
• Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators
• Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments
• Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards
• Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades
• Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance
• Informs students of progress‑to‑date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines
• Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment
• 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
• Maintains professional and collegial behavior
• Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints, and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1‑2 days)
• Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and/or College procedure
• Completes all required employee trainings
• Knows and enforcesFERPAguidelines
• ProvidesADAaccommodations as requested
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College
• Ability to work with all groups in a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background of community college students, faculty and staff, including those with disabilities

All Faculty will maintain an on-site campus presence to encourage in‑person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences unless approved for on‑line only courses.

You are employed as an Adjunct Faculty member/ Instructor on a contract‑to‑contract basis, with no future expectation or obligation for employment. Your employment may be terminated At Will at any time.

You are required to maintain professional boundaries with all SLCC students.

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry or a closely related field with an emphasis in the area of Chemistry related to the lab being taught.

Prior experience teaching college‑level Chemistry courses and/or college‑level Chemistry labs.

Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College.