Adjunct, Computer Sciences and Information Systems (CSIS)

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

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College in Utah seeks an adjunct faculty member to teach CSIS courses to community college students. The position is pooled and reviewed as vacancies arise, and instructors may teach at any SLCC campus or site.

Compensation is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit, with no guarantee of continued employment and semester-by-semester terms. Candidates must have a Master’s degree or higher (or a regionally accredited Bachelor’s with qualifying credentials).

Qualifications

• Professional industry experience in one or more computer-related fields.
• Strong knowledge of information security, network administration, programming issues and best practices.
• Assess and maintain records of student performance.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Becomes familiar with, and abides by, all college policies; prioritize policies governing interactions.
• 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 and grades.
• Conducts evaluations of student performance.
• Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and submits grades by deadlines.
• Assists in maintaining a safe instructional environment.
• Prepares and submits incident reports for inappropriate student behavior.
• Maintains professional and collegial behavior.
• Handles/responds to student concerns promptly (generally within 1–2 days).
• Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and College procedures.
• Completes required employee trainings.
• Knows and enforces FERPA guidelines.
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested.
• Other job related duties as needed.

Skills

Industry experience

InfoSec & Networking

Student performance

Communication

Diversity & inclusion

Education

Master’s degree or higher

Bachelor’s degree + 2+ qualifications

Job description

Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest college with the most diverse student body. It serves more than 60,000 students on 10 campuses and with online classes. All ages. Many interests and flexible scheduling.

The Computer Sciences and Information Systems Division (CSIS) prepares students to enter the workforce in a variety of information technology (IT) fields and/or to seamlessly transfer to a four-year institution to continue IT related studies.

1. Under general supervision, the adjunct faculty member teaches CSIS courses to community college students.

1. Students may pursue a Certificate of Proficiency, Associate of Applied Science degree, or an Associate of Science degree in Computer Sciences and Information Systems as offered by the department.
2. Adjunct faculty member may teach classes at any SLCC campus or site.

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

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

1. In accordance with SLCC policy, adjunct positions are offered on a semester-by-semester basis with no guarantee of continued employment.
2. Official transcripts are required for those who are offered employment within 30 days of hire.

Essential Duties:

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 allassignments.
4. Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per departmentstandards.
5. Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) andgrades.
6. Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of studentperformance.
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 collegialbehavior.
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 employeetrainings.
14. Knows and enforces FERPAguidelines.
15. Provides ADA accommodations as requested.
16. Other job related duties as needed.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

1. Professional Industry experience in one or more computer-related fields.
2. Strong knowledge of information security, network administration, programming issues and best practices.
3. Assess and maintain records of student performance.
4. Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
5. 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-contractbasis, 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.

Education

Candidate must have either (1) or (2)

1. Master’s degree or higher
   • Degree must be from an accredited institution and in Computer Information Systems, Business Information Systems, Computer Science, or other computer-related field

OR

1. Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution plus two or more of the following with supporting documentation
   • Professional Certification in Computing (national, state, regional)
   • Teaching excellence award
   • Computer or technology related college-level coursework beyond a Bachelor’s degree, equivalent to at least 18 semester hours.

Experience:

• Paid industry experience within the last five years in any of the following areas:

1. Web-Based Programming and Development, both client and server side
2. Database Design, Management and Administration
3. Software Design, Development and Engineering
4. Information Systems or Technology
5. Linux System Administration
6. MS Server Network Infrastructure
7. CompTIA Security+
8. Cisco Security

Recent full-time or full-time equivalent teaching experience in CSIS or closely related field at a regionally accredited higher education institution.