Adjunct, Exercise Science – Outdoor Recreation

Salt Lake Community College (UT); Murray (UT); On-site; USD 11,000 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College (UT) invites applications for an adjunct faculty member in the Exercise Science Department. The role involves teaching, content design, and student evaluation for the Outdoor Adventure Parks and Recreation Degree (OAPR) under the supervision of the Associate Dean.

The position is pooled and re-opened annually; employment is contract-to-contract with no guaranteed future employment.

Qualifications

• Earned Master’s degree or equivalent in Outdoor Recreation, or a closely related field.
• Education and relevant experience may be substituted when the minimum qualification does not require a specific degree.
• Official transcripts are required if offered employment.

Responsibilities

• Becomes familiar with all college policies and adheres to them.
• Provide timely feedback on assignments and return graded work per department standards.
• Maintain attendance records and grades for financial aid purposes.
• Conduct evaluations of student performance and communicate progress to students.
• Maintain a safe and respectful instructional environment and address student concerns promptly.
• Enforce FERPA guidelines and provide ADA accommodations as requested.
• Maintain professional appearance and conduct professional relations with students and staff.

Skills

Communication

Feedback provision

Professional etiquette

Education

Master’s degree in Outdoor Recreation or related field

Job description

Welcome to the SLCC Community!!

The Exercise Science Department 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 for the Outdoor Adventure Parks and Recreation Degree (OAPR).

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

Pooled positions re-open every year. We encourage all interested to apply to re-posted adjunct positions.

This position is paid at $1,082.40 per instructional unit.

Please attach resume or curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts, or other documents for consideration.

You are employed as an Adjunct Faculty member/ Instructor on a contract-to-contract basis, with no future expectation or obligation for employment.

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.

Faculty Positions are At Will.

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

Responsibilities & Duties:

• 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 enforcesFERPA guidelines
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work effectively and professionally with students, employees, and members of the public from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances, including individuals with disabilities, consistent with the College's obligations under Title VI, Title VII, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

All Faculty will maintain an on-site campus presence to encourage in-person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences.

All SLCC employees 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.

Earned Master’s degree or equivalent, from an accredited college or university, in Outdoor Recreation, or a closely related field

Education and relevant experience may be substituted when the minimum qualification does not require a specific degree, license, certification, accreditation standard, or other requirement for which substitution would be inappropriate. Trade off 1:1 full-time experience/education requirement. Part-time experience can be considered on a prorated basis (Trade off 2:1).

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

• 1. Certification(s) in the specificOAPRdiscipline
• 2. Prior teaching experience