Adjunct Faculty, Personal Trainer CTE-CE

Lone Star College; College Park (TX); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Tax-deferred retirement plan

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Lone Star College is seeking a part-time Adjunct instructor for the Certified Personal Trainer program in Continuing Education. Courses are offered at various times and locations, including evenings and weekends, with up to five classes per academic year per instructor.

Qualified candidates hold a CPT certification (ACE/NASM/Pfit) and have at least 3 years of related experience. The role involves curriculum development, exam support, student advising, and semester-by-semester teaching

Qualifications

• PFit/ACE/NASM CPT certification required
• Minimum 3 years of related work experience
• Adjunct (part-time) faculty hire based on student demand

Responsibilities

• Teaches CPT courses in Continuing Education
• Develop and maintain curriculum and program growth
• Ensure ACE requirements and provide exam support
• Teach at various times and locations
• Submit required college reports and forms
• Create a syllabus for each course
• Advise students on academics
• Provide access to students via office hours and communications
• Evaluate student progress and inform them timely
• Maintain professional relationships with students and community
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Skills

Course mastery

Leadership

Communication

Interdisciplinary teaching

Service learning

Adult learning

Learning technology

Student engagement

Education

ACE Certified Personal Trainer

NASM Certified Personal Trainer

Pfit Certification

Job description

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission ofLone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position.A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professionalcommunication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect andaccountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

Cultural Beliefs

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For" isdesigned to recognize colleges that have been successful increating great workplaces and to further research and understandingof the factors, dynamics and influences that have the most impacton organizational culture at higher education institutions.

Lone Star College has been recognized in multiplecategories.

Qualities of Excellence

As faculty members of Lone Star College, we strive to create anation of world citizenry in our students. In that pursuit, wemodel ways of thinking and being that incorporate diversity,equality, and equity. Our culture, then, requires the possession oftranscendent qualities that, while immeasurable, are evident inglobal citizens. We are compassionate with our students,colleagues, and ourselves. We are innovative in the pursuit oflearning. Ultimately, we create a culture where learning thrives,people are safe, and we mirror the qualities of worldcitizenry.

• Student Invested
• Content Expert
• Pedagogically Excellent
• Institutionally Dedicated

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-Montgomery

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transferand career training education to 80,000+ students each semester.LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For institution bythe Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight WorkforceCenters of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

Lone Star College-Montgomery, the premiere student-centerededucational institution in Montgomery County, serves The Woodlandsand Conroe communities. LSC-Montgomery provides a relaxing andconducive learning atmosphere while offering leisure learningopportunities, individual classes, and unique programs such asradiologic technology, physical therapy, and biotechnology.

Location address is 3200 College Park Drive, Conroe, TX77384.

Job Description

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

It is the responsibility of the teaching faculty to provide thelearning activities and support that will lead to the achievementof the course objectives and contribute to the educationalenvironment of the college and the community. Primaryresponsibilities are to plan, develop and teach courses within thecurriculum in a manner that facilitates student learning.

CE Adjunct faculty are hired in a part-time capacity on asemester-by-semester basis, contingent upon the needs of theSystem. Lone Star College accepts application material year-roundfrom qualified applicants willing to teach on a part-time basis.Adjunct (part-time) faculty hiring is based on student demand. Weoffer day, evening, and weekend classes. Classes are offered atvarious times and locations during the academic year. As a rule,adjunct faculty may teach a maximum of five classes per academicyear.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Teaches courses in the Certified Personal Trainer Program underContinuing Education
2. Assists in the development and the maintenance of thecurriculum and program growth
3. Complies with ACE (American Council on Exercise) requirementsfor the program and assist in providing exam support tocandidates
4. Teaches courses at a variety of times and locations
5. Submits timely required college reports and forms
6. Develop and utilize a course syllabus for each course,following established institutional guidelines
7. Advises students in academic matters
8. Provides timely, quality access to students through postedoffice hours, electronic communication and other appropriatemethods
9. Evaluates students by a variety of means to measure theirprogress in achieving course objectives and informs them in atimely manner of their progress
10. Maintains professional relationships with students, colleaguesand the community.
11. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties asassigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Mastery of course content
• Demonstrated leadership skills; style that emphasizescollaboration, teamwork, and facilitation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills andinterpersonal skills
• Ability to appreciate alternative viewpoints; ability to workeffectively with a wide variety of people
• Demonstrates interest in interdisciplinary teaching, servicelearning, learning technologies, course development, and adultlearning methodologies including collaborative learning, learningcommunities and distance learning
• Commitment to academic excellence, exceptional service andproviding a dynamic climate for life-long learning
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement instructionalapproaches such as service learning/civic engagement, learningcommunities, and the effective use of technology
• Ability to use effective strategies to engage students in theirlearning

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily withfingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with thewhole hand
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/ornegligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry,push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Ability to receive detailed information through oralcommunication, and to make the discrimination in sound
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions toother workers accurately and concisely
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken wordincluding those activities in which they must convey detailed orimportant spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly,or quickly
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparingand analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computerterminal; and/or extensive reading

WORK SCHEDULE AND CONDITIONS:

• Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in aMicrosoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other generaloffice equipment
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed tocarry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimalexposure to safety hazards
• Hours will vary depending on class time; instructors arerequired to meet with classes at all scheduled times and beavailable to students outside of class instruction

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PFit, ACE or NASM Certified Personal Trainer
• At least 3 years of related work experience in the field

Salary

$55.44 per contact hour.

Benefits Marketing Statement

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a partof an organization that offers a supportive, collegial workenvironment, excellent work/life balance, tuition waiver,participation in a tax deferred retirement plan, professionaldevelopment opportunities and more.

Lone Star College participates in the E-Verify program, under whichLone Star College provides the federal government with informationfrom each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm that the employee is authorized to work in the United States.

More information on the E-Verify program is available atwww.dhs.gov/E-Verify .

Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions aresubject to a criminal background check.