Adjunct Instructor-Intro to Computer Applications

pec; United States; Remote; USD 456,000 - 831,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay per credit hour

Job summary

Colorado Technical University (CTU) seeks focused instructors to develop engaging instructional materials and deliver courses aligned with CTU curricula. You will maintain student accessibility, hold weekly office hours, and assess performance to support growth.

Applicants should have a Master’s in Business Administration, 3+ years of experience with Excel and PowerPoint, and current certification and license. CTU emphasizes professional learning and ongoing faculty development.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration and 3+ years of professional experience with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Must have certification and license.
• Experience teaching adult learners in higher education is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare relevant, insightful, and engaging instructional materials and utilize existing course materials that support CTU’s student population.
• Provide instruction in assigned courses that aligns with CTU’s curricula and outcomes, instructional modalities, course technologies, and faculty expectations.
• Engage and communicate with students to encourage course participation and learning while maintaining mutual respect and professionalism.
• Relate professional/industry experience to CTU’s Professional Learning Model by continuing professional/technical skills development and introducing industry perspectives.
• Maintain accessibility and provide timely responsiveness to students, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff by multiple channels.
• Establish and maintain weekly office hours for student questions and support.
• Assess student performance on course assignments and provide feedback.
• Document student course activities appropriately.
• Collaborate with CTU teams to identify and support students who may be exceptional or challenged.
• Refer students to co-curricular resources (advising, tutoring, library, learning centers, career services).
• Participate in CTU’s academic governance and assessment processes.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork and collaboration

Office and mobile apps proficiency

Education

Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Certification and license

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

• Prepare relevant, insightful, and engaging instructional materials and utilize existing course materials that support learning by CTU's student population.
• Provide instruction in assigned courses (including applicable laboratory or work that is integral to the courses) that aligns with CTU's curricula and outcomes, instructional modalities, course technologies, and faculty expectations.
• Engage and communicate with students to encourage their course participation and learning while maintaining mutual respect and professionalism.
• Relate professional/industry experience to CTU's Professional Learning Model by the continuation of professional/technical skills development, introduction of professional/industry perspectives into courses, and active awareness of professional/industry trends and opportunities.
• Maintain accessibility for and provide timely responsiveness to students, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff by telephone, CTU e-mail, and other appropriate means of communication.
• Establish and maintain weekly office hours for student questions/support.
• Assess student performance on course assignments and provide assignment feedback to support continued student growth and development.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of student course activities.
• Work with appropriate CTU teams (e.g., advising, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff) and leverage appropriate information to identify and support students who may be exceptional or challenged in their coursework and/or educational endeavors.
• Refer students to appropriate co-curricular and extra-curricular resources (e.g., advising, tutoring, library, learning centers, and career services).
• Participate in and contribute to CTU's academic governance through attendance at appropriate University/college/program meetings and participation in the academic assessment and institutional effectiveness process (including completion of appropriate surveys and participation in continuous improvement initiatives).
• Successfully complete required new faculty certification training, course-specific technology/pedagogical training, annual ethics and information technology policy training, and annual faculty development requirements.
• Provide periodic required documentation of ongoing and updated licensures, certifications, immunizations (as appropriate to the specific college/program), scholarship, and academic/professional experience (e.g., CVs/resumes).
• Work closely with Program Chair and/or Lead Faculty (as appropriate).
• Perform other responsibilities and abide by the appropriate policies and procedures contained in CTU's Faculty Handbook.

Required Skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with proficiency in meeting deadlines and urgency in responding to questions/requests.
• Strong interpersonal and oral presentation/written communication skills.
• Proficiency in working effectively, cooperatively, and flexibly in a team environment.
• Proficiency with standard office and mobile applications (i.e., word processing, presentations, e-mail, calendaring, teleconferencing, text messaging, personal computers, and smart phones/tablets).

Required Experience

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration and 3+ years documented professional experience working with Excel and PowerPoint.

• Must have certification and license

Preferred Experience:

• Doctorate Degree in business and 3+ years documented professional experience working with

  or other experience: spreadsheet applications including significant experience working with Microsoft Excel, manage, analyze, and present data

• 3+years documented experience teaching adult, non-traditional, and Active-Duty Military/Veteran student learners in a higher education setting.
• Must have certification and license

What we offer*

• Pay: $331.50 - $603.64 per credit hour

About Colorado Technical University (CTU)

For 55 years, Colorado Technical University has helped students fit a real-world education into their busy daily lives. With nearly 80 degree programs and concentrations in which students can pursue a variety of degrees at the Associate, Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral level. CTU providesflexible online classes, accessible through the Virtual Campus and the innovative, award winning CTU Mobile app. CTU has two brick and mortar campus locations in Colorado Springs and Denver South, Colorado. With the help of faculty and industry professionals, CTU has awarded over 109,000 degrees to traditional campus and online students since 1965. For more information about CTU, visit www.coloradotech.edu.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colorado Technical University is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and considers all persons without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.