Adjunct – Machine Shop Instructor

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College; Evendale (OH); On-site; USD 55,104 - 68,880; Part time

Job summary

A community college in Ohio is seeking a part-time Adjunct - Machine Shop Instructor to teach courses at the Evendale Campus. The role requires teaching students to operate various machine tools and provide hands-on training. Candidates should have an associate degree in mechanical engineering or manufacturing and demonstrate effective teaching strategies while managing diverse student groups. Compensation ranges from $40 to $50 per hour based on experience.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on work experience in teaching in a vocational/technical capacity.
• Experience in teaching or working with diverse student populations.
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity toward students from various backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Manage and teach college-level courses in the Machine Operator Program.
• Instruct students on operating manual machining tools.
• Utilize diverse instructional strategies to enhance learning.

Skills

Instructional strategies

Ability to manage diverse student groups

Excellent interpersonal skills

Education

Associate degree in mechanical engineering or manufacturing

Tools

Manual lathes

Milling machines

Surface grinders

Job description

Overview

Adjunct - Machine Shop Instructor

This posting is part of an ongoing recruitment effort. Applications are accepted year-round, and qualified candidates will be contacted as positions become available.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Workforce Development Center, invites applications for a part-time non-tenure-track Adjunct Instructor to begin at our Evendale Campus location beginning in late February 2022. Qualified candidates will need to teach college-level courses to our technical, transfer degree and non-degree seeking students in our Workforce Development Center. Responsibilities will include instructing students and providing relevant class/lab experiences needed to assist them in learning how to operate manual lathes, milling machines and surface grinders, as well as, and the successful completion of projects in the machine shop.

Essential Duties

• Manage, organize, and teach courses in specific areas
• Responsible for utilizing diverse instructional strategies in response to student learning styles
• Responsible for increasing student retention, success and completion
• Provides instruction for the Machine Operator Program
• Assist student(s) with online training
• Focus on the safe and proper operation of machine tools
• Instruct student(s) in the proper procedures to layout parts and the correct use of hand tools.
• Instruct student(s) in the proper procedures to set up and operate a manual lathe, including tools, tool holding devices and work holding.
• Instruct student(s) in the proper procedures to set up and operate a manual milling machine, including tools, tool holding and work holding.
• Instruct student(s) in the proper procedures to set up and operate a surface grinder.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate degree from an accredited college or university in mechanical engineering or manufacturing or at least 2 years of "hands on" work experience teaching in a vocational/technical capacity.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 2 years teaching experience at a community college or a university branch campus or 5 years of experience teaching in a vocational/technical capacity.
• Online distance education instruction experience a plus

Desired Competencies

• Ability to organize and manage student instruction.
• Experience teaching or working closely and effectively with a diverse student population.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to students with diverse academic, socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and students with disabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including written and oral with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse professional, community, and student population.
• Ability and willingness to successfully interact with academic, business and regulatory personnel.
• Team player that is self-motivated with strong organizational and planning skills.
• Knowledge and skill in the use of various computers and software

Details

• Reports To: Assistant, Business Manager, WDC
• Position Level: Adjunct
• Compensation: $40 - $50 per hour based upon experience
• Job Category: Non-Bargaining
• Contractual Affiliation: N/A
• Exempt Classification: Non-Exempt
• Status: Part-time, day shift

Cincinnati State is an E-Verify employer:

• If you're hired, you must complete a Form I-9, which verifies your identity and your legal right to work in the U.S.
• You\'ll need to provide original, acceptable documents—no photocopies—to complete the I-9 process.
• A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: USCIS I-9 website

Statement of Commitment

• The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
• The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
• The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
• The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
• The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals\' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.