Adjunct, Political Science

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

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College is seeking an Adjunct Faculty member/instructor to teach in-person Political Science courses across the SLCC campus network.

The position is pooled: applications reviewed as positions become available; compensation is $1,082.40 per instructional unit and adjuncts are hired semester-by-semester with no guaranteed continued employment. Must maintain legal residence in Utah and be able to teach at SLCC locations.

Qualifications

• Effectively prepares and teaches Political Science classes to facilitate student learning as stipulated in the curriculum course outline
• 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
• 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 enforces FERPA guidelines
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested
• Applicant must maintain legal residence in the state of Utah
• 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 with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Effectively prepares and teaches Political Science classes to facilitate student learning as stipulated in the curriculum course outline
• 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
• 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 enforces FERPA guidelines
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested
• Applicant must maintain legal residence in the state of Utah

Skills

Teaching experience

Communication with diverse groups

Interpersonal skills

Adaptability

Education

Master’s in Political Science

JD + BS in Political Science with graduate coursework

PhD in Political Science

Tools

Canvas

Job description

Under general supervision, the instructor willteach variousin-personPolitical Science classes within the Political Science program. Faculty member may be assigned to any SLCC location.

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

This position is paid at $1,082.40 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 in 30 days of hire.

1. Effectively prepares and teaches Political Science classes to facilitate student learning as stipulated in the curriculum course outline
2. 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
3. Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators
4. Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments
5. Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards
6. Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades
7. Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance
8. Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines
9. Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment
10. 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
11. Maintains professional and collegial behavior
12. Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints, and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1-2 days)
13. Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and/or College procedure
14. Completes all required employee trainings
15. Knows and enforces FERPA guidelines
16. Provides ADA accommodations as requested
17. Applicant must maintain legal residence in the state of Utah.
18. 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
19. Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.
20. Other job related duties as required

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.

Master’s in Political Science.

In the absence of a MS in the discipline, a JD degree accompanied by a BS in Political Science and graduate coursework in Political Science may be considered.

PhD in Political Science

2 years teaching experience at the community college level

Experience working with Canvas