Part-Time Faculty - Respiratory Care

Tennessee Board of Regents; New York (NY); On-site; USD 656,000 - 887,000; Part time

Job summary

Columbia State Community College is seeking a Part-Time Faculty member in Respiratory Care. Courses are taught on an as-needed, semester-to-semester basis across five campuses and several off-campus sites. Faculty teach up to nine credit hours per semester and may receive a travel stipend for extensive travel.

The role requires an Associate’s degree or higher and a TN license as Respiratory Care Therapist, or at least one year of field experience. Salary is $560 per credit hour.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or higher required.
• TN state license as Respiratory Care Therapist or minimum of one year experience in field.
• Preferred qualifications include teaching experience and higher education experience.

Responsibilities

• Preparing for courses as assigned and adhering to departmental course syllabi and course minimum student learning outcomes.
• Beginning and ending all classes as schedules.
• Organizing, assigning, and supervising learning activities of students in class.
• Maintaining academic standards and classroom behavior to ensure a learning environment; evaluate students and inform scores promptly.
• Maintaining attendance/participation records and grades.
• Reading Columbia State email and responding to student questions in a timely manner.
• Meeting deadlines for administrative requests such as personnel paperwork and student enrollment.

Education

Associate’s degree or higher

TN state license as Respiratory Care Therapist

One year experience in field

Job description

Title: Part-Time Faculty – Respiratory Care

Employee Classification: Part-Time Faculty

Institution: Columbia State Community College

Campus Location: Columbia State Community College

Job Summary

Part time faculty are hired as needed on a semester-to-semester basis and typically teach up to nine credit hours during the semester. Columbia State offers classes at five campuses: Columbia Campus, Williamson Campus, Lawrenceburg Campus, Lewisburg Campus, and Clifton Campus. Columbia State also offers classes at several off-campus locations and clinical sites.

Minimum Qualifications

Associate’s degree or higher and TN state license as Respiratory Care Therapist or a minimum of one year experience in field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching Experience
• Higher Education Experience

Part-Time Faculty Duties and Responsibilities

The part-time faculty member reports directly to the dean for assignments/duties and is responsible for:

• Preparing for courses as assigned and adhering to departmental course syllabi and course minimum student learning outcomes.
• Beginning and ending all classes as schedules.
• Organizing, assigning, and supervising learning activities of students in his/her classes.
• Maintaining academic standards and classroom behavior to ensure an environment conducive to learning. Evaluating students using a variety of methods and for informing each student of scores received on each assessment in a timely manner.
• Maintaining accurate records of student attendance/participating and grades.
• Reading Columbia State email and responding to student questions via email in a timely manner.
• Meeting deadlines for all administrative requests such as submitting personnel paperwork, student enrollment

Salary is $560 per credit hour. Workload adjustments will be made for faculty teaching classes where the number of contact hours exceeds the number of credit hours. Additionally, a travel stipend may be negotiated at time of hire for faculty traveling more than 80 miles each week to teach their classes. For part-time faculty who continue to work at Columbia State, salary is based on collegiate level teaching experience documented during the first semester of teaching.

Advertised: 23 Dec 2025 Central Standard Time