Temp Faculty: Emergency Medical Services Instructor (Spring 2027)

Metropolitan-Community-College; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City seeks Temporary Faculty to deliver high-quality instruction across assigned courses, handling preparation, meetings with students, and grade entry. They must maintain credentials per accrediting agencies and follow MCCKC guidelines for temporary employment.

Minimum qualifications include an associate degree or 60 credit hours, Missouri licensure (paramedic) or RN/physician licensure, plus relevant clinical experience.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or 60 credit hours required.
• Current Missouri licensure, National Registry, or other state paramedic licensure.
• At least two years of clinical EMT-P/EMT-B experience.
• RN or physician licensure with clinical experience as described.

Responsibilities

• Select and develop instructional materials; plan and organize instruction.
• Engage students using diverse methods to achieve learning outcomes.
• Provide constructive feedback and evaluate student progress.
• Maintain accurate records and timely final grades.
• Prepare and distribute syllabi and adhere to exam schedules.
• Ensure confidentiality of student records and comply with policies.

Skills

Diversity communication

Teamwork

Oral and written communication

Education

Associates degree or 60 credit hours

MO licensure / paramedic certification

RN or physician licensure

Job description

POOL POSITION

Temporary faculty serve the college and students by providing high quality instruction and engaging in instruction related activities. Temporary faculty are expected to perform all duties associated with teaching an assigned course to include all course preparation, meeting with students, entering grades, and other duties related to course delivery. Upon employment temporary faculty must maintain updated credentials as required by the college’s accrediting agencies.

Employees assigned responsibilities as instructors, counselors, librarians, or related are compensated based on assigned work units or clock-hours, in accordance with MCCKC guidelines for temporary employment.

• Selecting and developing instructional materials; planning and organizing instruction to enhance student learning; creating appropriate assignments to encourage student learning and foster higher order thinking
• Using a variety of proven methods of engagement and assessment to facilitate student mastery oflearning outcomes
• Providing students constructive, encouraging, and corrective feedback
• Evaluating student learning and modifying instructional methods and strategies as appropriate to meet diverse student needs
• Meeting classes as scheduled; notifying the appropriate division chair with as much advanced notice aspossible if they are to be absent
• Monitoring email and other electronic communication, and responding to students in a timely manner
• Preparing and distributing syllabi in accordance with established procedures and guidelines
• Following the published final exam schedule
• Maintaining accurate records of students’ academic standing; promptly providing final grades, attendance, and other information as required by administration
• Maintaining the confidentiality of student records as required by law and college policy
• Fulfilling all requirements as stated in college policies and procedures including mandatory training
• Exercising stewardship in the use of college facilities and materials
• Implementing course student learning outcome and institutional learning outcome assessment activities as required by the discipline/program, and reporting assessment data in a timely manner
• Perform other duties as assigned

Employment Restrictions

• An annuitant of the Missouri Retirement System must adhere to the applicable regulations.
• Employees, who possess a valid Missouri Teaching Certificate, may be required to participate in the Public School Retirement System of Missouri (PSRS).
• Temporary faculty may be assigned up to ten (10) work units per semester for fall and spring. An additional two (2) work units per term may be assigned with approval from the dean and notification to human resources but no more than twenty-four (24) work units in an academic year. For summer, work units may not exceed 3.5 work units in June, and 3.5 work units in July.
• Noncredit courses taught during the normal academic year are included in these limitations.
• Combination Load Maximum: If a temporary faculty member’s load includes work unit and clock hour assignments, the combined weekly clock hour total will be monitored to adhere to temporary faculty assignment limitations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associates degree or a minimum of 60 credit hours;
• Current Missouri licensure, National Registry, or other state license or certification as a paramedic
• At least two (2) years of clinical experience as an EMT-P, EMT-B,

OR

• Licensure as a registered nurse or physician
• At least two (2) years of clinical experience;

AND

• Other experience and training as required by the State of Missouri, 19 CSR 30-40.331 (Missouri Secretary of State: Code of State Regulations)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching in a community college setting
• Experience developing related curriculum
• Advanced degrees and/or certifications in the relevant teaching discipline

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with all constituencies of a diverse community
• Ability to work well with others
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically requires feeling, grasping, hearing, keyboarding, reaching, repetitive motion, standing, talking, visual acuity, and walking. The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly.