Adjunct – Business Instructor

Adjunct instructor position in the School of Business & Advanced Technology.

About the role

Provides instruction for freshman and sophomore level business-related courses in one or more of the following areas: Small Business Management, Principles of Management, Business Communications, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Advertising, and/or Professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses consisting of three to four hours of lecture per week.
• Work comfortably with a diverse student population, including dual-enrolled high school students, traditional college students, and nontraditional college students.
• Utilize a variety of student engagement strategies in the classroom to ensure active student participation.
• Be accessible to students and provide timely feedback to student questions and concerns.
• Grade assignments and respond to student inquiries in a timely manner.
• Use computer technology including presentation software and the course management platform (Moodle).
• Work cooperatively with course-lead and other faculty.
• Become familiar with rules, regulations, administrative practices, guidelines, and policies of the College.
• Carry out duties in a professional and courteous manner to bring credit and goodwill to the institution.
• Promote active and collaborative learning through a variety of teaching methods.

Requirements

• 18 graduate credit hours in the subject area (business administration, management, human resource management, marketing, etc.).
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Demonstrated use of instructional technology.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in a business-related field (MBA, management, finance, human resource management, marketing, etc.) preferred.
• Teaching experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to complete the following with or without a reasonable accommodation:
  • Crouching: bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
  • Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
  • Standing: particularly for sustained periods of time.
  • Walking: moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
  • Fingering: picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers.
  • Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
  • Hearing: perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication.
• Sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body; involves sitting most of the time.
• Close visual acuity required to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading.
• Not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.