Adjunct Communications / Speech Faculty

About the role

Adjunct Communications / Speech Faculty position providing quality instruction for public speaking courses.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality instruction for public speaking courses.
• Deliver 2.5 lecture hours plus 30 minutes of asynchronous online work each week.
• Teach in‑person at Dowagiac High School on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:25 a.m. to 9:18 a.m.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, English, or education with graduate credit hours toward a Master’s degree in communications, speech, or a similar field.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Demonstrated use of instructional technology.
• Ability to promote active and collaborative learning through a variety of teaching methods and relate to students.

Qualifications

• Teaching experience at the high school or college level (preferred).
• Online teaching certification (preferred).
• Master’s degree in Communications/Speech or similar field (preferred).

Skills

• Organization and communication.
• Instructional technology proficiency.
• Ability to foster active, collaborative learning.

Schedule

• In‑person classes: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8:25 a.m.–9:18 a.m.
• Additional 30 minutes of asynchronous online work each week.

Physical Requirements

• Reaching: extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Fingering: picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers.
• Grasping: applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm.
• Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken word.
• Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds at normal speaking levels; ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make sound discriminations.
• Sedentary work: exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally; negligible force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or move objects.
• Visual acuity: close vision needed for preparing/analyzing data, transcribing, viewing computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Environmental conditions: not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.