Adjunct, Economics

About the role

Teach Economics courses for the SLCC Economics department. Courses may include Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Introduction to Economics, Labor Economics, and/or Economic History of the United States. Classes are offered in daytime and evening hours at any SLCC campus. Possible delivery modalities may include on site, online, and livestream.

Responsibilities

• Teaches courses at times and dates as assigned.
• Is present, reliable, and prompt.
• Is responsive, respectful, and available to students inside and outside the classroom.
• Follows guidelines set forth by full time faculty.
• Gives students prompt, courteous, respectful, and helpful feedback on their work.
• Provides students with clear and fair expectations and grades accordingly.
• Uses department-approved materials and syllabi for the courses taught.
• Makes clear to students how assessments map to the course student learning outcomes.
• Fulfills the Higher Education Mission.
• 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.
• Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
• Aids in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in economics or Master's Degree with 18 graduate credit hours in economics.
• 2 years teaching experience at the community college level.
• Experience working with Canvas.

Skills & Abilities

• 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.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$1,056 per instructional unit.

Schedule

Not specified.