Adjunct Faculty - Communications

About the role

Adjunct Faculty are hired each semester on an as-needed basis. They are responsible for creating a learning environment that assists students in reaching their goals; providing effective instruction and assessment within the framework of common syllabi provided; maintaining accurate student records, grades, and other requirements; engaging with students proactively and regularly in meaningful and productive ways that impact student learning and lead to a positive experience with Ivy Tech Community College; demonstrating evidence of developing and implementing teaching strategies focused on engaging students with their learning; interacting with students and co-workers in a professional and cooperative manner, complying with College policies, guidelines and expectations; and maintaining a safe, quality educational environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate student learning by delivering assigned classes in accordance with College policy and course objectives.
• Make optimal use of available technology to enhance instructional methods.
• Supplement and alter, where appropriate, lesson plans, assignments, tests, and materials.
• Maintain accurate student records, grades, and other requirements.
• Engage with students proactively and regularly in meaningful and productive ways that impact student learning and lead to a positive experience with Ivy Tech Community College.
• Demonstrate evidence of developing and implementing teaching strategies focused on engaging students with their learning.
• Interact with students and co-workers in a professional and cooperative manner, complying with College policies, guidelines and expectations.
• Maintain a safe, quality educational environment.

Requirements

• A qualified faculty member must meet the discipline standard through one of two routes:
  • Possesses an earned master's or higher degree in speech or communication, from a regionally accredited institution;
  • Possesses an earned master's or higher degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in speech or communication, from a regionally accredited institution.
• A qualified faculty member in public speaking must meet the course standard through one of the following three routes:
  • Mets Communication discipline standard, or
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., rhetoric, linguistics, homiletics, law, theatre, public relations).
• A qualified faculty member in interpersonal communication must meet the course standard through one of the following three routes:
  • Mets the Communication discipline standard, or
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., social work, counseling, sociology, psychology).
• A qualified faculty member in COMM 201 must meet the course standard through one of two routes:
  • Mets the Communication discipline standard;
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., public relations, journalism, marketing, advertising, telecommunications).
• A qualified faculty member in COMM 202 must meet the course standard through one of two routes:
  • Mets the Communication discipline standard;
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., counseling, organizational psychology).
• A qualified faculty member in COMM 203 must meet the course standard through one of two routes:
  • Mets the Communication discipline standard;
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., theatre, performance studies).
• A qualified faculty member in COMM 204 must meet the course standard through one of two routes:
  • Mets the Communication discipline standard, or
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., speech pathology, theatre, performance studies).
• A qualified faculty member in COMM 211 must meet the course standard through one of two routes:
  • Mets the Communication discipline standard, or
  • Possesses an earned master's degree with 18 graduate semester credit hours in a discipline related to the course (e.g., marketing, public relations, public affairs).

Qualifications

Must demonstrate ability to promote an environment that reflects the broad backgrounds represented by our students and employees and which every individual feels respected and valued.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Ivy Tech Community College offers:

• Health & Wellness
• Access to a comprehensive vision care plan with low-cost exams and allowances for glasses or contact lenses
• Employee Assistance Program offering no cost confidential counseling sessions, legal consultations, financial planning consultations, and other resources
• Financial & Retirement Benefits
• All employees can contribute pre-tax or post-tax dollars through payroll deduction to build retirement savings
• Fee remission for employees, spouses, and legal dependents.

Pay

Salary Range: $48.67 Per Contact Hour

Schedule

Part-time Classification: Adjunct faculty