Adjunct Faculty, Personal Trainer CTE-CE

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

It is the responsibility of the teaching faculty to provide the learning activities and support that will lead to the achievement of the course objectives and contribute to the educational environment of the college and the community.

Qualities of Excellence

Lone Star College faculty are dedicated to four qualities of excellence: Student Invested, Content Expert, Pedagogically Excellent, and Institutionally Dedicated.

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-CyFair offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education. LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College. Located in suburban northwest Houston in the heart of the CyFair Community, the college provides a full range of offerings including unique programs in fire science technology, logistics management and sonography. Since opening our award winning campus in 2003, the college has experienced record growth and supports an exciting learning environment that brings together state-of-the-art technology and active, collaborative learning.

Essential Job Functions

• Teaches courses in the Certified Personal Trainer Program under Continuing Education
• Aids in the development and maintenance of the curriculum and program growth
• Complies with ACE (American Council on Exercise) requirements for the program and assists in providing exam support to candidates
• Teaches courses at a variety of times and locations
• SUBMIT TIMELY REQUIRED COLLEGE REPORTS AND FORMS
• Develops and utilizes a course syllabus for each course, following established institutional guidelines
• Advise students in academic matters
• Provides timely, quality access to students through posted office hours, electronic communication and other appropriate methods
• Evaluates students by a variety of means to measure their progress in achieving course objectives and informs them in a timely manner of their progress
• Maintains professional relationships with students, colleagues and the community
• Responsible for other reasonable, related duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Mastery of course content
• Demonstrated leadership skills; style that emphasizes collaboration, teamwork, and facilitation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Ability to appreciate alternative viewpoints; ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people
• Demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary teaching, service learning, learning technologies, course development, and adult learning methodologies including collaborative learning, learning communities and distance learning
• Commitment to academic excellence, exceptional service and providing a dynamic climate for life-long learning
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement instructional approaches such as service learning/civic engagement, learning communities, and the effective use of technology
• Ability to use effective strategies to engage students in their learning

Physical Abilities

• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand
• 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
• Receiving detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading

Work Schedule And Conditions

• Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other general office equipment
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed to carry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimal exposure to safety hazards
• HOURS WILL VARY DEPENDING ON CLASS TIME; INSTRUCTORS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET WITH CLASSES AT ALL SCHEDULED TIMES AND BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF CLASS INSTRUCTION

Required Qualifications

• PFit, ACE or NASM Certified Personal Trainer
• At least 3 years of related work experience in the field

Salary

$55.44 per contact hour.

Benefits

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a part of an organization that offers a supportive, collegial work environment, excellent work/life balance, tuition waiver, participation in a tax deferred retirement plan, professional development opportunities and more.

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