Adjunct, Fashion

About the role

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Teaches one or more fashion classes
• Utilizes e-portfolio for projects
• Mets College and department deadlines and evaluates student work in a timely manner including submitting final grades on time
• 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
• Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards
• Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades
• 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
• Counsels students regarding academic and personal issues
• Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints, and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1-2 business days)
• Maintains professional and collegial behavior
• 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

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Communicates effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities
• Maintains good working relationships across the College
• Works with all groups in a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background of community college students, faculty and staff, including those with disabilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Fashion related industry experience
• Some post-secondary (college) education acquired

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in fashion related discipline
• Minimum of five years experience in the fashion industry
• Teaching experience preferred

SLCC Information

• Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college in the state.
• We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah’s fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates.
• Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students’ lives to strengthen its surrounding communities.
• SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.
• SLCC is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination.
• The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
• SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.