Adjunct Instructor - Child Development

Essential Duties

• Design course activities in alignment with course objectives that allow opportunities for college students to demonstrate stated student learning outcomes.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters intellectual curiosity.
• Encourage problem solving using discipline-specific strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to assess course and program-level student learning outcomes.
• Build capacity for students to achieve their academic and professional goals.
• Foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling responsive reciprocal interactions, and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Maintain and submit student grades and other documentation required by the institution.
• Collaborate with colleagues on discipline-specific pedagogical and assessment practices to support student learning and meet accreditation requirements.
• Hold one hour of student conference time per week for every course section taught.

Qualifications

• A Master's degree or higher in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Teaching, Education, or a degree in a related field, required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with a diverse group of staff and students, required.
• Knowledge of Brightspace Learning Management System or similar Learning Management System, preferred.
• Prior experience with remote teaching via Zoom, preferred.
• Completed online teaching certification, preferred.
• Experience with a diverse, multilingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the community college.