Adjunct Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technology

About the Role

Adjunct Faculty are professional educators who work on a limited basis and have the primary responsibility of fulfilling Texas Southmost College’s (TSC) mission, vision, values and goals of providing a quality education for all students enrolled at the College. The relationship of the adjunct faculty member to the student is one of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. Adjunct Faculty members are responsible to the College President through a chain of command and are accountable to the College’s policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Strive for continual improvement of student success by planning an optimal learning environment; providing high‑quality instruction and advising; participating in the development of learning outcomes and in the assessment of students as well as of self and applied teaching techniques in order to increase effectiveness; and engaging in ongoing professional development.
• Manage learning environments by ensuring that accurate syllabi are developed that incorporate departmental, college and instructor requirements; maintaining attendance records, submitting grades, and providing constructive feedback as well as other relevant information to students throughout the semester; and conducting classes punctually and in accordance with the prescribed meeting schedule.
• Deliver effective instruction by assuming primary responsibility for curriculum development in conjunction with the College’s policies and procedures, ensuring both rigor and quality of instruction; considering individual differences of students to design and support a range of appropriate learning activities; using the College’s digital learning solution to meet course objectives; and communicating clearly to students the expectations concerning the use of the digital learning solution and other available technologies.
• Enhance the student’s learning experience by integrating concrete, real‑life situations to encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills and teamwork; employing methods that develop student understanding of discipline‑specific thinking, practices and procedures, as well as interdisciplinary applications, to create academic literacy; and working with students and employers in occupational settings as required or appropriate to the academic discipline.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the College in constructing and continuously improving measurable learning outcomes, including Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) core curriculum objectives and additional Texas Southmost College objectives.
• Assess student learning by designing assessments that measure or demonstrate student growth; sequencing learning opportunities throughout advising, courses and programs to build student understanding and knowledge; and aligning assessment with learning opportunities.
• Promote continual improvement as part of the teaching‑learning cycle by developing and revising curriculum as needed and using defined student learning outcomes to plan, develop, document and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching activities.
• Support TSC’s institutional effectiveness program by understanding the preparation and evaluation of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs); completing all mandatory performance‑evaluation measures within specified time limits; sharing best practices with colleagues in formal and informal settings; and striving toward improved educational effectiveness.
• Support learning through student engagement by creating a positive classroom atmosphere that encourages active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge, student‑faculty interaction, and support for learners.
• Maintain a learning‑centered environment by being available to students during the designated work period.
• Support student learning by making students aware of and referring them to appropriate student and academic support services available at the College.
• Pursue professional development by taking graduate courses or internal classes offered by the College or professional‑development organizations, as appropriate, and by maintaining required professional credentials, licensing, and continuing‑education hours as disciplinary standards dictate.
• Participate collegially in discipline‑specific activities developed for adjunct faculty, as appropriate.
• Handle sensitive and extensive confidential information.
• Attend the workplace regularly, report to work punctually and follow a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite.
• Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies and guidelines.
• Promote positive morale and teamwork within the functional unit and provide exceptional customer service to students, faculty and the community.
• Use interpersonal skills and make sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed among coworkers, the supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
• Complete all required training and professional‑development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).
• Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan.
• Assist with the systematic review and evaluation of the planning unit per the model adopted by the College, including development and monitoring of outcomes and action plans for improvement based on assessment of those outcomes.
• Working hours may include evenings, holidays or weekends depending on deadline requirements and special events.
• Perform duties and responsibilities within a high‑tech all‑digital environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to stand.
• Occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.