Adjunct – Physical Sciences

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Preparing, instructing and grading all class coursework
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours to meet with students
• Assigning final grades

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skill Requirements

• Required: Masters degree from a regionally accredited institution in the specific teaching discipline, or a Masters degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum of eighteen (18) graduate hours in the specific teaching discipline.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Proven teaching skills with the ability to convey basic concepts and theories in a practical and comprehensible way
• Ability to recognize and to respond to students from culturally diverse backgrounds as well as the willingness to make students active partners in the teaching/learning process
• Computer literacy and experience using computers in classroom with a willingness to apply technology and innovative approaches to the teaching of specific discipline

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Instructing assigned classes
• Grading all quizzes, tests, and written assignments
• Assigning final grades and delivering grades and grade justification sheets
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours to meet with students
• Maintaining a safe and effective classroom environment
• Participating in department, division, and general adjunct faculty meetings
• Completing other duties and responsibilities as assigned