Adjunct Pool Respiratory Therapy Instructor

Muskegon Community College, an associate degree-granting institution of higher education, is a center for lifelong learning which provides the opportunity to attain educational goals by offering programs that respond to individual, community, and global needs.

About the Role

We are seeking qualified candidates for Adjunct Instructors. The Adjunct Instructor Pools are for applicants interested in teaching in the future as a part-time adjunct instructor. The pools are always open for applications, but this does not guarantee an immediate opening. Department chairs review applicant materials in advance to determine eligibility for their pool of approved candidates. If a part-time instructional need arises, the department chair will first consider approved applicants.

Responsibilities

• Teach assigned courses, which may include day, night, and online courses, as well as at the main campus and extension centers. Classes must meet on time for the full allotted time.
• Establish and promote an effective learning environment that maximizes documented student learning.
• Prepare, submit, and maintain reports related to student learning.
• Grade assignments in a meaningful way to promote continued student growth, return graded assignments to students in a timely manner, and assign final grades, meeting or beating all institutional deadlines.
• Provide educational assistance to students during regularly scheduled and posted office hours or by appointment.
• Encourage student opinion survey completion for each class and review feedback to assist with increasing student success.
• Maintain professional knowledge and expertise, including compliance training or hours.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate Degree (Bachelor’s Degree preferred).
• Registered Respiratory Therapist License with three years of clinical experience in critical care.
• Teaching experience at the college level.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations representing a wide range of abilities, ages, nationalities, and cultures.
• Experience with instructional technology.
• Commitment to student recruitment, retention, and success.
• Ability to develop curriculum and use instructional delivery modes utilizing both traditional and non-traditional methodology.

Mental and Physical Demands

• Detailed work, student contact, deadline orientation, handling problem situations, managing multiple priorities and demands, and emergency situations.
• Confidentiality, continual interruptions, working alone, faculty contact, and working with others.
• Physical demands include sitting, carrying, talking or hearing, speaking in English via phone or in person, and close, distance, peripheral, and color vision along with depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Normal office environment with minimal discomfort due to heat, dust, or noise. Ability to travel to all campus locations required.