Adjunct, Special Education

About the role

Under the general supervision of the Department Administrator and a full-time faculty mentor, the successful candidate will prepare and teach Special Education courses assigned by the department. This is a pooled position. The department reviews applications as positions become available. This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

Responsibilities

• 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, quizzes, etc.
• Returns graded assignments within one week of assignment due date.
• Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and detailed grade calculation records.
• Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits final grades by published deadlines.
• Affords assistance in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• Prepares and submits incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
• Maintains professional and collegial behavior.
• Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1-2 days).
• 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.
• Communicates assigned subject matter to students.
• Uses a computer and other instructional technologies.
• Communicates effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain 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.
• Maintains an on-site campus presence to encourage in-person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences unless approved for on-line only courses.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Special Education from an accredited college or university with at least 6 semester hours of graduate-level coursework in the topic being taught.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate assigned subject matter to students.
• Ability to use a computer and other instructional technologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups in a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background of community college students, faculty and staff, including those with disabilities.

Pay

This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

Schedule

Your employment may be terminated At Will at any time. You are required to maintain professional boundaries with all SLCC students.