Dual Credit Adjunct Faculty, Cybersecurity

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, assessing students and self, and engaging in ongoing professional development.
• Manage learning environments by developing accurate syllabi that incorporate college, departmental, and instructor requirements; maintaining attendance records; submitting grades; providing constructive feedback; and conducting classes punctually according to the prescribed schedule.
• Deliver effective instruction by developing curriculum in line with college policies, ensuring rigor and quality, designing learning activities that consider individual student differences, using the College’s digital learning solution, and clearly communicating expectations for technology use.
• Enhance the student learning experience by integrating real‑life situations, encouraging critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills, teamwork, and academic literacy; and collaborating with students and employers in occupational settings as appropriate.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the College to construct and continuously improve measurable learning outcomes, including Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) core curriculum objectives and TSC‑specific objectives.
• Assess student learning by designing assessments that demonstrate growth, sequencing learning opportunities throughout advising, courses, and programs, and aligning assessment with learning opportunities.
• Promote continual improvement by developing and revising curriculum, using defined student learning outcomes to plan and evaluate teaching activities, participating in TSC’s institutional effectiveness program, completing mandatory performance evaluations, sharing best practices, and engaging in instructional, departmental, or institutional research.
• Support learning through student engagement by creating a positive classroom atmosphere that encourages active and collaborative learning, academic challenge, faculty‑student interaction, and support for learners.
• Maintain a learning‑centered environment by being available to students during posted office hours and referring them to appropriate student and academic support services.
• Pursue professional development by staying current in academic fields (e.g., professional societies, discipline‑specific journals, pedagogy, conferences, presentations), maintaining required professional credentials, licensing, and continuing education hours, taking graduate courses or internal classes, and contributing to the discipline through research or publication.
• Participate collegially in department, discipline‑specific, college, and community service activities by serving on committees, engaging with professional and educational organizations, statewide boards/committees, and community activities.
• Accept and teach classes based on varied schedules (morning, afternoon, evening, weekends) and at other sites such as dual‑credit courses, as assigned by the designated supervisor.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and respect for the diverse student population, colleagues, and service area.
• Attend the workplace regularly, report punctually, and follow work schedules that may include on‑campus or off‑site locations, evenings, holidays, or weekends as required.
• Use interpersonal skills and sound judgment to coordinate duties with coworkers, supervisors, faculty, staff, students, and the public.
• Complete all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by the College.
• Support the values and institutional goals defined in the College’s Strategic Plan and comply with college standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Maintain required professional credentials, licensing, and continuing education hours as dictated by disciplinary standards.
• Engage in ongoing professional development (e.g., membership in professional societies, reading discipline‑specific journals, studying pedagogy, attending conferences, making presentations).
• Possess strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse populations.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills, both written and verbal, including clear articulation of expectations for digital learning solutions and other technologies.
• Commit to staying current in academic fields and contributing to the discipline through research, publication, or other scholarly activities.
• Ability to develop, assess, and revise curriculum and learning outcomes in alignment with college and state objectives.
• Willingness to participate in institutional effectiveness programs, performance evaluations, and instructional research.
• Availability to hold office hours and provide student support services.

Schedule

Adjunct Faculty may be assigned to teach classes on varied schedules, including mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Assignments can occur on campus or at off‑site locations (e.g., dual‑credit sites). Working hours may include evenings, holidays, or weekends depending on deadline requirements and special events.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and 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. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific 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.