Dual Credit Adjunct Faculty, History

Essential Duties And 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;
• 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;
• Deliver effective instruction by assuming primary responsibility for curriculum development in conjunction with the College’s policies and procedures, ensuring both rigor and the quality of instruction;
• Enhance the student’s learning experience by integrating concrete, real-life situations into learning experiences to encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills and teamwork;
• Collaborate with colleagues across the College in the construction and continuous improvement of measurable learning outcomes to include the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) core curriculum objectives and additional Texas Southmost College’s objectives;
• Assess student learning by designing assessments that measure or demonstrate student growth;
• Promote continual improvement as part of the cycle of teaching and learning 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 evaluations of Student Learning Outcomes; 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 and 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 the 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.

Physical Demands

• Frequently stand;
• Occasionally walk;
• 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;
• Taste or smell.