Dual Credit Adjunct Instructor, Mathematics

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 within a fully digital learning environment 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 report 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 and assessment of students, self, and teaching techniques; and engaging in ongoing professional development.
• Manage learning environments by developing accurate syllabi that incorporate departmental, college and instructor requirements; maintaining attendance records; submitting grades; providing constructive feedback and other relevant information to students throughout the semester; and conducting classes punctually according to the prescribed schedule.
• Deliver effective instruction by assuming primary responsibility for curriculum development in accordance with College policies, ensuring rigor and quality; designing and supporting a range of appropriate learning activities that consider individual student differences; using the College’s digital learning solution to meet course objectives; and clearly communicating expectations for technology use.
• Enhance the student learning experience by integrating concrete, real‑life situations to encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills and teamwork; employing methods that develop discipline‑specific and interdisciplinary academic literacy; and working 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 additional TSC objectives.
• Assess student learning by designing assessments that demonstrate student growth; sequencing learning opportunities throughout advising, courses and programs; and aligning assessment with learning opportunities.
• Promote continual improvement as part of the teaching‑learning cycle by developing and revising curriculum as needed and using defined student learning outcomes to plan, document and evaluate teaching effectiveness.
• Support TSC’s institutional effectiveness program by understanding the preparation and evaluation of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs); completing all mandatory performance evaluation measures within specified time limits; sharing best practices with colleagues; and striving toward improved educational effectiveness.
• 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 designated work periods.
• Support student learning by informing students of, and referring them to, 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 organizations, 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.
• Attend the workplace regularly, report to work punctually and follow a work schedule to meet the demands of the worksite (which may be on‑campus or off‑site); working hours may include evenings or weekends.
• Use interpersonal skills and sound judgment to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed among coworkers, supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
• Support the values and institutional goals defined in the College’s Strategic Plan.
• Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies and guidelines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently required to stand; 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.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds; 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.