Part-Time Faculty - Music

Part-Time Faculty – Music

Institution: Columbia State Community College
Campus Location: Columbia State Community College

About the role

Part time faculty are hired as needed on a semester-to-semester basis and typically teach up to nine credit hours during the semester. Columbia State offers classes at five campuses: Columbia Campus, Williamson Campus, Lawrenceburg Campus, Lewisburg Campus, and Clifton Campus. Columbia State also offers classes at several off-campus locations and clinical sites.

Responsibilities

• Preparing for courses as assigned and adhering to departmental course syllabi and course minimum student learning outcomes.
• Beginning and ending all classes as scheduled.
• Organizing, assigning, and supervising learning activities of students in his/her classes.
• Maintaining academic standards and classroom behavior to ensure an environment conducive to learning.
• Evaluating students using a variety of methods and for informing each student of scores received on each assessment in a timely manner.
• Maintaining accurate records of student attendance/participation and grades.
• Reading Columbia State email and responding to student questions via email in a timely manner.
• Meting deadlines for all administrative requests such as submitting personnel paperwork, student enrollment.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• Hold a Master’s degree or higher with a major in Music OR
• Hold a Master’s degree in a related field with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in Music

Preferred Qualifications:

• Teaching Experience
• Higher Education Experience

Special Instructions

To Applicants:

• You must submit a transcript and a resume/CV to be considered for a Part-Time Faculty position.
• Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the application process. Official transcripts will be required upon hire.
• Applicants may be subject to a background check.
• Please note the closing date for pool postings. If you are still interested, you must re-apply each calendar year.

Pay

Salary is $560 per credit hour. Workload adjustments will be made for faculty teaching classes where the number of contact hours exceeds the number of credit hours. Additionally, a travel stipend may be negotiated at time of hire for faculty traveling more than 80 miles each week to teach their classes.

Schedule

For part-time faculty who continue to work at Columbia State, salary is based on collegiate level teaching experience documented during the first semester of teaching.