Part-Time Faculty - Respiratory Care
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, as well as 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 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.
- Meeting deadlines for all administrative requests such as submitting personnel paperwork, student enrollment.
Requirements
Associate’s degree or higher and a current Tennessee state license as a Respiratory Care Therapist, or a minimum of one year of experience in the respiratory care field.
Qualifications
- Teaching experience
- Higher education experience
Benefits
A travel stipend may be negotiated at the time of hire for faculty who travel more than 80 miles per week to teach their classes.
Pay
Part‑time faculty are paid $560 per credit hour. Workload adjustments are made when contact hours exceed credit hours. Salary for continuing faculty is based on collegiate‑level teaching experience documented during the first semester of teaching.
Schedule
Faculty are hired on a semester‑to‑semester basis and may teach up to nine credit hours per semester.