Trainer Adjunct -Welding Workforce Training and Continuing Education

About the role

WTCE Adjunct Trainer are professional educators who work on a limited basis and have the primary responsibility of fulfilling the 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 Trainer member to the student is one of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. WTCE Adjunct Trainer are responsible for teaching workforce related and continuing education classes. Adjunct Trainer are hired in a part-time capacity contingent upon the needs of the department.

Responsibilities

• Teach program specific Workforce Training and Continuing Education courses.
• Develop curriculum for specific selected classes as needed.
• Collaborate with the Workforce Training and Continuing Education Director to develop continuing education schedules.
• Teach courses at a variety of times and locations, including evenings and weekends.
• Develop and utilize a course syllabus for each course following established instructional guidelines.
• Advise students in career and program matters.
• Provide timely, quality access to students through electronic communication or other appropriate methods.
• 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 self and applied teaching techniques in order to increase effectiveness; and engaging in ongoing professional development.
• 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; and conducting classes punctually and in accordance with the prescribed meeting schedule.
• 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; by considering individual differences of students in order to design and support a range of appropriate learning activities; by using the College’s digital learning solution to meet the objectives of courses; and by communicating clearly to students the expectations concerning the use of the College’s digital learning solution and other available technologies.
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