Spanish Adjunct Instructor
Job Description
- Duties and Responsibilities
Application Pool Notice
Laredo College continuously accepts applications for part-time (adjunct) instructors to create a pool of candidates for each session/semester. Applications will be reviewed and positions will be filled based on department needs. Applications received for this pool will remain active for one year.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provide instruction and monitor teaching/learning effectiveness in courses assigned by the English, Languages, and Cultural Department Chair, Dean of Arts & Sciences, or the Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities
Prepare and, on the first day of class, distribute the departmental syllabus, which informs, students about course requirements, grading requirements, testing assignments, absence policy, and other pertinent information for each course assigned.
Prepare, administer, and grade assignments and examinations in a timely manner to inform students about their progress and to provide opportunities that will allow students to succeed. Use multiple measures of assessment. Include opportunities for research and outside assignments when appropriate.
Provide a safe environment for students and be responsible for the security of assigned equipment, materials, and classrooms.
Encourage the use of support services by students. Collaborate with support services staff to ensure that appropriate information is being shared and discussed.
Meet all assigned classes on time in the assigned rooms and be available to students 15 minutes before class, except between classes when teaching back-to-back classes, and 15 minutes after class.
Follow procedures related to the Registrar’s Office, including grade reports and deadlines, attendance record reports, withdrawal deadlines, mid-semester progress reports, and the like.
Distribute student evaluation forms and/or surveys on a timely basis.
Follow the academic calendar and other policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees.
Use current technology to enhance effectiveness, including but not limited to computers, overhead projectors, PowerPoint, DVD/VCR equipment, and the like.
- Participate and assist in Institutional Effectiveness processes
- Qualifications/Certifications/Licenses/Skills
NOTICE: Required Documents
To be considered for this position, you are required to upload your resume and unofficial transcript(s). In addition, if a license or certificate is required for this position, upload proof of your current license/certificate.
Required:
A Master’s Degree in Spanish or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in Spanish. Graduate coursework hours must be aligned with the course learning outcomes that the instructor will be teaching.
As required by discipline(s)
Preferred:
Two years of teaching experience at high school or college is preferred.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Provide service to a diverse population.
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