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Sociology Instructor
Job Description
POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: SOCIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR
DEPARTMENT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
SALARY RANGE: $36,386 – $46,578
FLSA: EXEMPT
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: DIVISION CHAIR
SCHEDULE DETAILS: FULL TIME, 9 MONTHS, AS ASSIGNED
DATE OF LATEST REVIEW/REVISIONS: 10/27/2023
What we are looking for:
At Crowder College, our mission is to build a civil, serving, literate, learning community of responsible citizens. We are committed to providing a high-quality education that prepares students for lifelong learning and meaningful careers. Our core values of excellence, integrity, inclusiveness, and community guide everything we do. As we continue to expand our reach and impact, we are seeking passionate and dedicated individuals who share our commitment to student success and embody our values. We are looking for team players who are innovative, student-centered, and eager to contribute to a dynamic learning environment. If you are driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in the lives of students and the community, we invite you to join us at Crowder College.
The Sociology Instructor will teach sociology courses as scheduled and agreed to with division chair and in keeping with the guidelines listed below, and fulfill committee and other duties as assigned. Teaching assignments may include traditional, online, flex, or multiple campus sites as needed, but position is primarily associated with online and Neosho campus offerings. The full time Sociology Instructor will serve as a point of contact, mentor, and advisor to adjunct sociology instructors.
Essential Job Duties
Some of the duties listed below would be day to day management of the Counselor and will vary depending on
the need(s) of the college. Priorities Include:
- Devote primary time and energy to instruction with an emphasis on achieving desired student learning outcomes with emphasis on content of the institutional syllabus.
- Maintain awareness of essential developments in their academic fields.
- Participate in professional development functions as needed to achieve personal, instructional, and institutional goals.
- Maintain confidentiality of student information.
- Respect student thought.
- Collaborate in the selection of course materials in conjunction with departmental and division leadership and report selected materials to the bookstore by prescribed deadlines.
- Develop and distribute course syllabi inclusive of the institutional syllabi with copies supplied through prescribed channels each semester.
- Evaluate, document, and return student exams and papers in a timely fashion.
- Submit institutional reports by deadlines.
- Meet classes at their institutionally listed times.
- Maintain 8-10 regular office hours with a range of availability appropriate to optimize student access.
- Serve on institutional committees as needed.
- Teach 15 hours per semester as a regular load.
- Meet assigned departmental and divisional responsibilities as assigned.
- Dismiss classes only with prior approval from the division chair.
- Schedule no more than one week’s worth of absences for school business, school activities, or personal days per semester.
- Attend graduation ceremonies.
- Willingness to teach or learn to teach in a range of delivery modes (Primarily traditional, but inclusive of online, flex, and other formats as needed.)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to plan, organize, and implement responsibilities effectively.
- Preferential consideration will be given to applicants credentialed to teach in an additional social science discipline (Geography, History, Philosophy, or Political Science.)
- Information Technology abilities required:
o Ability to operate a computer within the Crowder College network environment.
o Ability to use all relevant computer programs and systems.
o Ability to use email.
o Ability to use basic Microsoft Office.
o Ability to use typical classroom presentation equipment such as projectors, monitors, and other
- Creative and analytical skills:
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
- Language/Communication Skills:
o Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students, other
professionals, and the general public, in both written and oral mediums.
• Master’s degree required in Sociology or closely related field.
- Community College or higher education teaching experience preferred.
Positions Supervised
• None
• Generally, works indoors in standard office and classroom environments.
- Normal 9 month college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee
encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical
- Instructional time typically involves standing/moving around instructional spaces for up to 3 75 minute instructional periods in a row with 15 minute interludes between classes
- Office hours and preparatory work are typically sedentary, involving sitting most of the time but will involve mobility within the campus and various sites
- Input, access and distribute information using computers.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms’ stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.
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