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Instructor, Human Services Technology
Job Description
The part-time adjunct instructor for Human Services Technology will be a member of a diverse team that will teach a variety of courses including online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses to undergraduate students. The instructors will prepare course syllabi and teaching materials and grade students’ performance. Instructors will teach courses based on assigned course descriptions and learning objectives.
Minimum Qualifications
Required:
- Master’s degree or higher and 18 graduate hours in a human services field (social work, counseling, rehabilitation studies, therapeutic recreation, substance abuse counseling, gerontology) Note: Degrees and hours must be from a college accredited by a United States Department of Education accepted accrediting agency such as SACSCOC.
- Knowledge and experience with online learning management systems.
- Direct work experience with online learning management systems.
- Availability for training and supervision.
- Ability to work in a diverse environment.
- Schedule flexibility for day and evenings.
- Experience with Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace, spreadsheets, presentation and Zoom presentation tools.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferrred:
- Three years or more of college teaching experience.
- Experience and/or online teaching certification.
- Experience training and/or supervising entry level human services professionals.
- Availability to teach synchronous and in-person courses one day or evening per week.
Essential Duties
Essential Duties : Along with other duties as assigned.
- Assume responsibility for teaching assignments as recommended by the program coordinator and approved by the department chair and dean.
- Facilitate the learning process by designing and implementing instructional activities that are appropriate and meaningful.
- Adhere to the departmental course guidelines and ensure that content covers SACS-approved competencies.
- Assume responsibility for maintaining all required college records including attendance, grade reports, roll books, etc.
- Evaluate student performance using methods appropriate to the course.
- Maintain, review, and update course descriptions, objectives, and outlines for courses of instruction and develop new courses of study as necessary.
- Participate in departmental activities relative to revising and updating the program(s) in the area of expertise.
- Assist with the development of new programs in the area of expertise.
- Learn and maintain proficiency with program requirements of assigned advisees.
- Maintain current licensure, certification, or other professional credentials required for position.
- Keep abreast of current technology.
- Attend all required department, division, and college-wide meetings as required for part-time employees.
- Foster a safe and all inclusive learning environment for all students and colleagues.
- Maintain confidentiality and security of sensitive information.
- Pursue continuous improvement in the areas of subject matter expertise; teaching and learning; the use of educational technology; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and other areas related to the strategic goals of the college.
- Facilitate the learning process by designing and implementing inclusive instructional activities that are appropriate and meaningful and that maximize equitable student outcomes.
- Demonstrated practice of fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in the classroom and among your team, as well as experience working in a diverse environment.
Human Services Course Instructions:
- Serves as Human Services Content expert for assigned curriculum courses to design and update.
- Actively engages with students providing best practices for coaching and career mentoring.
- Creates and implements engaging instructional videos, lectures, and teaching activities that are applicable to current practices and trends in human services topics and service delivery.
- Adheres to clinical and ethical standards of institution, industry, and licensing/credentialing boards.
- Teaches assigned courses that may be in a multi-modal (live instructions is in-person and online simultaneously) and asynchronous formats.
Physical Demands
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee will need to regularly operate and use computers, phones and other electronic equipment.
- The employee will frequently communicate with other employees and students and must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- The employee may need to move around their office and / or campus to attend meetings / classes and to access files, machinery or other job related tools.
- The employee may need to lift and/or move equipment, tools or paperwork up to 25 pounds.
- The employee may need to position themselves by reaching, stooping, kneeling or crouching in order to adjust or collect equipment and/or supplies
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Workplace Environment:
The 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.
- Encounters low to moderate noise levels in the work environment.
Posting Detail Information
Open Date
10/10/2024
Close Date
10/31/2024
Open Until Filled
No
Special Instructions to Applicants
If you have trouble, please call HR at 336-734-7302. AA/EOE.
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