Adjunct Credit Instructor Biology Dual EnrollmentECHS

Job Summary
Adjunct Faculty are professional educators who work on a limited basis and have the primary responsibility of fulfilling the Texas Southmost Colleges TSC mission vision values and goals of providing a quality education within a fully digital learning environment for all students enrolled at the College. The relationship of the adjunct faculty member to the student is one of leader teacher advisor and facilitator of learning. Adjunct Faculty members are responsible to the College President through a chain of command and accountable to the Colleges policies and procedures.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Categories below constitute the expectations for the adjunct faculty member. These responsibilities will be assessed utilizing student evaluations classroom observations and the supervisors formative and summative evaluations. 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 of 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 Colleges 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 Colleges digital learning solution to meet the objectives of courses; and by communicating clearly to students the expectations concerning the use of the Colleges digital learning solution and other available technologies. Enhance the students learning experience by integrating concrete reallife situations into learning experiences to encourage critical thinking interdisciplinary skills and teamwork; by employing methods that develop student understanding of disciplinespecific thinking practices and procedures as well as interdisciplinary applications to create academic literacy; and by working with students and employers in occupational settings as required by or appropriate to the academic discipline. Collaborate with colleagues across the College in the construction and continuous improvement of measurable learning outcomes to include the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board THECB core curriculum objectives and additional Texas Southmost Colleges objectives. Assess student learning by designing assessments that measure or demonstrate student growth; by sequencing learning opportunities throughout advising courses and programs to build student understanding and knowledge; and by aligning assessment with learning opportunities. Promote continual improvement as part of the cycle of teaching and learning by developing and revising curriculum as needed and using defined student learning outcomes to plan develop document and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching activities. Support TSCs institutional effectiveness program by understanding the preparation and evaluations of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs); completing all mandatory performance evaluation measures within specified time limits; sharing best practices with colleagues in formal and informal settings; and striving toward improved educational effectiveness. Support learning through student engagement by creating a positive classroom atmosphere that encourages active and collaborative learning student effort academic challenge student and faculty interaction and support for learners. Maintain a learningcentered environment by being available to students during the designated work period. Support student learning by making students aware of and referring them to the appropriate student and academic support services available at the College. Pursue professional development by taking graduate courses or internal classes offered by the College or professional development organizations as appropriate and by maintaining required professional credentials licensing and continuing education hours as disciplinary standards dictate. Participate collegially in disciplinespecific activities developed for adjunct faculty as appropriate. Attend the workplace regularly report to work punctually and follow a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite (which may be on campus or at an offsite location). Working hours may include evenings or weekends. Use interpersonal skills and makes sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers the supervisory chain faculty staff students and customers. Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the Colleges Strategic Plan. Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards policies and guidelines.

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 job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.