Dual Credit Adjunct, Faculty Art

Texas Southmost College•Austin, TX

About The Position

Adjunct Faculty are professional educators who work on a limited basis and have primary responsibility for supporting Texas Southmost College’s mission, vision, values, and goals by providing a quality education to enrolled students. The adjunct faculty member serves students as a leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. Adjunct Faculty are responsible to the College President through the chain of command and are accountable for College policies and procedures. The role includes planning and delivering effective instruction, managing the learning environment, supporting student success and engagement, assessing learning, and contributing to curriculum and learning-outcome development. Faculty use the College’s digital learning solution and other available technologies, provide advising and constructive feedback, maintain course and attendance records, and refer students to appropriate College support services. They also participate in professional development, institutional effectiveness activities, and discipline-specific collaboration, while completing required training and following College standards and schedules. The position requires regular workplace attendance and punctuality. Work hours may include evenings, holidays, or weekends depending on deadlines and special events. Physical demands include frequent standing and lifting or moving up to 10 pounds, and occasional walking, sitting, handling objects or controls, reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, talking or hearing, tasting or smelling, and lifting or moving up to 25 pounds. Required vision abilities include close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Plan an optimal learning environment and provide high-quality instruction and advising to promote student success.
Participate in developing learning outcomes and assessing students, teaching practices, and instructional effectiveness.
Maintain accurate syllabi, attendance records, grades, constructive feedback, and other relevant student information throughout the semester.
Conduct classes punctually and according to the prescribed meeting schedule.
Develop curriculum in conjunction with College policies and procedures, maintaining rigor and instructional quality.
Design and support appropriate learning activities that account for individual student differences.
Use the College’s digital learning solution to meet course objectives and clearly communicate expectations for using it and other technologies.
Integrate real-life situations into learning to encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills, and teamwork.
Develop students’ understanding of discipline-specific practices and interdisciplinary applications.
Work with students and employers in occupational settings when required or appropriate to the discipline.
Collaborate with colleagues to develop and improve measurable learning outcomes, including THECB core curriculum objectives and College objectives.
Design assessments that demonstrate student growth, align assessments with learning opportunities, and sequence learning opportunities to build understanding and knowledge.
Develop and revise curriculum as needed and use student learning outcomes to plan, document, and evaluate teaching effectiveness.
Support the College’s institutional effectiveness program, complete required performance evaluations on time, share best practices, and work to improve educational effectiveness.
Create a positive classroom atmosphere that encourages active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge, interaction, and learner support.
Be available to students during the designated work period and refer them to appropriate student and academic support services.
Pursue professional development and maintain required credentials, licenses, and continuing education hours as applicable.
Participate collegially in discipline-specific activities for adjunct faculty, as appropriate.
Attend the workplace regularly, report punctually, and follow a work schedule that meets worksite demands.
Use interpersonal skills and sound judgment in working with coworkers, supervisors, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
Support the College’s values, institutional goals, policies, standards, and guidelines.
Complete required College training and professional development sessions.
Perform other duties as assigned.