Funeral Services Education Adjunct Assistant Professor
About The Position
The Los Rios Community College District is seeking qualified candidates for this part-time, temporary (Adjunct) faculty position. The adjunct faculty member shall be responsible for teaching assigned classes, helping students master course content, assessing student learning outcomes, maintaining up-to-date knowledge in their field, continuing professional development, utilizing current technology, maintaining professional conduct and ethics, assisting with curriculum development, serving on college committees, and fulfilling other assigned responsibilities. The instructional assignment may include providing funeral service education to students in the Funeral Service Education Program. Subject areas may include Funeral Service Directing, Merchandising, Counseling, Management, Law and Ethics, and Embalming. Specific courses may include FSE 297 Practicum in Funeral Service Education, FSE 300 Introduction to Funeral Service, FSE 312 Funeral Directing II, FSE 330 Merchandising in the Funeral Service Industry, FSE 365 Embalming II, and FSE 370 Funeral Service Counseling. The department's primary focus is on explaining the importance of funeral service professionals, identifying ethical conduct standards, interpreting laws, applying public health and safety principles in handling remains, demonstrating technical skills in embalming and restorative art, conducting arrangement conferences, describing disposition procedures, addressing grief-related needs, explaining management skills for funeral establishments, and demonstrating communication and research skills. As an accredited mortuary college program, the department emphasizes preparing students to be members of a human services profession and the community, understanding the relationship between bereaved families and funeral service professionals, and maintaining sensitivity to public health, safety, and welfare in caring for human remains.
Requirements
- Have a bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of professional experience; OR, any associate degree and six years of professional experience; OR the equivalent.
- Professional experience must be directly related to the assignment being taught.
- All degrees must be from an accredited institution completed by time of hire.
- Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.
- Los Rios Community College District Application
- Letter of Interest
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Unofficial Transcripts and/or Foreign Transcript Evaluation
- Equivalency Determination Request Form (if applicable)
Responsibilities
- Teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the area dean
- Helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content
- Assessing student learning outcomes
- Maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in their regular teaching field
- Continuing professional development
- Utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties
- Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position
- Assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review
- Serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities
- Assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the area dean
- Fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of an adjunct faculty member
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
