Online Adjunct Professor - Early Childhood Education

Bryant & Stratton College Careers•Orchard Park, NY

1d•Remote

About The Position

Bryant & Stratton College is seeking a Part-Time instructor to teach early childhood education courses. Bryant & Stratton College Online adjunct instructors will support the college mission and vision by facilitating an active virtual learning classroom through alternative delivery methodologies. Instructors will maintain contemporary knowledge and skills in their discipline to support their expected classroom responsibilities. Instructors will participate in departmental, campus-wide, and college-wide activities to support the needs of the student population and the Online Education team. All instructors will possess and exhibit the qualities of professionalism, integrity, self-esteem, self-motivation, and a strong desire to guide students to improve their career prospects. All instructors are expected to possess the credential and experiential requirements described in Bryant & Stratton College Policy No. 035. All instructors are expected to maintain a contemporary skillset in support of active learning and authentic assessment evaluation methodology. Upon hire, the College has designated a probationary period of 12-months for an Associate to be trained and assimilated into the College and to ensure all job responsibilities are met.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Studies, Early Childhood Leadership.
Master’s degree in Education from an institution of higher learning with a state license/certification indicating the person is qualified as a teacher for children from birth through age 8.
Master’s degree in Education with a major (24 + semester hours) in early-childhood education, child development or related area of specialty (e.g. childhood literacy) or a CDA Credential.
Master’s degree in Elementary Education with a concentration applicable to Early Childhood.
Master’s degree in Special Education with a concentration applicable to Early Childhood.
Submit Resume/CV with the application.
Submit PhD (if applicable), Masters, and Bachelor’s unofficial transcripts with the application.
Submit at least 3 professional references (including phone numbers and email addresses) with the application.
Master’s Degree.
Three (3) years’ experience in education at the college level within the last ten (10) years; instruction in educational theory.
Expertise in the areas in which they teach.
Demonstrated leadership skills, integrity, and ethical practice with emphasis on problem solving, conflict management/ resolution, adaptability, creativity, and sensitivity to diversity.
Willingness to self-assess, take feedback, and incorporate results into practice.
Ability to recognize and proactively address areas of opportunity and challenge.
Documented management experience in an educational setting.
Proven administrative, evaluative, analytical, strategic thinking and organizational skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Internet applications.
Proficiency with other technologies currently used in Nursing profession.
Proven ability to function as a member of a team within established college, state, federal, and accrediting/approval agency regulations, policies and procedures.
Possess the credential and experiential requirements described in Bryant & Stratton College Policies.
Possess the technology required to facilitate online courses (minimum requirements can be found at https://www.bryantstratton.edu/admissions/online/technology-requirements).

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the application process for the CDA credential.
Online teaching experience preferred.
Preferred earned PhD Degree.

Responsibilities

Prepare course(s) assigned in Blackboard with required elements by the designated deadline.
Throughout each session, provide approximately 12-14 hours per week of instruction over the course of five days each week, per course.
Facilitate discussion, grading student work, checking email, engaging in personalized retention efforts and outreach to support student success, and answering student inquiries.
Respond to all outreach (email, text, calls, etc.) from students, supervisors, colleagues, etc. within 48-hours.
Respond to inquires in the “Ask Your Instructor” forum in each section.
Facilitate discussion with substantive, high-quality posts, higher-order questioning, and supplemental resources, ensuring minimum participation in discussion of at least three days each week (including Weeks 1 & 7.5).
Respond to 100% of students’ initial posts within the designated weekly timeframe.
Substantive responses must include personalized comments and ask a higher-level thinking question whenever possible.
Close the loop after asking questions and receiving responses from students.
Post in discussion early in the week (with some posts and replies made by Wednesday) and then show an engaging presence again in the middle and end of the week.
A week-opening post should include supplemental material and/or EQ(s) from the supplemental syllabus.
Demonstrate the ability to apply the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, which will be evaluated through informal and formal observations annually.
Ensure the grade book is updated each week no later than Thursday at 11:59 pm, ET for Weeks 1-6, and 9 am ET Thursday after the last day of class for Weeks 7 and 7.5.
Review student work, adhere to grading rubrics, and provide detailed, individualized feedback.
If grading is completed early in the week, review the grade book again before the grading deadline to ensure all submissions have been graded and zeroes have been reverted (if applicable).
Ensure zeroes are entered weekly for students who do not submit assignment(s) by the due date.
Late work needs to be graded when completing the next round of grading in the class to ensure students have an accurate picture of their standing in the class.
Ensure that zeroes are reverted each week for work that was submitted late.
Meet final grades deadline for each course each session, which is Thursday after the last day of class at 9:00 am ET.
Meet with FAs and/or PMs as requested, for coaching, performance improvement, and/or professional development.
Utilize provided retention tools weekly from Weeks 2-7 to monitor at-risk students, communicate with students and their advisors (observers), and document outreach attempts.
Utilize active learning strategies, authentic assessment, and APA guidelines in the classroom.
Encourage student usage of electronic portfolio assignments to support the teaching and learning outcomes of the college.
Follow the college’s plagiarism policy to promote academic integrity in all courses, no matter what level or subject matter.
Understand the college's rigor standards, active learning strategies, best practices in Online teaching, and Bloom’s Taxonomy standards and be able to apply them to the classroom.
Comply with all student ADA accommodations provided by the ADA Coordinator.
Encourage student participation in student survey/faculty evaluation within each course and routinely download and review survey responses after each session.
Maintain current knowledge of teaching disciplines/fields of study and best practices in distance education through professional development opportunities and provide documentation to B&SC as required.
Participate in all required live and asynchronous faculty meetings to stay eligible for scheduling in the upcoming sessions.
Participate in campus-wide initiatives in support of retention and persistence to graduation goals.
Complete all required workshops/seminars as necessitated by management.
Adhere to and uphold all established policies and procedures as described in operating documentation (Official Catalog & Faculty Guide).
Possess and exhibit the qualities of professionalism, integrity, self-esteem, self-motivation, and a strong desire to guide students to improve their career prospects.
Maintain a contemporary skillset in support of active learning and authentic assessment evaluation methodology.
Possess the technology required to facilitate online courses.
Serve as a brand ambassador for B&SC – promote the college inside and outside of the work environment (through means such as mentoring, participating in college projects, committees, and initiatives, referring adjuncts and students to the college, supporting building-based campuses in any capacity, acting as a SME for new or revised course builds, and keeping curriculum contemporary by submitting course support tickets for errors, updates, or ideas).
Collaborate with full-time faculty as part of an active community in discipline to help identify potential areas of improvement and raise classroom performance.