Physics Instructor (9 months)

Central Carolina Community College•Sanford, NC

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Central Carolina Community College is committed to being an employer of choice, grounded in excellence, integrity, respect, collaboration, innovation, and leadership. We provide a supportive, growth-focused workplace where professionals can thrive while helping students access first-class educational and workforce opportunities. Join us in shaping futures, strengthening our region, and contributing to a mission-driven culture rooted in service and opportunity. Full-time faculty at Central Carolina Community College facilitate transformative lifelong learning by incorporating discipline-specific learning outcomes through active learning opportunities, lectures, hands-on skill development, assignments, and appropriate classroom management. Faculty provide authentic student assessment that allows students to improve their knowledge and skills with each assignment. Faculty focus on student success by establishing meaningful connections with students early in the semester to support the varying needs of each student throughout the term. This position has an anticipated start date for the fall semester, which begins in August.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Physics or a Master’s degree in a related field with 18 or more graduate hours in Physics
Previous teaching or tutoring experience

Nice To Haves

Previous higher education teaching
Community college experience
Previous experience teaching with Blackboard, Canvas, or other LMS
Curriculum development experience
Bilingual

Responsibilities

Embrace the institutional goals of Central Carolina Community College by engaging students as full partners in the learning process, removing barriers to student progression in courses, and supporting and assisting students in achieving their educational and career goals.
Use student learning outcomes to create a variety of activities, assignments, and assessments that ensure curriculum goals will be met.
Create a dynamic instructional environment that promotes a positive, interactive, and inclusive learning experience for all students.
Maintain a Blackboard course with a syllabus and gradebook for each class.
Grade all assignments in a timely manner and ensure that all grades are reported within the 10-day college grading policy.
Provide personalized and constructive feedback on student assignments by recognizing what students did well and identifying attainable improvements for future work.
Respond to all student communication within two business days.
Report attendance weekly.
Facilitate student learning for instructional loads of 18-28 contact hours per semester.
Faculty keep a weekly schedule of 35 hours on campus, including 5 required office hours.
Assume other duties as assigned.
Actively support the college’s vision of being the college of choice for students, workforce partners, community leaders, and employees.
Teach a variety of students, potentially including dual-enrolled high school students, in seated, hybrid, and/or online courses.
Meet with each assigned advisee a minimum of once each semester.
Provide advisees with information and guidance to achieve their individual educational, career, and life goals.
Help students develop educational plans.
Coach advisees and refer them to institutional resources when academic or personal problems require intervention.
Complete faculty advisor training.
Participate in activities required to maintain program and/or college accreditation standards.
Serve on college committees as appointed.
Attend advisory board meetings as requested by your supervisor.
Attend graduation ceremonies.
Engage in a minimum of 5 hours of professional development each year.
Maintain current knowledge of your discipline and renew industry credentials, as needed.
Attend departmental, divisional, and collegewide meetings.
Provide a first-class opportunity for students by displaying excellence, integrity, respect, collaboration, innovation, and leadership.
Recognizing and respecting the variety of experiences and contributions represented by all of our students, employees, and community, all faculty will encourage a learning environment in which everyone is supported and valued for their unique perspectives and experiences and will foster and promote the participation of all members of our diverse communities.