Tech Adjunct (Software Development)

Neumont University • Salt Lake, UT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Neumont University is looking to fill multiple adjunct faculty positions to teach in the area of Software Development. They are seeking tech individuals with in-industry experience to teach various technologies including full-stack, data-driven web application development and deployment across multiple modern solution stacks (e.g., MERN/MEAN/PERN, Microsoft .NET, Java/Spring Boot, Python Django/Flask/FastAPI), front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue), back-end/API frameworks (e.g., Node.js/Express, ASP.NET Core, Spring Boot, Django), databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB), and deployment tools (e.g., Docker, cloud platforms). Specific Java technologies include core APIs, syntax, object-oriented principles, Generics, Lambda expressions, Collection Streams, Maven for build management, JavaFX or other Java GUI frameworks, Java I/O streams, serialization, file handling, regular expressions, and Git and source control workflows with JUnit for unit testing. As a Neumont instructor, you will develop leadership and mentoring skills, and it can be a rewarding experience to see students understand complex subjects and gain confidence. Neumont hires technical experts with real-world application experience to teach their students, providing them with high-quality, in-industry knowledge.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in computer science or a related field AND 4 years of CS related experience (or 8 years of CS related experience without a CS degree)
• Industry professionals with real-world application experience
• Tech individuals with in-industry experience
• At least 4 years of industry experience and a bachelor’s degree in a tech related field. An additional 4 years of outstanding experience and contributions to the field may be substituted for a formal degree.

Nice To Haves

• Teaching experience preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Implement best practices in teaching and project-based learning
• Submit all new teaching materials to Neumont vault upon completion of each course
• Work with supervisor to identify areas for personal development and course improvement
• Utilize feedback from mid-quarter and end-of-quarter evaluations to improve teaching
• Identify innovative teaching methods to solve curricular problems
• Teach material defined in the course description and syllabus
• Maintain and meet the listed student learning goals
• Utilize the Neumont LMS to keep an updated syllabus, course materials, and grades
• Provide a safe learning environment for students
• Answer and deal respectfully with student complaints and problems
• Use effective assessments that measure student learning
• Provide timely and accurate feedback to students' assignments, exams, projects, etc.
• Educating students in accordance with the Neumont teaching methodology, which focuses on active learning and engaging students in the learning environment.
• Grading and providing valuable feedback to students in a timely manner.
• Mentoring students in groups or individually.
• Evaluating curriculum, adapting coursework and materials as necessary to meet student learning needs.
• Other activities related to effective instruction.

Benefits

• Improve the lives of students from across the nation through the power of education.
• Opportunity to give back through educating the next generation of tech experts.
• Experience the "light" turn on in your student's eyes as you teach and they experience true understanding.
• Be a part of a computer science institution that focuses on creating software engineers that can DO, not just theorize.
• Develop your teaching/mentoring skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior