Trainer Adjunct -Electrical Workforce Training and Continuing Education

Texas Southmost College•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Workforce Training and Continuing Education (WTCE) Adjunct trainers are professional educators who work on a limited basis and have the primary responsibility of fulfilling the Texas Southmost College’s (TSC) mission, vision, values, and goals of providing a quality education for all students enrolled at the College. The relationship of the adjunct trainer towards the student is one of leader, teacher, advisor, and facilitator of learning. WTCE Adjunct trainers are responsible for teaching workforce-related and continuing education classes. Adjunct trainers are hired in a part-time capacity contingent upon the needs of the department. Classes are offered daytime, evening, and weekends, as well as some college holidays. Classes are offered at various times and locations during the academic year.

Requirements

Professional educators with experience in workforce-related and continuing education classes.
Ability to teach at a variety of times and locations, including evenings and weekends.
Proficiency in developing and utilizing course syllabi.
Skills in advising students in career and program matters.
Ability to provide timely and quality access to students.
Commitment to continual improvement of student success.
Ability to manage learning environments, maintain records, and provide feedback.
Effectiveness in instruction, including curriculum development and consideration of individual student differences.
Proficiency in using the College’s digital learning solution.
Ability to integrate real-life situations into learning experiences.
Skills in assessing student learning and aligning assessments with learning opportunities.
Understanding of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs).
Ability to create a positive and engaging classroom atmosphere.
Availability to students during designated work periods.
Awareness of and ability to refer students to support services.
Pursuit of professional development.
Maintenance of required professional credentials, licensing, and continuing education hours.
Collegial participation in discipline-specific activities.
Regular attendance and punctuality.
Completion of all required training and professional development.
Strong interpersonal skills and sound judgment.
Support for the College’s values and institutional goals.
Compliance with college standards, policies, and guidelines.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Electrical Workforce Training.

Responsibilities

Teach program-specific Workforce Training and Continuing Education courses.
Develop curriculum for specific selected classes as needed.
Collaborate with the Workforce Training and Continuing Education Director to develop continuing education schedules.
Teach courses at a variety of times and locations, including evenings and weekends.
Develop and utilize a course syllabus for each course following established instructional guidelines.
Advise students in career and program matters.
Provide timely, quality access to students through electronic communication or other appropriate methods.
Strive for continual improvement of student success by planning an optimal learning environment; providing high-quality instruction and advising; participating in the development of learning outcomes and in the assessment of students as well as self and applied teaching techniques in order to increase effectiveness; and engaging in ongoing professional development.
Manage learning environments by ensuring that accurate syllabi are developed that incorporate departmental, college, and instructor requirements; maintaining attendance records, submitting grades, and providing constructive feedback as well as other relevant information to students throughout the semester; and conducting classes punctually and in accordance with the prescribed meeting schedule.
Deliver effective instruction by assuming primary responsibility for curriculum development in conjunction with the College’s policies and procedures, ensuring both rigor and the quality of instruction; by considering individual differences of students in order to design and support a range of appropriate learning activities; by using the College’s digital learning solution to meet the objectives of courses; and by communicating clearly to students the expectations concerning the use of the College’s digital learning solution and other available technologies.
Enhance the student’s learning experience by integrating concrete, real-life situations into learning experiences to encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary skills, and teamwork; by employing methods that develop student understanding of discipline-specific thinking, practices, and procedures, as well as interdisciplinary applications, to create academic literacy; and by working with students and employers in occupational settings as required by or appropriate to the academic discipline.
Collaborate with colleagues across the College in the construction and continuous improvement of measurable learning outcomes to include the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) core curriculum objectives and additional Texas Southmost College’s objectives.
Assess student learning by designing assessments that measure or demonstrate student growth; by sequencing learning opportunities throughout advising, courses, and programs to build student understanding and knowledge; and by aligning assessment with learning opportunities.
Promote continual improvement as part of the cycle of teaching and learning by developing and revising curriculum as needed and using defined student learning outcomes to plan, develop, document, and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching activities.
Support TSC’s institutional effectiveness program by understanding the preparation and evaluations of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs); completing all mandatory performance evaluation measures within specified time limits; sharing best practices with colleagues in formal and informal settings; and striving toward improved educational effectiveness.
Support learning through student engagement by creating a positive classroom atmosphere that encourages active and collaborative learning, student effort, academic challenge, student and faculty interaction, and support for learners.
Maintain a learning-centered environment by being available to students during the designated work period.
Support student learning by making students aware of and referring them to the appropriate student and academic support services available at the College.
Pursue professional development by taking graduate courses or internal classes offered by the College or professional development organizations, as appropriate and by maintaining required professional credentials, licensing, and continuing education hours as disciplinary standards dictate.
Participate collegially in discipline-specific activities developed for adjunct faculty, as appropriate.
Attend the workplace regularly, report to work punctually and follow a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite (which may be on campus or at an off-site location).
Working hours may include evenings, holidays or weekends depending on deadline requirements and special events.
Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College.
Use interpersonal skills and makes sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers, the supervisory chain, faculty, staff, students, and customers.
Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan.
Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, and guidelines.
Performs other duties as assigned.