Biology Adjunct Instructor

Title: Biology Adjunct Instructor Agency: Paul D. Camp Community College Location: Franklin City: Franklin FLSA: Exempt Hiring Range: $793 per credit hour (minimum salary) Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Paul D. Camp Community College is a small 2-year college in Southeast Virginia. Campuses are located in Franklin and Suffolk. There also is a center in Smithfield. The college offers associate degrees, certificates, and career studies certificates. In transfer and career technical programs, credit and non-credit workforce services, and training for businesses and industries, special interest classes for the community, and summer classes for youth through the Regional Workforce Development Center are available. A dual enrollment program for high school students, online courses, and developmental studies classes are available at the college as well.

Job Description

1. Teaching Creating a learning environment that facilitates students acquisition of knowledge and skills in a subject. Teaching encompasses four components: Instructional Design, Instructional Delivery, Instructional Effectiveness, and Instructional Expertise.

2. Scholarly and Creative Engagement Engage in scholarly and/or creative activity which may include conference attendance and presentation, participation in professional organizations, academic coursework, scholarly research and publications, and grant activity.

3. Institutional Responsibility Performing assigned or presumed duties according to ones role at the college. These activities support and advance both the mission of the VCCS and the college to enhance the effective functioning of the college. These responsibilities include:

   • Participate in the colleges development and evaluation plan for part-time teaching faculty.
   • Participate in required department committee and college meetings.
   • Adhere to college and VCCS policies.
   • Perform assigned duties and maintain a collegial working relationship with faculty and staff.

4. Service Quality participation and commitment to students, college, and/or community organizations which is an expectation of ones activities as a professional educator. Activities in this domain are differentiated: college representation, college citizenship, and community citizenship.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of a masters degree from a regionally accredited institution with 18 graduate semester hours in Biology, Ocean and earth sciences, or a Biology related field.
• Teaching experience.
• Ability to design and implement curriculums that align elements of student learning to the students educational goals.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing for group presentations or one-on-one settings.
• Ability to effectively use/learn to use various technology applications including college email and the learning management system.

Additional Considerations

• Full-time teaching experience.
• Community college teaching experience.
• Knowledge of and experience with alternative delivery methods to include online delivery, hybrid, and hyflex course options, content software, web-enhancements, etc.
• Ability to develop and adapt teaching and learning strategies to accommodate traditional and non-traditional students with diverse backgrounds and varied academic competencies.
• Ability to use formative and summative assessment measures to evaluate and enhance student learning.
• Knowledge of and proven skill with teaching strategies that promote student success.