Position Description
Consistent with and supportive of CTUs mission to provide industry-relevant higher education to a diverse student population through innovative technology and experienced faculty, enabling the pursuit of personal and professional goals. Adjunct Faculty members provide quality and innovative instruction and meaningful engagement with our students to successfully achieve the relevant course program and degree level outcomes and support their academic success.
Responsibilities
• Prepare relevant, insightful, and engaging instructional materials and utilize existing course materials that support learning by CTUs student population. • Provide instruction in assigned courses, including applicable laboratory or work that is integral to the courses, that aligns with CTUs curricula and outcomes, instructional modalities, course technologies, and faculty expectations. • Engage and communicate with students to encourage their course participation and learning while maintaining mutual respect and professionalism. • Relate professional and industry experience to CTUs Professional Learning Model by the continuation of professional and technical skills development, introduction of professional and industry perspectives into courses, and active awareness of professional and industry trends and opportunities.
Student Support and Engagement
• Maintain accessibility for and provide timely responsiveness to students, academic, faculty, leadership, and University staff by telephone, CTU email, and other appropriate means of communication. • Establish and maintain weekly office hours for student questions and support. • Assess student performance on course assignments and provide assignment feedback to support continued student growth and development. • Maintain appropriate documentation of student course activities.
Collaboration and Professional Development
• Work with appropriate CTU teams, e.g., advising, academic, faculty leadership, and University staff, and leverage appropriate information to identify and support students who may be exceptional or challenged in their coursework and/or educational endeavors. • Refer students to appropriate co-curricular and extra-curricular resources, e.g., advising, tutoring, library, learning centers, and career services. • Participate in and contribute to CTUs academic governance through attendance at appropriate University, college, and program meetings and participation in the academic assessment and institutional effectiveness process, including completion of appropriate surveys and participation in continuous improvement initiatives.
Certifications and Compliance
• Successfully complete required new faculty certification training, course-specific technology and pedagogical training, annual ethics and information technology policy training, and annual faculty development requirements. • Provide periodic required documentation of ongoing and updated licensures, certifications, immunizations, as appropriate to the specific college or program, scholarship, and academic and professional experience, e.g., CVs and resumes.
Required Skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills with proficiency in meeting deadlines and urgency in responding to questions and requests. • Strong interpersonal and oral presentation and written communication skills. • Proficiency in working effectively cooperatively and flexibly in a team environment. • Proficiency with standard office and mobile applications, i.e., word processing, presentations, email, calendaring, teleconferencing, text messaging, personal computers, and smart phones.
Required Experience
• Terminal degree in Computer Science from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or international equivalent. • 5 years of professional experience. • Teaching experience at a college or university level. • Experience in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), mobile programming, Cloud Computing, Linux programming.