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Transcripts
Transcripts must be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
Foreign transcripts
Applicants submitting employment applications with foreign transcripts must provide transcript equivalency documentation from an approved evaluation service. The evaluation service must be a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The evaluation service links on the following site are provided by South Texas College for your convenience but are not affiliated with South Texas College: NACES Members
Job Description
General Statement of Job
The Continuing Education Photography Trainer instructs students in Continuing Education in the fundamentals of photography, including camera operation, composition, lighting, and basic photo editing techniques. The goal of the Photography Trainer is to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to develop photography proficiency for personal, academic, or career interests, and to foster creativity while preparing them for real-world applications.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Plan, prepare, and deliver instructional sessions on photography fundamentals, including camera settings, composition, lighting, and image capture techniques.
- Teach photography concepts at beginner to intermediate levels, focusing on practical application and creative development.
- Implements educational curriculum to ensure student success.
- Evaluates and optimizes educational curriculum.
- Motivates students to attend class, learn, and be successful.
- Creates individual educational plans to support timely coursework completion; ensures that students complete their individual educational plan in a timely manner.
- Provides hands-on instruction using DSLR, mirrorless, or smartphone cameras.
- Introduces basic photo editing and post-processing techniques using industry-standard software.
- Maintains student and class records.
- Tracks student attendance.
- Assesses students' academic performance.
- Completes and submits course documentation when due.
- Informs Coordinators of students not meeting attendance and academic goals and/or not complying with behavior expectations.
- Informs Coordinators of support services for students.
- Maintains a positive, productive classroom and handles behavior problems effectively.
- Communicates with students, staff and peers in a professional, respectful, and constructive manner.
- Conducts sponsor-teacher conferences.
- Travels throughout the College district, as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
- HS Diploma/GED required.
- One (1) year of related work experience.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
- Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation.
- Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardiz