Adjunct (Career & Technical Education)

Adjunct (Career & Technical Education)

Position Type: Adjunct

Position Status: Temporary

Pay Frequency: Monthly

Location: Multiple, including online

Department: Career & Technical Education

Reports To: Department Chair for Career & Technical Education

Job Summary:

We are seeking adjunct instructors for the Career & Technical Education Department in following areas:

Automotive, Construction Trades, Machining, Non-Destructive Testing, Welding

As an adjunct instructor at Cowley College, you will work with students to provide them with the knowledge and training they need to be successful in their chosen area of study. Your ability to work on a course-by-course basis gives you the flexibility to choose when you want to work and when you don’t. Adjunct instructors can reach out to students in personal ways without the worries of research, tenure and development that full-time instructors have. You’ll enjoy the prestige of working for an educational institution with freedom to teach your specialties in the way you are most comfortable. Improve the lives of every student with a quality education as an adjunct professor.

Job Duties:

• Teach specific classes in your chosen field in innovative, engaging ways that help students learn and encourage them to come to class regularly.
• Develop course outlines, curriculum and instructional materials to improve the processes and courses offered to students as they seek their chosen degree.
• Advise students about career choices, advancement, progress and goal attainment in your course with regard to their field of study.
• Assign grades and assess student progress, potential and achievement in concrete, understandable ways to ultimately help the student progress toward a degree.
• Lecture and teach the material presented in the course syllabus and outline in a professional and engaging manner.
• Maintain appropriate records in an organized, efficient manner for every individual class taught, and have this information prepared for students at all times.
• Cultivate a desire to build relationships, find solutions to problems and be helpful and friendly at all times.

Required Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree preferred.

• Demonstrated success in appropriate computer programs and current technology.

• Flexible schedule and ability to teach several different courses at once.

• Previous experience at an educational institution.

• Solid rapport and relationships with past students and colleagues.