Instructor Pool - Sociology

Position Information

Posting Number: 260028

Job Title:

Instructor Pool – Sociology

Location:

Main Campus, Eugene, Oregon

Classification:
Part‑Time Faculty

Position Type:
Contracted Part‑Time Faculty

Anticipated

Start Date:

(None specified)

Salary/Wage:
Hourly (Starting range Step 1 – Step 10)

Lane Community College is an affirmative action / equal opportunity / veteran / disabled employer embracing equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We encourage a safe and hospitable environment for historically marginalized populations including women, BIPOC, Latinx, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and candidates and employees living with disabilities.

Lane actively recruits veterans and those with disabilities for all positions. For accommodations and questions call 541‑463‑5586.

To provide high‑quality instruction that meets established learning aims and outcomes for students in Sociology courses. Faculty are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality learning experience for all Lane Community College students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of the teacher of record and facilitator of learning.

• Support student learning through activities that include:
  • Exhibit compliance with college policies and procedures.
  • Accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering and related functions.
  • Sustain currency in discipline and innovation in teaching.
  • Collegial participation in faculty performance evaluation process.
  • Maintain and post office hours in alignment with college expectations.
  • Maintain physical campus presence for instruction and daily needs of students, departments, college, and community as specified in the College Operations Policies and Procedures.
  • Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, and/or other documentation; ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory.
  • Problem‑solve and manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness of FERPA standards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students.
  • Other duties as assigned.
• Curriculum Delivery:
  • Provide high‑quality classroom instruction.
  • Create course content, develop and revise course content and materials.
  • Establish learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to inform improvements at a program and course level.
  • Incorporate college values into the curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment including facilitating awareness of multicultural and diversity issues in curricula.
  • Teach and develop all class syllabi and course materials in a form that can be directly delivered to, and used by, students.
  • Confer with students on course materials.
  • Deliver curriculum to students in traditional and online formats.
• Online Teaching and Student Support:
  • Engage within the online course environment to ensure regular and substantive interaction (RSI).
  • Monitor student progress and provide reasonable coaching and assistance to struggling students toward success.
  • Review and grade all work submitted by students and provide timely and substantive feedback.
  • Provide timely responses to student inquiries.
  • Ensure that all materials meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
  • Use effective strategies for teaching online.
• Equity and Inclusion:
  • Demonstrate Lane Community College's core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships.
  • Duty carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran's status, nationality, age, language, origin or employment status.
  • Actively assist with ADA compliance in conjunction with Human Resources and Disability Resource departments; support appropriate access for persons…