Adjunct, Early Childhood Education

Overview

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Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

Under the general supervision of the Department Administrator and a full-time faculty mentor, the successful candidate will prepare and teach Early Childhood Education courses assigned by the department.

This is a pooled position. The department reviews applications as positions become available.

This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

Please attach resume or curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts, or other documents for consideration.

• Prepares and teaches Introduction to Education and/or Elementary Education course material as stipulated in the course syllabi provided by the department.
• With the assistance of a full-time faculty mentor, develops course calendar and weekly outlines.
• Supports professional commitment to the Department, School and College mission and values.
• Becomes familiar with, and abides by, all college policies with priority given to policies governing interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization.
• Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
• Returns graded assignments/quizzes within one week of the due date.
• Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and detailed grade calculation records.
• Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits final grades by published deadlines.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• Prepares and submits incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
• Maintains professional and collegial behavior.
• Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1-2 days).
• Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and/or College procedure.
• Completes all required employee trainings.
• Knows and enforces FERPA guidelines.
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested.
• Other job-related duties as needed.

• Ability to communicate assigned subject matter to students.
• Ability to use a computer and other instructional technologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups in a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic background of community college students, faculty and staff, including those with disabilities.

All Faculty will maintain an on-site campus presence to encourage in-person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences unless approved for online-only courses.

You are employed as an Adjunct Faculty member/Instructor on a contract-to-contract basis, with no future expectation or obligation for employment. Your employment may be terminated at will at any time.

You are required to maintain professional boundaries with all SLCC students.

Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, or Early Childhood Development, or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university with at least 6 semester hours of graduate-level coursework in the topic being taught.

• Three or more years of experience teaching young children (birth through 8 years old).

Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study. SLCC is committed to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, protected veteran status, or other status protected by law.

SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (URS). This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Education and Training

• Higher Education