Adjunct Faculty: Communication

Adjunct Faculty: Communication

Salary

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Location

Clarkdale, AZ

Job Type

Adjunct Faculty (Part Time)

Job Number

2023-00440

Department

AA - Adjunct Faculty

Opening Date

07/20/2023

Closing Date

10/20/2023 11:59 PM Arizona

Description

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Description of Position

Hiring Rate: $960.00 per load hour beginning in the Fall 2023 semester.

The Communications Department is actively seeking adjunct faculty for the Verde campus. The successful faculty member recognizes that service to our students is our highest priority, and embraces their role in student success, recruitment, and retention. This includes being open to a variety of delivery methods and course design with the possibility of interactive, online, day, evening, weekend classes and/or teaching at various College locations and/or in the high school/college dual enrollment programs. In addition, faculty should be open to both traditional (16 week) and compressed course design (i.e., 8 week classes). Faculty can expect to participate in innovative forms of assessment and should be willing to utilize Open Educational Resources (OER) when possible. Unofficial transcripts must be attached when submitting the application.

Terms of Teaching Assignment Include:

Meet and teach assigned class(es) in accordance with course outlines, including specified textbooks. A course outline is a district-approved document covering such items as course prefix, number, title, description, learning outcomes and content.

Develop and submit to the division office a course syllabus and calendar based upon the approved college course outline prior to the start of class. Every course syllabus must incorporate the required components of a course syllabus. A syllabus is a learning plan designed by the instructor to inform students about the learning outcomes, assessment requirements, grading criteria, attendance standards, institution policies and support services.

Promptly submit required rosters, grade reports, evaluations, and academic reports; retain student grade records for one calendar year.

Follow the accepted standards of conduct for faculty as described in applicable academic policies, which relate to satisfactory service and conduct becoming of a faculty member.

Yavapai College requires that you use the official email address provided by Yavapai College. It is expected that you will monitor the email account regularly for official correspondence from Yavapai College and your Division and respond to students in a timely and professional manner.

Attend required instructional related meetings such as: orientation meetings, department or division meetings, other meetings as required.

Attend meetings and workshops as may be necessary to obtain or renew certification or essential licensure requirements.

Complete all required NEOED trainings on an annual basis.

New adjunct faculty must complete the Teaching Online Readiness Course in Canvas within the first semester of teaching.

Participate in professional development opportunities offered at Yavapai College, including orientation, workshops, trainings, Convocation and division and department meetings, as applicable.

Other related duties as assigned.

Employment is on a non-continuing basis, and consecutive teaching assignments do not lead to probationary or continuing faculty status. Teaching assignments are part-time, on a semester basis only and may or may not be continued based on student enrollment and College need.

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

Faculty teaching general education course, or other non-occupational courses that transfer, typically hold a Master's degree or higher in the discipline or subfield. If a faculty member holds a Master's degree or higher in a discipline or subfield other than what he or she is teaching, that faculty member should have completed a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline or subfield in which they teach. (HLC Policy Adopted June 2015).

Degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution.

Official transcripts must be requested at time of hire.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

Master's degree in Communication or Speech Communication or Master's degree in a related field with 18 graduate credit hours of coursework in Health Communication, Organizational Communication, Mass Communication or Rhetoric.

Experience with online learning systems such as Canvas

Professional experience in a community college/higher education work environment

Essential Functions

Successful candidates must be able to complete necessary duties satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed represent the required knowledge, skill, and ability. Regular attendance is a critical job responsibility as it demonstrates dependability in job duties.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the conditions of this job.

Physical Demands

The successful candidate must meet the physical demands described to complete the conditions of this job. Job duties require the employee to sit and communicate effectively and regularly. The employee is often required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requires close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to satisfy the needs of this job.

Work Environment

The work environment described represents those an employee encounters while fulfilling necessary job duties. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet but may vary based on the assignment.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to satisfy the needs of this job.

Yavapai College offers its Adjunct employees the following comprehensive benefit package:

Medicare: Provides basic health insurance at age 65

Other Insurance Coverage: Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)

Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits if covered wages meet requirements

Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s).

Tuition Waiver: Adjunct faculty, their spouse and their dependent children (as defined by IRS administrative rulings regarding dependency) may enroll for six or fewer hours of Yavapai College for credit course work per semester without payment of tuition during the semester in which the adjunct faculty member is scheduled to teach a credited class.

Additional Benefits and Services: Bookstore discount, local community discounts to faculty and staff, mail and notary service.

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Have you attached your unofficial undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts as required?

Yes

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Required Question

Agency

Yavapai College

Address

 1100 E. Sheldon Street

Prescott, Arizona, 86301

Website

 https:// www. yc.edu/hr