Central Carolina Community College is hiring: American Sign Language Instructor

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Location : Sanford, NC

Job Type: Adjunct

Job Number: 02118

Division: SL-Arts & STEM

Opening Date: 10/01/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

Job Description

At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities! We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help.

Adjunct faculty at Central Carolina Community College facilitate transformative lifelong learning by incorporating discipline-specific learning outcomes through active learning opportunities, lectures, hands-on skill development, assignments, and appropriate classroom management. Faculty provide authentic student assessment that allows students to improve their knowledge and skills with each assignment. Faculty foster student success by establishing meaningful connections with students early in the semester to support the varying needs of each student throughout the semester.

• Please include unofficial copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Will be required to submit official copies of transcripts before the start date.
  
• This position may have occasional travel between campuses and for training. Occasional after hours may be required.
  
• This position requires face to face teaching

Diversity Policy: Central Carolina Community College believes the college experience is greatly enriched through diversity; therefore, the college encourages diversity of thought within the student body and staff. Furthermore, the college seeks to promote awareness of diversity and the respect for all individuals, and the college pledges to adhere to this mission in its relationship with the community.
Essential Duties

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Embrace the institutional goals of Central Carolina Community College by engaging students as full partners in the learning process, removing barriers to student progression in courses, and supporting and assisting students in achieving their educational and career goals.
• Use student learning outcomes to create a variety of activities, assignments, and assessments that ensure curriculum goals will be met.
• Create a dynamic instructional environment that promotes a positive, interactive, and inclusive learning experience for all students.
• Teach a variety of students including those still in high school
• Maintain a Blackboard course with a syllabus and gradebook for each class.
• Grade all assignments in a timely manner and ensure that all grades are reported within the 10-day college grading policy.
• Provide personalized and constructive feedback on student assignments by recognizing what students did well and identifying attainable improvements for future work.
• Respond to all student communication within two business days.
• Report attendance weekly.
• Actively support the college's vision of exceptional learning for all.

Institutional Responsibilities:

• Participate in activities required to maintain program and/or college accreditation standards when needed.
• Engage in professional development activities to keep current in your discipline.
• Maintain current knowledge of your discipline and renew industry credentials, as needed.
• Attend departmental, divisional, and college-wide meetings as requested.
• Cultivate a culture of care and advocacy through compassion, inclusion, opportunity, integrity, courage, and people.

• Recognizing and respecting the variety of experiences and contributions represented by all of our students, employees, and community, the American Sign Language Instructor (Adjunct) will encourage a learning environment where everyone is supported and valued for their unique perspectives and experiences and will foster and promote the participation of all members of our diverse communities.

Minimum Requirements

Required educational background:

• Master's Degree with at least 18 graduate hours in ASL

Preferred Requirements

• Previous seated and/or online teaching experience.
• Experience designing curriculum
• Experience with Blackboard or other LMS