Adjunct Assistant Professor-Chemistry

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning's family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced distance instructor specializing in Chemistry to join our Adjunct faculty team.

DISTANCE EDUCATION/INSTRUCTION

Maintain a teaching load per semester, as assigned at the time of the

offer.

Maintain and demonstrate subject matter expertise including distance

education [as assigned to online courses].

Apply established teaching criteria and procedures and curriculum to

support student learning.

Employ a diverse distance education teaching methodology to drive

continuous quality improvement.

Utilize the Learning Management System (LMS) as a tool to deliver

course content and provide formative feedback to learners

Partner with program chair or program director to improve the design of

distance education environments.

LEARNER RETENTION

Monitor/track student retention using course attendance records.

Implement data-driven student retention improvement strategies to

achieve course benchmarks.

Partner with the program chair or program director to improve the

design of distance education.

PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

Remain proficient in all aspects of course or curricula content, learning

outcomes, assessment activities to achieve course goals.

Teach courses as assigned within the maximum number of contact hours

allowed

Demonstrate skill and knowledge in teaching discipline

Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and

utilizing different techniques including distance education in teaching

Aid in planning, development, and maintenance of program curriculum

Evaluate students to measure their progress in achieving course goals; inform

students in a timely manner of their progress.

Submit required program reports and forms to program or course managers in

a timely manner

Maintain student records of attendance or skill competency documents as

needed.

Partner with the program director or department chair to resolve student

appeals

Attend faculty meetings at the cadence determined by the program director or

department chair

JOB DESCRIPTION

Engage and document participation in professional development and in

service training for learning management systems, pedagogy, and

education teaching methodologies.

Maintain professional relationship with colleagues, students and the

community

Maintain compliance with policies and procedures within the employee

handbook, program handbooks (as applicable) and department directives.

Coordinate and balance the needs of a diverse student population.

Performance is evaluated in the following areas:

Use of a Learning Management System (LMS) as a tool to deliver

course content and maintain relevance and currency.

Use of course syllabi and instructional guidelines for assigned

courses

Demonstration of distance education and/or on-ground teaching practices

Demonstration of job knowledge and professional judgment

Achievement of student satisfactory academic progress

Proficiency in planning teaching priorities and deadlines

Show initiative/dependability/reliability and remain a team player

Qualifications

• Master's Degree required; Doctoral Degree preferred

• 15 documentable credit hours of education in Chemistry

• Experience which demonstrates: ability to mentor students; strong communication skills, both verbal and written

• Previous online teaching experience required utilizing a Learning Management System (LMS)

• A documented background in educational methodology consistent with teaching assignments including but not limited to education theory and practice, or current concepts relative to specific subjects he or she will be teaching, or current clinical practice experience

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Products, especially Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and other MS office products as needed

Additional Information

We Offer:

• Leadership development and training for career advancement

• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program