Adjunct Faculty- HVAC

ADJUNCT FACULTY- HVACR
Position Summary:

Engages students in the teaching/learning process, works assigned schedule, represents the College in the community, and performs other related duties as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plans and teaches courses which fulfill the current curriculum goals and objectives.
• Assures consistency in the planning, preparation, and administration of the course content, syllabus, outlines, and other teaching materials for courses and lab experiences.
• Works effectively with students and challenges students appropriately with an acceptable level of civility and discourse.
• Communicates progress in the course to students in a timely manner.
• Employs appropriate assessment techniques to measure student performance in achieving course goals and objectives. Collects, reports, and maintains assessment documentation.
• Determines and submits students' grades in accordance with established College policies and procedures. Communicates progress in the course to students in a timely manner.
• Supports the mission of the program, division, and College.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively communicate one-on-one, in small groups, and in classroom situations
• Proficient in word-processing and presentation software, internet, and e-mail
• Proficient with learning management systems
• Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse group of students
• Capability to teach in more than one discipline
• Demonstrated ability to advise students
• Effective verbal, written, and listening communication skills
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to work evening schedules.

Education and Work Experience:

• Associate Degree in HVACR or related discipline and/or industry credentials.
• Industry experience required
• Previous college-level teaching and/or industry trainer experience preferred.

Certifications:

• EPA Section 608 Technician Certification, preferred but not required
• NATE Certification, preferred but not required
• Trane/Carrier or other relevant industry certifications, preferred but not required

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT

As part of Terra State Community College’s ongoing commitment in providing the highest quality education and training to our students, faculty, staff and community, the College will:

• Educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
• Equip students with an opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
• Not require, favor, disfavor, or prohibit speech or lawful assembly.
• Create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
• Treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, will hold them to equal standards, and provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals’ race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender