Workforce Skilled Trades-Sheet Metal-Adjunct Instructor

Title: Workforce Skilled Trades-Sheet Metal-Adjunct Instructor

Agency: Paul D. Camp Community College

Location: Suffolk - 800

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Paul D. Camp Community College is a small 2-year college in Southeast Virginia. Campuses are located in Franklin and Suffolk. There also is a centre in Smithfield. The college offers associate degrees, certificates, and career studies certificates in transfer and career/technical programs; credit and non-credit workforce services and training for businesses and industries; special interest classes for the community; and summer classes for youth through the Regional Workforce Development Center. A dual enrolment program for high school students, online courses, and developmental studies classes is available at the college as well.

Skilled Trades Instructors provide instruction, support, assessment, and mentorship to Community College non-credit learners. Instructors are required to fully participate in the mission and community of the college. The major emphasis shall be on teaching, by working with non-credit program participants in classrooms, laboratories, individual conferences, and related contexts to help learners develop their interest and abilities to the fullest.

Part-time Instructors are contracted on a course-by-course basis based on their individual availability and will not exceed 1500 contracted hours per year. Workforce development programs prioritize industry credential attainment and skill enhancement. Teaching experience is helpful but not required. Professional experience and appropriate certification are critical. Teaching positions are primarily in-person, but occasionally instruction may be hybrid.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of industry-related safety topics.
• Knowledge of industry-related tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of industry-related practices, processes, and performance tasks
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and customer service orientation.
• Good computer skills.
• Ability to teach and facilitate skill development.
• Ability to assess learner performance and progress and to provide appropriate feedback.
• Ability to measure, assess and align learner outcomes within courses.
• Ability to serve the needs of traditional and non-traditional students.
• Ability to plan and organize instruction in ways that maximize documented student learning.
• Ability to promote higher-order thinking and problem solving among educational participants.
• Ability to adhere to established standards for educational quality.
• Ability to adapt to state requirements, local needs, and national trends.
• Ability to use Email (Outlook), Microsoft Word, and Excel.

Additional Considerations:

• Prior teaching or training experience in a workplace or community/technical college setting.
• Professional Certification/Certificate (if applicable)

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer