Early Childhood Adjunct Faculty

Early Childhood Adjunct Faculty

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 center 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 enrollment program for high school students, online courses, and developmental studies classes are available at the college as well.

1. Teaching : Creating a learning environment that facilitates students acquisition of knowledge and skills in a subject. Teaching encompasses four components: Instructional Design, Instructional Delivery, Instructional Effectiveness, and Instructional Expertise.
2. Scholarly and Creative Engagement : Engage in scholarly and/or creative activity, which may include conference attendance and presentation, participation in professional organizations, academic coursework, scholarly research and publications, and grant activity.
3. Institutional Responsibility: Performing assigned or presumed duties according to ones role at the college. These activities support and advance both the mission of the VCCS and the college to enhance the effective functioning of the college. These responsibilities include: participate in the colleges development and evaluation plan for part-time teaching faculty; participate in required department, committee, and college meetings; adhere to college and VCCS policies; perform assigned duties; and maintain a collegial working relationship with faculty, and staff.
4. Service: Quality participation and commitment to students, college and/or community organizations, which is an expectation of ones activities as a professional educator. Activities in this domain are differentiated college representation, college citizenship, and community citizenship.

Hiring Range: $793 per credit hour - minimum salary

KSAs/Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• Ability to design and implement curricula that align elements of student learning to the students educational goals.
• Ability to develop and adapt teaching and learning strategies to accommodate traditional and non-traditional students with diverse backgrounds and varied academic competencies.
• Knowledge of methods to effectively teach Early Childhood Education through various means of distance learning.
• Ability to learn and utilize various technologies for communication, organization of data and course materials, presentations, etc.
• Ability to use formative and summative assessment measures to evaluate and enhance student learning.
• Experience with proven teaching strategies that promote student success.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing for group or one-on-one settings.
• Commitment to stay current and continually improve knowledge and understanding of the discipline.

Additional Considerations:

• Teaching experience
• Community college or four-year college teaching experience.
• Experience with alternative delivery methods to include online delivery, hybrid and Hyflex course options, content software, web-enhancements, etc.
• Willingness to incorporate AI into curriculum.
• Experience incorporating technology into education.

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EEO STATEMENT: The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.