Adjunct Lecturer for Spanish

Summary: : This part‑time, semester‑based role focuses on teaching excellence, student engagement, and maintaining academic standards. The ideal candidate brings strong subject‑matter expertise, effective communication skills, and a commitment to supporting diverse learners.

Key Responsibilities Areas :

• Facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction, and perform evaluations of student learning for all assigned classes, using each course's standard course outline as a guide.
• Develop course curriculum, course handouts, lectures, labs, and presentations.
• Participate in program level learning assessment. Participation includes helping articulate learning outcomes, choosing and administering measures, evaluating student performance, and suggesting changes to improve student learning.
• Schedule, supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in clinical, internship, observation, field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Be available in person and electronically to students to provide sufficient support to supplement and enhance their academic experience.
• Assign grades and maintain course/student records in accordance with FERPA and college regulations and submit grades and records by established deadlines.
• Meet all classes and other scheduled responsibilities such as office hours and meetings at the designated times.
• Keep a flexible weekly schedule that best facilitates student learning and access. Any changes in the scheduled class times or locations should have prior approval by the department chair.
• Remain current in academic or program discipline, including attending professional conferences, and maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
• Receive training or stay current in technological or pedagogical advances that promote student learning.
• Perform other academically related duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, Skills, and Abilities :

• Master’s degree or higher in field of instruction.
• Recognize and assist students needing remediation or other intervention for academic success and retention.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and stakeholders from across the College and the community in order to create, preserve, and enhance important partnerships, as well as within one’s own department.
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills; ability to use the faculty handbook and college policies to make informed decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Treat all members of the college community with dignity and respect demonstrating professional, courteous behavior and engage in constructive conflict resolution, when needed.