Adjunct Professor of History

Job Summary

Under the general supervision of the Department Administrator, the successful candidate will prepare and teach various history classes within the history program at Salt Lake Community College.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

1. Effectively prepares and teaches History classes to facilitate student learning as stipulated in the curriculum course outlines.
2. Becomes familiar with, and abides by, all college policies with immediate priority given to those policies that govern interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization.
3. Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
4. Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
5. Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
6. Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades.
7. Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
8. Informs students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
9. Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
10. Prepares and submits incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
11. Maintains professional and collegial behavior.
12. Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints, and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1‐2 days).
13. Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and/or College procedure.
14. Completes all required employee trainings.
15. Knows and enforces FERPA guidelines.
16. Provides ADA accommodations as requested.
17. Applicant must maintain legal residence in the state of Utah.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in History

Preferred Qualifications

PhD in History, 2 years teaching experience at the community college level, experience working with Canvas

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Good written and oral communication skills, computer (word processing, PowerPoint) and internet (web, email) skills essential, cultural competency: ability to work with students from underserved/underrepresented groups

Ability to Work with Diverse Groups

Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, culture, ethnic background, and abilities, to maintain good working relationships across the College

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