Location: Gloucester,VA, USA
Title: Engineering Adjunct Instructor
Agency: Rappahannock Community College
Location: Gloucester - 073
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: Commensurate with education and experience.
Full Time or Part Time: Part Time
Additional Detail
Job Description:
Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC's annualized enrollment of 3,259 credit students and over 1,000 workforce and community development students are supported by over 120 full-time employees and 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.
RCC serves a rural and diverse 12-county area in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, whose mission is to provide inclusive access to exceptional training and educational opportunities meeting the community's needs and preparing individuals for success as learners, employees, and citizens.
RCC seeks applicants for adjunct instructors to teach Engineering courses such as Programmable Controllers I, Introduction to Fluid Power (Hydraulic and Pneumatic Control Systems), Instrumentation I, and other engineering technology courses in the electrical fields. Teaching assignments and schedules will include evening on-campus assignments and online learning. The expectation is to teach students using various delivery systems, including interactive video, web, and other electronic media.
The College desires candidates with a commitment to the community college mission and experience working in a diverse student population, including adult learners and at-risk students. The successful candidate will be committed to academic excellence, continuous improvement through professional development, assessment, program and course development, and creating a collegial environment of civility, collaboration and open communication. The college strives for a faculty of content experts who are also knowledgeable about best practices, innovative strategies, and instructional technologies that support teaching and learning.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in engineering and considerable related occupational experience. Candidates should possess sufficient technology skills to work productively in an organization that utilizes significant information and instructional technology resources. Candidates must be available to teach in the evening on the Glenns campus.
Preferred Qualifications:
Teaching experience in the discipline.
Master's Degree in an Engineering Field.