Education Programs Instructor

At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities!  We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help. 

Faculty at Central Carolina Community College facilitate transformative lifelong learning by incorporating discipline-specific learning outcomes through active learning opportunities, lectures, hands-on skill development, assignments, appropriate classroom management, etc. Faculty provide authentic student assessment that allows students to improve their knowledge and skills with each assignment. Faculty focus on student success by establishing meaningful connections with students early in the semester to support the varying needs of each student throughout the semester.

Diversity Policy:  Central Carolina Community College believes the college experience is greatly enriched through diversity; therefore, the college encourages diversity of thought within the student body and staff. Furthermore, the college seeks to promote awareness of diversity and the respect for all individuals, and the college pledges to adhere to this mission in its relationship with the community.   

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Embrace the institutional goals of Central Carolina Community College by engaging students as full partners in the learning process, removing barriers to student progression in courses, and supporting and assisting students in achieving their educational and career goals.  
• Use student learning outcomes to create a variety of activities, assignments, and assessments that ensure curriculum goals will be met. 
• Create a dynamic instructional environment that promotes a positive, interactive, and inclusive learning experience for all students.
• Maintain a Blackboard course with a syllabus and gradebook for each class.
• Grade all assignments in a timely manner and ensure that all grades are reported within the 10-day college grading policy. 
• Provide personalized and constructive feedback on student assignments by recognizing what students did well and identifying attainable improvements for future work.
• Respond to all student communication within two business days.
• Report attendance weekly.
• Facilitate student learning for instructional loads of 12 contact hours per semester.
• Keep a weekly schedule of 29 hours per week, including 4 required office hours. 
• Assume other duties as assigned.
• Actively support the college’s vision of exceptional learning for all.

Advising Responsibilities:

• Meet with each assigned advisee a minimum of once each semester.
• Provide advisees with information and guidance to achieve their individual educational, career, and life goals.
• Help students develop educational plans.
• Coach advisees and refer them to institutional resources when academic or personal problems require intervention.
• Complete faculty advisor training.

Recruiting Responsibilities:

• Work with local high schools to recruit students for the University Transfer Teacher Prep programs (A.A. and A.S.)
• Work with universities to develop pathways for students transferring. 
• Help establish and oversee a student education club.

Institutional Responsibilities:

• Participate in activities required to maintain program and/or college accreditation standards.
• Serve on college committees as appointed.
• Attend advisory board meetings as requested by your supervisor.
• Attend graduation ceremonies.
• Engage in a minimum of 5 hours of professional development each year.
• Maintain current knowledge of your discipline and renew industry credentials, as needed.
• Attend departmental, divisional, and college wide meetings.
• Cultivate a culture of care and advocacy through compassion, inclusion, opportunity, integrity, courage, and people. 

• Recognizing and respecting the variety of experiences and contributions represented by all of our students, employees, and community, the Education Programs Part-Time Instructor will encourage a learning environment where everyone is supported and valued for their unique perspectives and experiences, and will foster and promote the participation of all members of our diverse communities.  

Required Educational Background:

• Master’s degree in Education or a related field from a regionally accredited university with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hour credits in Education.

Required Certification:  

• Current North Carolina teaching license.

Required Industry Experience: 

• Two-years’ experience teaching in a K-12 environment.

• Community college teaching experience.
• Experience with distance learning and/or alternate instructional delivery systems.