Blended Remote Online Adjunct Professor - Philosophy 9

Description Part-Time Faculty Philosophy Blended Remote/Online (This is a Virtual Position) Bryant & Stratton College Online Education is seeking Part-Time instructors to teach Blended Remote Philosophy courses. Qualified candidate will possess a Master's degree in Philosophy. Prior Remote teaching experience preferred. To be considered for a Part-Time faculty position, applicants are required to submit the following items with the application:

• Resume/CV
• PhD (if applicable), Masters, and Bachelor's unofficial transcripts
• At least 3 professional references (be sure to include phone numbers and email addresses)

During the application process, be sure to upload all of these documents under the documents section . Position Status : Non-Exempt Reports To : Program Manager/Faculty Administrator Location : Remote (Orchard Park, NY) Bryant & Stratton College Online adjunct instructors will support the college mission and vision by facilitating an active virtual learning classroom through alternative delivery methodologies. Instructors will maintain contemporary knowledge and skills in their discipline to support their expected classroom responsibilities. Instructors will participate in departmental, campus-wide, and college-wide activities to support the needs of the student population and the Online Education team. Job Responsibilities: Classroom Preparation & Performance

• Prepare course(s) assigned in Blackboard with required elements by the designated deadline.
• Facilitate a 1 Hour 35 minute remote session via Teams each week at a specified day and time.
• Throughout each session, provide approximately 10 - 12 hours per week of instruction. This includes facilitating a weekly live session via Teams, discussion, grading student work, checking email, engaging in personalized retention efforts and outreach to support student success, and answering student inquiries.
• Respond to all outreach (email, text, calls, etc. ) from students, supervisors, colleagues, etc. within 48-hours . This includes responding to inquires in the Ask Your Instructor forum in each section.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, which will be evaluated through informal and formal observations annually. These observations are completed using tools such as midsession checks, yearly formal evaluations, etc.
• The seven principles are: Encourage contact between students and faculty, Develop reciprocity and cooperation among students, Encourage active learning, Give prompt feedback, Emphasize time on task, Communicate high expectations, and Respect diverse talents and ways of learning.
• Ensure the grade book is updated each week no later than 11:59 pm, ET the day before your Teams session.
• Review student work, adhere to grading rubrics, and provide detailed, individualized feedback.
• If grading is completed early in the week, review the grade book again before the grading deadline to ensure all submissions have been graded and zeroes have been reverted (if applicable).
• Ensure zeroes are entered weekly for students who do not submit assignment(s) by the due date.
• Late work submitted according to the late policy should be graded within one week of submission. It is not to be left until the end of the course.
• Ensure that zeroes are reverted each week for work that was submitted late.
• Meet final grades deadline for each course each session.
• Meet with FAs and/or PMs as requested, for coaching, performance improvement, and/or professional development
• Utilize provided retention tools weekly from weeks 2 - 15 to monitor at-risk students, communicate with students and their advisors (observers), and document outreach attempts.
• Utilize active learning strategies, authentic assessment, and APA guidelines in the classroom.
• Encourage student usage of electronic portfolio assignments to support the teaching and learning outcomes of the college.
• Follow the college's plagiarism policy to promote academic integrity in all courses, no matter what level or subject matter.
• Understand the college's rigor standards, active learning strategies, best practices in Remote teaching, and Bloom's Taxonomy standards and be able to apply them to the classroom.
• Comply with all student ADA accommodations provided by the ADA Coordinator
• Encourage student participation in student survey/faculty evaluation within each course and routinely download and review survey responses after each session.

Administrative Requirements Outside of Teaching

• Maintain current knowledge of teaching disciplines/fields of study and best practices in distance education through professional development opportunities and provide documentation to B&SC as required
• Participate in all required live and asynchronous faculty meetings to stay eligible for scheduling in the upcoming semesters (course assignments are based on student enrollment and are never guaranteed). This is required even if someone is not actively teaching each semester. Missing 2 consecutive faculty meetings without approval from the Program Manager may result in alleviation of adjunct status.
• Participate in campus-wide initiatives in support of retention and persistence to graduation goals
• Complete all required workshops/seminars as necessitated by management
• In addition to the crit.