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Position Summary
Teach Spanish courses as scheduled and agreed to with division chair/center director and in keeping with the guidelines listed below, assist with curriculum development and review, and assist students with advising and enrollment as needed. Assignments may include all delivery methods (traditional, online, and hybrid).
Class load will be twelve credit hours and three hours of release for program management, per semester – fall and spring. Teaching assignments may involve day/evening or off-site classes.
Essential Job Duties
The primary function of faculty members at Crowder College is to help students maximize their learning. Duties include those related to curriculum, instruction, student advisement, professional enrichment, institutional service, and other tasks associated with full-time faculty, which may include evenings and weekends. Delivery methods may include traditional, online, or flex. Travel to other institutional sites may be required. Learning is the key to human growth and development. In order to help our student be better learners, faculty members in general are expected to:- Devote full time and energy to maximize student learning outcomes.
- Continue learning through professional development activities.
- Be role models for learning behavior.
- Include students in all facets of instruction, guidance, and academic association.
- Maintain confidential relationships with respect to student information.
- Respect student thought.
- Select appropriate texts and other course materials in conjunction with the appropriate division chair. Selection of materials should be reported to the bookstore by the prescribed deadlines.
- Adhere to student abilities and competencies listed in the institutional syllabi of courses taught.
- Develop and distribute course syllabi based on the institutional syllabi. Copies should be submitted to division chairs and AVP each semester.
- Return evaluated student exams and papers in a timely fashion.
- Maintain grades and class status information.
- Submit required reports by deadlines.
- Meet classes at the listed times.
- Maintain regular office hours. Generally, that would include 8-10 hours total per week with times in both mornings and afternoons.
- Serve on institutional committees as needed.
- Support college activities.
- Do faculty evaluations within prescribed guidelines.
- Perform departmental and divisional responsibilities such as assessment of student learning.
- Dismiss classes only with prior approval from the division chair and/or AVP.
- Schedule no more than one week’s worth of absences for school business, school activities, or personal days per semester.
- Must attend graduation ceremonies
- As Spanish program coordinator –provide professional development for Spanish instructors, evaluate Spanish instructors across the service area, hire new instructors -especially for dual-credit, manage student grade issues, select and distribute curriculum, approve course substitutions, manage Seal of Biliteracy approvals, collect program assessment data and produce reports, guide scheduling of Spanish instructors, collaborate with partners in K-12 and higher education, determine curriculum needs to support enrollment.
- Develop and manage a Spanish workplace certificate
- Master’s degree in Spanish or a closely related field; 18 graduate hours in Spanish or a related field is preferred.
- If candidate does not have a master’s in Spanish, the applicant must meet one criterion from each category:
1.A minimum of five years professional experience in a position requiring expertise in a Spanish discipline related to the course(s) being taught.Professional experience could include interpreting, translating, studying/working abroad.
2.A minimum of five years teaching K-12 Spanish.
3.A minimum of two years teaching post-secondary Spanish.
Category 2: Education
1.Bachelor’s degree, plus at least 12 graduate hours in Spanish and/or ratings of Superior on the OPI and WPT*.
2.Bachelor’s degree in a Spanish discipline, plus at least 9 graduate hours in Spanish and/or ratings of Advanced High on the OPI and the WPT*.
3.Master’s degree in a non-Spanish field (including but not limited to, bilingual education, foreign language education, second language education) involving substantial content with relevant application in teaching a second or foreign language, plus 6 graduate hours in Spanish and/or ratings of Advanced Mid on the OPI and the WPT*.
Category 3: Proficiency
The candidate completes an interview/teaching sample in the target language that demonstrates spoken/written proficiency.
*Additional note: all tested proficiency scores must be current and not expired.
- Experience teaching college students preferred.
- Formal graduate study in a Spanish-speaking country or extensive experience in Hispanic culture desired.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to plan, organize, and implement responsibilities effectively.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, other professionals, staff, and the public.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities- 2 years post-secondary teaching or 5 years of secondary teaching experience preferred
- Experience in development of materials and media for online learning
- Knowledge of a learning management system (such as Canvas)
Equipment/Software- Ability to operate a personal computer using the Windows environment.
- Ability to understand operating a personal computer within the Crowder College
- Network environment
- Ability to use E-mail.
- Ability to perform basic student database (Jenzabar).
- Ability to perform advanced word processing using MS Word.
- Ability to perform basic presentation functions using MS PowerPoint.
- Ability to use Canvas.
Positions Supervised
Working Environment- Generally indoors in a normal office environment with minimal exposure to temperature changes, noise, dust or chemicals.
- Normal college hours, but may involve evening or weekend work from time to time.
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.
Physical- Requires mobility within the campus and various sites, light lifting, and physical activities on a daily basis.
- Input, access and distribute information using computers.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms’ stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision
Creative and Analytical Skills- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
- Ability to plan, develop and implement necessary curriculum.
Language/Communication Skills- Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students and the general public, in both written and oral mediums.
- Ability to interact with a broad range of people both on and off campus in a positive manner.
CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DISCRIPTION IN ANY WAY THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PREFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP REMAINS “AT -WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.
