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Position
Summary:
The Online Adjunct Faculty member performs duties relating to online instruction
including, but not limited to: posting faculty guidance and expectations, participating in classroom
discussion boards, grading assignments and promptly responding to student inquiries. The faculty
member may also act as a practicum supervisor, or thesis or dissertation chairperson or committee
member, as needed. This position reports to the Operations Manager for Academic Affairs. To be
eligible for the position you must be located within the United States and operate from a personal
computer with internet connection.
We are expanding our team to meet the needs of our
growing institution and are currently accepting resumes for Online Adjunct Faculty to instruct
courses in the Criminology, and Mediation and Conflict Resolution of our degree programs.
Essential Job Duties:
* Posting faculty guidance and expectations
* Participating in
classroom discussion boards
* Grading assignments and responding to student inquiries
*
Providing timely feedback to students' questions and concerns
Additional Job Duties
(include but are not limited to):
* Mentor students and act as a practicum supervisor, thesis
or dissertation chair or committee member, as needed
* Other duties as required
Requirements and Qualification:
* Hold a minimum of an earned Juris Doctorate from a
regionally accredited institution of higher learning in a field related to the course content you
will teach
* For Criminology courses, be a criminologist or an individual with law enforcement
and criminal justice system experience.
* For Mediation and Conflict Resolutions courses, have
a mediation certificate and 30+ solo mediated cases
* Current or recent experience in the
field
* Have an interest in and commitment to, teaching in the online environment
*
Prior teaching experience, preferably in the online environment
* Excellent written
communication skills
* Proficiency in common internet tools, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
* Prior teaching experience, preferably in the online environment
Education:
*
Hold a minimum of a Doctorate Degree from a regionally accredited institution
Education:
* Hold a minimum of a Doctorate Degree from a regionally accredited institution
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of
those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
sit and desk location, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls (i.e. mouse, keyboard,
telephone), frequently talk or hear, reach with hands and arms and occasionally required to stand,
stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision of computer monitor.
Application Information