Practical Nursing Clinical Adjunct

Working Title Practical Nursing Clinical Adjunct
Role Title Part-Time Instructor
Role Code 01013 FLSA Exempt Pay Band UG Position Number 288A9999 Agency Wytheville Community College Division Wytheville Community College (Div) Work Location Galax - 640 Hiring Range To be determined by education and experience Emergency/Essential Personnel No EEO Category I-Faculty Full Time or Part Time Part Time

Does this position have telework options? No

Telework options are subject to change based on business needs

Does this position have a bilingual or multilingual skill requirement or preference? No

The mission of Wytheville Community College is dedicated to facilitating student success and fostering excellence through teaching while providing personal development, lifelong career growth, community leadership, economic advancement, and cultural enrichment for the citizens of the counties of Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, and Wythe and the city of Galax. To achieve this mission and to fulfill its role as an educational leader and partner, Wytheville Community College commits to a student-centered environment by: providing programs and courses in occupational-technical education, college transfer education, general education, developmental education, distance education, continuing education, and workforce development;

utilizing a broad range of instructional technologies, methods, materials, and facilities that are designed to meet the diverse needs of students; offering a supportive, comprehensive program of student development services that contribute to student persistence, success, and citizenship; fueling regional and state economic development by forging partnerships with businesses, industries, public agencies, civic groups, public schools, and other institutions of higher education not only within the service region but throughout the Commonwealth;

promoting Appalachian Culture and cultural opportunities of Southwest Virginia; promoting accessibility; promoting accessibility and affordability; and ensuring quality in all programs and services.

Wytheville Community College is seeking a candidate for an adjunct, teaching faculty position for the SACSCOC Accredited Practical Nursing Program. Teaching responsibilities may include classroom, clinical and campus laboratory instruction in practical nursing courses. Position requires clinical travel, student advising, active participation in nursing faculty, curriculum development and team-teaching meetings, and other activities. Duties may be performed at the Crossroads Institute, main campus or off-site clinical locations of the College as needs require.

Job Responsibilities

The faculty member’s role encompasses the general areas of learning facilitation, personal and professional development, and institutional and community service. Primary responsibilities for this position are to:

• Innovatively teach lecture/lab/clinical courses as assigned, employing current educational technology;
• Teach college level courses in nursing content areas. Teaching load of 12 credits or less per semester which may include distance-learning courses and on-and-off campus courses during the day, an evening, on weekdays and weekends, as needed;
• Establish and maintain a student focused classroom/lab teaching and learning environment conducive to student success;
• Design and implement teaching methods and strategies which complement lecture with lab instruction;
• Implement student recruitment initiatives;
• Advise students in courses selection and requirements of the curriculum. Serve on department, division, and college committees;
• Serve as a constructive and participative member of the Occupational & Health Programs Division and the larger college community that yields world-class collaborative learning and student outcomes; and
• Assist with maintaining SACSCOC accreditation and state approval status.

Other Duties Included In This Position Are Listed Below

• Participate as a member of a teaching team, working collaboratively with other full- and part-time faculty to assess quality of instruction by reviewing and implementing innovative methodologies, techniques, and delivery methods when deemed appropriate: these may include collaborative learning, learning communities, service learning, instructional technology, distance and distributed learning, international education, and/or honors programs and nursing club organizations.
• Demonstrate capacity to be future-focused and prepared to take this discipline forward into new areas of instruction and opportunity that may not currently be recognized or envisioned at this point in time.
• Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in response to institutional needs.
• Use innovative teaching strategies in the classroom.
• Demonstrate skill and knowledge in the teaching discipline.
• Evaluate students to measure their progress toward achievement of stated course objectives and inform them in a timely manner of their progress in the course.
• Provide timely, quality access to…