Adjunct, Anthropology

Under general supervision of the Department Administrator, the successful candidate will prepare and teach various in‑person Anthropology classes within the Anthropology program at assigned SLCC campuses.

Salt Lake Community College seeks adjunct faculty who can adapt to a variety of teaching situations and who have the ability to work effectively with students, colleagues, staff and others in a campus climate that promotes professionalism and multicultural understanding.

Special Instructions

Please attach resume or curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts, or other documents for consideration.

This position is paid at $1,056 per instructional unit.

This is a pooled position, and all applications are reviewed when positions become available.

SLCC Faculty General Description found Appendix 1 link below:

Faculty Compensation and Workload Handbook

Responsibilities

• Effectively prepares and teaches Anthropology classes to facilitate student learning as stipulated in the curriculum course outline.
• Becomes familiar with, and abides by, all college policies with immediate priority given to those policies that govern interactions with colleagues, staff, administrators, and departments throughout the organization.
• Maintains professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Provides appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
• Returns graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
• Maintains student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades.
• Conducts a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Informs students of progress‑to‑date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• Prepares and submits incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
• Maintains professional and collegial behavior.
• Handles/responds to student concerns/complaints, and responds to student communications and inquiries promptly (generally within 1‑2 days).
• Maintains professional appearance as defined by the discipline and/or College procedure.
• Completes all required employee trainings.
• Knows and enforces FERPA guidelines.
• Provides ADA accommodations as requested.
• Other job related duties as required.

At Will Statement means you are employed as an Adjunct Faculty member/ Instructor on a contract‑to‑contract or an hourly basis, with no future expectation or obligation for employment.

Professional Boundaries Statement means that you are required to maintain professional boundaries with all SLCC students.

All Faculty will maintain an on‑site campus presence to encourage in‑person relationships and create engaging, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences.

All SLCC employees must maintain permanent residence/address within the State of Utah to maintain employment. A permanent Utah address must be recorded to Human Resources within 30‑days of your employment start date.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Computer (word processing, PowerPoint) and internet (web, email) skills essential
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with a broad range of people with varying academic skills, different socio‑economic and socio‑cultural backgrounds, including those with disabilities

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Anthropology
• PhD in Anthropology
• 2 years teaching experience at the community college level
• Experience working with Canvas