Languages; Spanish; Faculty Chair

Position: Languages (Spanish) (Faculty Chair 40)
Residential Faculty at Rio Salado College serve as Faculty Chairs to provide leadership over multidisciplinary academic and/or service areas. This Faculty Chair position will oversee the Languages Department. This position will join a small, collaborative, and innovative Faculty Chair cohort who manage their programs, projects, initiatives, and services while supervising a large contingent of adjunct faculty. Residential Faculty members also serve on Rio Salado's Faculty Senate and actively participate in multiple college, district, and even state-level committees.

This position reports directly to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Essential Functions

35% - Provides leadership for adjunct faculty in discipline and related disciplines to include hiring, training, mentoring, and evaluation.

35% - Engages in various instructional activities such as teaching a diverse population of students, curriculum development and assessment, researching and resolving student-related concerns, etc.

20% - Serves on collaborative work teams with faculty, staff, administration, and community partners.

10% - Coordinates development and provides oversight for discipline-related partnerships and programs.