Adjunct Faculty: Commercial Driver Training - Yavapai College

Hiring Rate:  $960.00 per load hour.

Yavapai College School of Career & Technical Education is recruiting Adjunct Faculty: Commercial Driver Training to teach in-person courses at our at our Chino Valley Center.

The successful faculty member recognizes that service to our students is our highest priority, and embraces their role in student success, recruitment, and retention. This includes being open to a variety of delivery methods and course design with the possibility of interactive, online, day, evening, weekend classes and/or teaching at various College locations and/or in the high school/college dual enrollment programs. In addition, faculty should be open to both traditional (16 week) and compressed course design (i.e., 8 week classes).  Faculty can expect to participate in innovative forms of assessment and should be willing to utilize Open Educational Resources (OER) when possible.   

The Commercial Driver Training Instructor will be responsible for classroom and field training in requirements, workplace expectations, equipment, permit knowledge, and behind the wheel instruction. The Commercial Driver Training Instructor will also work with an ADOT certified examiner to schedule road tests for students.

Terms of Teaching Assignment Include:

• Meet and teach assigned class(es) in accordance with course outlines, including specified textbooks.  A course outline is a district-approved document covering such items as course prefix, number, title, description, learning outcomes and content.
• Develop and submit to the division office a course syllabus and calendar based upon the approved college course outline prior to the start of class. Every course syllabus must incorporate the required components of a course syllabus.  A syllabus is a learning plan designed by the instructor to inform students about the learning outcomes, assessment requirements, grading criteria, attendance standards, institution policies and support services.
• Promptly submit required rosters, grade reports, evaluations, and academic reports; retain student grade records for one calendar year.
• Follow the accepted standards of conduct for faculty as described in applicable academic policies, which relate to satisfactory service and conduct becoming of a faculty member.
• Yavapai College requires that you use the official email address provided by Yavapai College.  It is expected that you will monitor the email account regularly for official correspondence from Yavapai College and your Division and respond to students in a timely and professional manner.
• Attend required instructional related meetings such as:  orientation meetings, department or division meetings, other meetings as required.
• Attend meetings and workshops as may be necessary to obtain or renew certification or essential licensure requirements.
• Complete all required NEOED trainings on an annual basis.
• New adjunct faculty must complete the Teaching Online Readiness Course in Canvas within the first semester of teaching.
• Participate in professional development opportunities offered at Yavapai College, including orientation, workshops, trainings, Convocation and division and department meetings, as applicable. 
• Other related duties as assigned.

*Unofficial transcripts/professional certifications must be attached when submitting the application.  

Employment is on a non-continuing basis, and consecutive teaching assignments do not lead to probationary or continuing faculty status. Teaching assignments are part-time, on a semester basis only and may or may not be continued based on student enrollment and College need.