About This Role
This instructor role focuses on teaching maritime courses at the Maritime Campus, ensuring students receive high-quality education and timely feedback. The position involves maintaining professional standards, developing effective teaching methods, and actively participating in college and community activities.
Responsibilities
- Keep up with changes and developments in the field of study
- Demonstrate high academic and professional standards
- Evaluate student work constructively and provide timely feedback
- Teach at times and locations that meet student needs
- Provide access to students through posted conference hours, electronic communications, and other appropriate methods, and respond to inquiries in a timely manner
- Review, evaluate, and recommend student learning materials
- Develop and use a syllabus and course information materials for each course, laboratory, or clinical setting within state, college, and departmental guidelines
- Follow US Coast Guard approved curriculum and lesson plans
- Maintain high standards of competence in the discipline(s) and teaching methodologies through professional development activities
- Plan, develop, and use effective teaching methods and materials which assist students in meeting course objectives, are appropriate for students with varied educational and experiential backgrounds and learning styles, and engage the students in learning
- Review, evaluate, reflect, and revise program curricula and teaching methods through a self-evaluation process of self-reflection
- Meet or exceed professional standards, state-mandated guidelines, requirements of business/industry, and higher education, as appropriate to the discipline
- Actively participate in college meetings and/or committees, task forces, and councils
- Participate in college-related activities such as registration, community education, recruitment of students, student retention, and faculty selection
- Participate in college activities for students/student organizations to aid in retention
- Participate in business and community activities that foster goodwill and promote the mission and values of the college
- Participate in activities required to maintain program and college accreditation standards
- Participate in setting departmental goals, in developing college budgets that support the goals, and in planning for achieving those goals
- Promote and maintain departmental affiliation agreements and other partnerships with other institutions
- Teach USCG approved and non-approved courses
- Ensure that all equipment and technology are in operational condition for use in instruction
- Review instructional material for currency and accuracy and make recommendations as needed
