Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
The full-time
teaching faculty perform specific duties under the supervision of a division
dean. The duties relate to instruction, course and curriculum development,
professional growth, and service to the college, the profession and the
community.
(B)
This job description includes all of those
responsibilities currently being carried out by full-time teaching faculty. It
is not expected that all faculty will carry out all of these responsibilities
in a given year. Each year, in conjunction with the division dean, faculty will
be expected to establish goals and objectives which will serve as the basis for
evaluation. Some of the responsibilities included in the job description refer
only to special disciplines or special faculty activities. When this is the
case, the term "when appropriate" is appended.
(1)
Instruction
(a)
Teaching assigned
courses in areas of competency in a manner consistent with institutional and
course goals and objectives. In general, instruction performance
includes:
(i)
Setting attainable instructional goals and objectives which
are compatible with the approved rational for each course
taught.
(ii)
Selecting texts, supplemental documents, or other
learning resources.
(iii)
Planning field trips, experiments, practice sessions,
or other support activities which directly relate to course goals and
objectives "when appropriate."
(iv)
Evaluating
students to
(a)
determine progress toward
course goals and objectives,
(b)
assign final grades,
(c)
determine correct course placement, and
(d)
"when appropriate" evaluate experience and knowledge
for the purpose of granting credit.
(v)
Providing subject
area academic assistance to students seeking such assistance who are not making
satisfactory progress, and to those with special interests in the
subject.
(vi)
Using reasonable precaution to help maintain a safe and
healthy environment for students.
(b)
Maintain a
minimum often posted office hours on campus per week calculated to be
convenient for students (including, where applicable, appropriate consideration
of evening students), and be available during these hours for student advising
and conferences. The faculty member will be responsible for posting office
hours on the faculty office door and for filing them with the division dean. On
campus includes all assigned work sites.
(c)
Maintain
accurate records of student grades and communicate them on a timely basis to
the appropriate institutional office. (In some special circumstances, federal,
state, or local laws or agency requirements may necessitate maintaining
attendance and/or other records.)
(d)
Attend general
college, general faculty, division, department, and advisory committee
meetings.
(2)
Course and/ curriculum development
(a)
Recommend to
division deans the revision, deletion, or addition of courses or
curricula.
(b)
Evaluate and recommend catalog and support material
revisions.
(c)
Maintain updated course outlines according to
prescribed college procedures and develop course syllabi to be distributed to
students.
(3)
Professional growth
(a)
Remain current
with the field(s) of assigned instruction and related occupational
areas.
(b)
Acquire, maintain, and apply knowledge of current
instructional methodologies and materials.
(c)
Participate in an
annual faculty evaluation process in compliance with the procedures applicable
to the faculty member's discipline.
(d)
Attend scheduled
divisional and professional development in-service activities.
(4)
Professional services related to college activities "When Appropriate"
(a)
Supervise
students engaged in approved on and off-campus activities.
(b)
Serve as adviser
to student organizations.
(c)
Coordinate the activities of student employees and/or
staff
(d)
Assist in articulation with local high schools, with
colleges and universities to which Lakeland students transfer, and with
companies and organizations that employ Lakeland students and
graduates.
(e)
Develop and offer noncredit continuing education and
community service courses.
(f)
Participate in
community activities when they benefit the college.
(g)
Participate in
college awards program.
(5)
Service to the
college, profession, and community
(a)
Assist in the recruitment, selection, orientation, and
evaluation of college personnel.
(b)
Participate in
accreditation processes within the college.
(c)
Support and
participate in committees, organizations, and activities.
(d)
Participate in
the registration process as needed.
(e)
Assist in
facility design and re-design when requested.
(f)
Prepare and
submit requests for requisitions for equipment and supplies as
needed.
(g)
Help use reasonable precautions to provide for the
proper use, care, and security of supplies, equipment, and
facilities.
(h)
Assist in the preparation of semester schedules,
faculty assignments, facility assignments, and budgets as
requested.
(i)
Attend seminars, workshops, and meetings of related
professional organizations as time and budget permit.
(j)
Be responsive to
requests from business, civic groups, and other community organizations for
assistance appropriate for the community college.
Replaces: 3354:2-21-15