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Charter Oak- Adjunct ECE Faculty
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Position Number: 5956081
Location: New Britain, CT
Position Type: Education - Teacher Education - Early Childhood

Details:
Posted: January 23, 2025
Level: Adjunct Faculty

Location:
Charter Oak State College
185 Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051
**This position is fully remote**
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Charter Oak State College is developing a pool of applicants for potential part-time teaching positions for the credit course offerings in the Early Childhood Education Department. These positions are on continuous recruitment, and are filled on an as-needed basis, depending on course offerings, enrollment and specific department needs. You will only be contacted if there is a current need at the college you indicated on your application and have met the qualifications/skills and experience that are required for the position. Your applications will stay active for 1 year.

Adjunct faculty will:

Teach courses in the Early Childhood Education program as well as other related majors.
Utilize the Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators as a basis for instruction and assessment to ensure learning outcomes are met.
Support the department by ensuring that all students complete required field experiences and key assessments to ensure NAEYC Higher Education Accreditation requirements are met.
Connect at-risk students with appropriate supportive services, such as Student Accessibility Services, Tutoring Services, or Counseling, to address barriers to academic achievement,
Maintain presence in online course at least four days each week. Monitor and participate in discussions, when appropriate, and review and provide quality feedback to student work based on the college timeline for review of student work.
Attend faculty meetings either in-person or virtually, based on availability, with the exception of the annual faculty meeting, held at the start of the new school year.
Participate in at least one professional development activity per year.
The Adjunct Instructor should have knowledge and understanding of research-based practices for teaching children in early childhood education, including understanding of principles for teaching adult learners. Faculty hired to teach without understanding of the adult learner will be provided with training.
The Adjunct Instructor must have excellent communication and documentation skills. Courses will be assigned based in experience. It is expected that the Adjunct Instructor have cultural awareness, and ability to work with culturally diverse faculty and students. Must be comfortable using email and learning platforms, such as Blackboard, as well as experience computers. Must have reliable technology and access to high-speed internet.

Note: Candidates are expected to have excellent oral and written communication skills along with reliable technology and access to high-speed internet.

Charter Oak State College Mission:
As part of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) system, Charter Oak State College, the state's only public, online, degree-granting institution, provides affordable, diverse, and alternative opportunities for adults to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates. The College's mission is to validate learning acquired through traditional and non-traditional experiences, including its own courses. The College rigorously upholds standards of high quality and seeks to inspire adults with the self-enrichment potential of non-traditional higher education.

Charter Oak State College Vision:
Charter Oak State College: A dynamic community of online learners advancing the nation's workforce one graduate at a time.

Charter Oak State College Equity Statement:
Charter Oak State College commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

Anticipated Start Date:
ASAP

Example of Job Duties:
Under the Director of the ECE Program Director, the ECE adjunct faculty members are responsible for teaching the content of the classes and facilitating learning to a diverse population in an online, asynchronous environment through effective performance in these essential duties:

Complete the Charter Oak Faculty Orientation within 30 days of being approved to teach.
Prior to the course start, complete a quality check of the assigned course.
Engage fully with students in assigned course/s. This translates to having active course participation and responding to all student questions within 48 hours.
Facilitate course/s as designed through the learning management system (Blackboard).
Proactively reach out to students that miss assignments.
Refer or notify appropriate academic and/or support services such as tutoring or advising as appropriate.
Immediately notify Program Director on all students matters.
Post weekly course updates, announcements, and course overview video.
Maintain and submit accurate and timely reports for student grades.
Adhere to all Charter Oak State College faculty expectations regarding engagement in the course.
Provide personalized and substantive feedback to students based on the college policy for grading student work.
Respond promptly to student, Program Director, and college emails.
Maintain current knowledge of professional issues.
Complies with all federal, state, and college guidelines.
Attends department meetings.
Reports any challenges to course content or the Blackboard LMS to the appropriate program director.
Refer students to support services as needed.
Submits final grades within five days at the end of the term.
Collects, reports, and submits data within five days at the end of the term.
Identifies and meets with at-risk-students as needed.
Documents in writing all student and program concerns to the Program Director

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree in education or a related field from a regionally accredited institution.
Demonstrated competency in computer applications.
Minimum three (3) years of industry and practical experience in a professional discipline.
Demonstrated training or experience in teaching in an online asynchronous environment.
Effective communication skills.
Excellent organization skills and attention to detail.

Substitutions Allowed:

Applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifications as stated are encouraged to describe in writing precisely how their background and experience have prepared them for the responsibilities of this position and should provide appropriate references. Exceptions to any degree requirements may be made for compelling reasons.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ph.D. or other doctorate from a regionally accredited institution.
Extensive knowledge working in a learning management system.
At least two (2) years of higher education teaching experience or one (1) year of higher education online teaching experience.
Bilingual.
Experience working in NAEYC Accredited Early Learning Programs.

Starting Salary:
Faculty are paid on a per student basis for teaching.

Application Instructions:
To apply you must submit a cover letter and resume. The cover letter may be entered as text in the corresponding box, or it can be uploaded as a combined file with the resume.

Incomplete applications or those submitted after the closing date will not be considered and links to other sources to view resumes are not acceptable.

For more information or to apply via our website at www.ct.edu/hr/jobs

Background Screening:
All employment, if offered, is contingent upon proof of citizenship or employability under the requirement of the Immigration and Control Act (IRCA) and the successful passing of a background check, including granting permission to contact current and previous employers for verification. CSCU is committed to providing a safe campus community. Background investigations include reference checks, a criminal history record check and, when appropriate, a financial (credit) report or driving history check.

Continuing Notice of Nondiscrimination
COSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or criminal record. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, PhD, MSW, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, (jchaisson-cardenas@commnet.edu).

COSC IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, M/F