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Part-Time Faculty: Environmental Health and Safety

Employer
Metropolitan Community College
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Salary
Competitive Salary
Date posted
Apr 1, 2024

Job Details

Position Information

Position Information

Career Opportunity Number
24-025

Position Title
Part-Time Faculty: Environmental Health and Safety

Location
MCC - Any Location

Class Category
Temporary Part-Time Faculty

Job Open Date
04/01/2024

Job Close Date
02/10/2025

Open Until Filled
No

Position Summary

This is a POOL position. Application materials for this adjunct position accepted on an on-going basis due to increasing demand for courses in this subject area.

Adjunct faculty members serve the college and students by providing high quality instruction and engaging in instruction related activities. Adjunct faculty are expected to excel in classroom instruction and to fulfill various responsibilities related to their assigned teaching duties.
Adjunct faculty members excel as teachers by:
  • Possessing sufficient professional expertise in their specific field/discipline.
  • Maintaining faculty credentials as required by the college’s accrediting agencies.
  • Selecting and developing instructional materials; planning and organizing instruction to enhance student learning; creating appropriate assignments to encourage student learning and foster higher order thinking.
  • Using a variety of proven methods of engagement and assessment to facilitate student mastery of learning outcomes.
  • Providing students constructive, encouraging, and corrective feedback.
  • Evaluating student learning and modifying instructional methods and strategies as appropriate to meet diverse student needs.
Adjunct faculty members are responsible for meeting certain expectations as responsible and professional representatives of MCC, including, but not limited to:
  • Meeting classes as scheduled; notifying the appropriate division chair with as much advanced notice as possible if they are to be absent.
  • Monitoring email and other electronic communication, and responding to students in a timely manner.
  • Preparing and distributing syllabi in accordance with established procedures and guidelines.
  • Following the published final exam schedule.
  • Maintaining accurate records of students’ academic standing; promptly providing final grades, attendance, and other information as required by administration.
  • Maintaining the confidentiality of student records as required by law and college policy.
  • Fulfilling all requirements as stated in College policies and procedures including mandatory training.
  • Exercising stewardship in the use of College facilities and materials.
  • Implementing course student learning outcome and institutional learning outcome assessment activities as required by the discipline/program, and reporting assessment data in a timely manner.
Minimal Qualifications

Required:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety
Alternative Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in any field within of the following qualifying fields:
    • Safety
    • Health
    • Environmental Health
    • Environmental Science
    • Industrial Hygiene
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Occupational Health
    • Construction
  • Bachelor’s degree in any field with a combination of formal training, work experience and professional tested experience.
  • A combination of an education and formal training, such as an apprenticeship in a related field and professional tested experience that provide a foundation in the specific subject matter being taught.
Qualified work experience includes:
  • Five(5) years of experience in the field of emergency preparedness and/or response, hazardous materials, OSHA, DOT and/or EPA regulations, workers compensation, accident investigation, industrial hygiene, sustainability, air, water, or hazardous waste management, or safety training. All experience can be from one of the areas listed.
For EHSS 111 and EHSS 112 ONLY :
  • A qualified instructor needs the minimum of being an authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer designation provided by an OSHA Training Institute Education Center
To learn more about the environmental health and safety management program, please click here .

Metropolitan Community College is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Compensation
Compensation is determined by assignment

Type of Part-time Job
Part Time Faculty

Supplemental Questions

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Optional & Required Documents
Required Documents
  1. Cover Letter
  2. Resume
  3. Transcript 01
Optional Documents
  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. Transcript 02
  3. Transcript 03
  4. Certification
  5. License
  6. Letter of Recommendation 01
  7. Letter of Recommendation 02
  8. Letter of Recommendation 03
  9. Other Document 01
  10. Other Document 02
  11. Other Document 03


Company

 Metropolitan Community College Kansas City

Metropolitan Community College, founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, MO. We are proud of our history as the first community college established in Missouri and one of the first colleges in the country to award an associate degree.

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