Dual Credit Adjunct Faculty Agriculture - Horticulture/Animal Science

Education Preferred 

• Candidate must possess a Bachelor’s degree or higher with at least 18 hours completed in the course they are to instruct:
• High School courses: Advanced Plant Science or Advanced Animal Science or related discipline
• Both courses have course content and materials delivered through Blackboard and ICEV online curriculum. 

Experience and other Qualifications Required: 

• 3 years teaching experience preferred with high school students in advanced classes.
• Top candidates will have experience in Blackboard and ICEV online curriculum. 

Brief Description of Job Duties: 

• Instruct dual credit agriculture courses (Intro Animal Science and/or Intro Horticulture, and other courses) utilizing materials in Blackboard
• Provide instruction for lab/applied activities
• Take assessments
• Adhere to college deadlines for establishing syllabi, on-line curriculum, providing necessary student learning objectives or SLO’s,
• Partner with the agriculture team to deliver quality educational courses to complete degree and certificate options at NTCC and local high school requirements.
• Instructors will also assist in the promotion and marketing of the dual-credit courses taught. 

Pay: 

• Online course scale is $1800 per course for a minimum of 10 students and maximum of 32.
• Class numbers of less than 10 will be paid on a per-student basis.
• Instructors will be contracted per year and per course taught. 

Other: 

• Student response surveys, attendance, performance in course(s) taught, and overall grades will be utilized to determine effectiveness of both the course material taught and instructor performance.
• Failure to have 75% pass rate of students will result in canceling of the on-line course taught and could prompt no contract renewal for the following semester.
• NOTE: All online course materials and assignments must be submitted for review and approval prior to first class day for the course.