Instructor, Adjunct Certified Medical Assistant

Purpose of the Position

The Instructor empowers students by delivering engaging and effective instruction and instructional support. The role will collaborate with program leaders and other departments to enhance student success, foster retention, support certification, celebrate graduation milestones, and facilitate successful career placements. The position will promote the overall well-being and integrity of our educational programs and our students.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver Centralized Curriculum: Teach the standardized distance education curriculum according to an assigned schedule.
• Engage Students: Facilitate discussion forums and interactive course posts to promote student interaction and engagement. Host weekly office hours. Complete weekly outreach to students.
• Monitor Student Progress: Grade course activities and post grades weekly. Proactively track student performance and provide timely academic feedback.
• Support Student Success: Create learning support tools tailored to students’ demonstrated needs. Provide academic feedback in a constructive, positive, and timely manner. Perform weekly outreach to support student success.
• Maintain Professionalism: Adhere to policies, maintain an up-to-date faculty file, and communicate effectively with program leadership and students per established expectations and timelines.
• Subject Matter Expert: For full-time Instructors, serve as a subject matter expert on curriculum projects and mentor new instructors, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Career Level Expectations

• Applies broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through post-secondary education or equivalent work experience.
• Work is supervised.
• Handles problems and uses critical thinking to solve.
• Communicates facts, policies and practices related to job area.
• Desire for growth and professional development.

Required Skills/Experience (Non-General Education Instructors)

• Bachelor’s degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
• An equivalent of 15 semester credit hours in the subject field taught.
• Academic preparation in the specific courses taught.
• 3+ years’ occupational experience.
• An industry certification/licensure if consistent with employment in the healthcare field of instruction (all certifications/licensures must remain current).