Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Full-time faculty are essential in carrying out the college's mission, vision, core values, and institutional goals. Under the direction of the respective Department Chairperson/Program Director/Director, faculty ensure the quality and integrity of the academic programs and maintain oversight of the curriculum and instruction. The essential duties include providing a high-quality learning environment, delivering effective instruction, assessing student learning, promoting continual improvement…
in teaching and learning, encouraging student engagement, providing advisement, and pursuing professional development. Faculty must participate in department, discipline-specific, college, community service activities, and shared governance. Faculty must adhere to all LC policies, procedures, and guidelines, including DH (LOCAL) Employee Standards of Conduct. Faculty are expected to adhere to the terms of their contractual agreement.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities
- Course Organization and Management
- Develop, evaluate, and revise course objectives to ensure instructional quality and curriculum alignment with THECBs ACGM and/or WECM, SACSCOC Principles and Standards, and other applicable accrediting agency standards and outcomes.
- Utilize the Laredo College Learning Management System (LMS), known as CANVAS, to organize and publish all current instructional materials prior to the first day of classes.
- Maintain an accurate and updated syllabus through Concourse each term/semester.
- Maintain students attendance records, submit grades and grade distribution sheets on time, and provide timely constructive feedback to students.
- Follow procedures and the academic calendar related to the Office of the Registrar, including grade reports and deadlines, attendance records reports, withdrawal deadlines, class changes, and time and room scheduling.
