Full-time Faculty - Physics

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.

Physical Presence on Campus

The position requires office hours and physical presence on campus. Employee must reside in the Laredo area or be able to commute to campus daily.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities

1. Course Organization and Management
2. Effective Delivery of Curriculum and Instruction
3. Assess Student Learning and Pedagogical Methods that Drive Continuous Improvement
4. Faculty Non-teaching Responsibilities
5. Professional Development
6. Faculty Departmental Responsibilities
7. College-wide Participation
8. Perform other duties assigned by the Department Chairperson, Program Director, or Director, respective Dean, Associate Provost (when applicable), Provost/Vice-President of Academic Affairs, and President.

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SPECIFIC TO THE POSITION

1. Teach courses in the designated discipline across multiple modalities: face-to-face, online, hybrid, and dual enrollment.
2. Instructors may be required to teach at Fort McIntosh, South, and high school campuses. Depending on departmental and student needs, instruction may be scheduled during daytime, evening, or weekend hours.
3. Direct library research or other outside assignments.
4. Encourage students to utilize campus resources such as the Library, Tutoring Center, Counseling Center, and other support services.
5. Communicate required course materials to Library and Writing Center staff to support student access and success when needed.
6. Sponsor or assist in sponsoring student clubs and organizations; actively participate in student-centered events and activities.
7. Provide a safe learning environment for students and be responsible for securing assigned equipment, materials, and classrooms.
8. Substitute for colleagues as needed and serve as a peer mentor when requested.
9. Follow established procedures for requesting instructional supplies, arranging travel, and submitting absence reports promptly.
10. Teach related laboratory courses and develop corresponding materials and activities.
11. Maintain lab safety standards and attend required safety trainings when offered.

Qualifications/Certifications/Licenses/Skills

Required:

• Masters degree in Physics or Masters degree with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in Physics.
• Graduate coursework hours must be aligned with the course learning outcomes that the instructor will be teaching.
• Some teaching experience.

Preferred:

• Masters degree in Physics.
• Some experience teaching at the community and/or senior college level.