Commonwealth of Virginia
Campus Within Walls Adjunct Faculty - English
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia, Minnesota, United States, 55792
Title: Campus Within Walls Adjunct Faculty - English
Agency: Southside Va Community College
Location: Brunswick - 025
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: Commensurate with education, experience and VCCS guidelines
Full Time or Part Time: Part Time
Job Description Established in 1970, SVCC is one of the 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System. The Christanna Campus near Alberta and the John H. Daniel Campus near Keysville serve ten counties and one city - the largest community college service region in the state. In 1985, SVCC opened the Southside Virginia Education Center. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate degrees. SVCC is dedicated to the belief that all citizens should be given an opportunity to acquire an educational foundation which develops and extends their skills and knowledge. The college's goal is to provide diverse instructional programs ranging from developmental studies to associate degree curricula in academic, technical, and lifelong education. Through various activities, students will also have the opportunity to develop their roles and responsibilities as participants in a changing society.
Thank you for considering employment with Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC). We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that enhances our status as a recognized Great College to Work For by the Chronicle of Higher Education for 12 years! With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity for all students, SVCC embraces diversity among our students, faculty, staff and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state and a call to action for a better future.
Southside Virginia Community College, a comprehensive community college, is seeking adjunct faculty with Master’s level coursework in English for our Campus Within Walls program. SVCC’s Campus Within Walls program provides second chances through higher education to incarcerated students. Through college education, Campus Within Walls provides our students with the tools they need to successfully re-enter society and become productive citizens.
Our Campus Within Walls program is an important facet of Southside Virginia Community College’s mission. We believe that all citizens should have educational opportunities and that includes incarcerated people in our service region. The goal of this program is to educate college-ready inmates, providing them with the opportunity to attain associate’s degrees and certificates while incarcerated. The result of this education is improvement of their chances for successful re-entry into society and the acquisition of meaningful employment.
The successful candidates must be committed to our mission to provide quality education to a diverse constituency. The successful candidates must be willing to teach within a correctional setting; some travel will be required with access to a state vehicle or mileage compensation.
This is a part-time teaching position in English. Classes taught may be day, night and / or weekends and may be seated or hybrid. Classes will be located in one or more of the following correctional centers :
Lunenburg Correctional Center
Nottoway Correctional Center
Baskerville Correctional Center
Virginia Correctional Center for Women
State Farm Correctional Center
Others may be available
Positions may be available in spring, summer or fall semester. Adjunct faculty are employed to teach up to 12 credit hours in the fall and spring semester and up to 8 credit hours for the summer session. Teaching load is based upon student enrollment and staffing needs.
Minimum Qualifications
Master’s degree in English required or a Master’s degree in any teaching field and at least 18 (eighteen) credit hours of post graduate study in English.
Valid driver’s license and good driving record
Adept knowledge of instructional technologies
Excellent interpersonal and native or near-native oral and written English skills
Ability to interact in a professional manner with staff, students, internal and external constituencies
Ability to meet college deadlines
Must pass Virginia Department of Corrections background screening
Meet course deadlines and submit required reporting (including grades) on time
Must adhere to the Transfer Virginia and VCCS student learning outcomes
Ability to design and execute effective teaching strategies in a setting without internet access
Regular attendance as determined by the site / course schedule
Additional Considerations
Prior working experience in a community college or other higher education setting
Prior working experience in a correctional center
Professional experience in PeopleSoft or similar student registration software program
Prior working experience with Learning Management Systems, especially Canvas
Professional experience with Microsoft Office Suite Software, in particular, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Agency: Southside Va Community College
Location: Brunswick - 025
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: Commensurate with education, experience and VCCS guidelines
Full Time or Part Time: Part Time
Job Description Established in 1970, SVCC is one of the 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System. The Christanna Campus near Alberta and the John H. Daniel Campus near Keysville serve ten counties and one city - the largest community college service region in the state. In 1985, SVCC opened the Southside Virginia Education Center. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate degrees. SVCC is dedicated to the belief that all citizens should be given an opportunity to acquire an educational foundation which develops and extends their skills and knowledge. The college's goal is to provide diverse instructional programs ranging from developmental studies to associate degree curricula in academic, technical, and lifelong education. Through various activities, students will also have the opportunity to develop their roles and responsibilities as participants in a changing society.
Thank you for considering employment with Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC). We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that enhances our status as a recognized Great College to Work For by the Chronicle of Higher Education for 12 years! With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity for all students, SVCC embraces diversity among our students, faculty, staff and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state and a call to action for a better future.
Southside Virginia Community College, a comprehensive community college, is seeking adjunct faculty with Master’s level coursework in English for our Campus Within Walls program. SVCC’s Campus Within Walls program provides second chances through higher education to incarcerated students. Through college education, Campus Within Walls provides our students with the tools they need to successfully re-enter society and become productive citizens.
Our Campus Within Walls program is an important facet of Southside Virginia Community College’s mission. We believe that all citizens should have educational opportunities and that includes incarcerated people in our service region. The goal of this program is to educate college-ready inmates, providing them with the opportunity to attain associate’s degrees and certificates while incarcerated. The result of this education is improvement of their chances for successful re-entry into society and the acquisition of meaningful employment.
The successful candidates must be committed to our mission to provide quality education to a diverse constituency. The successful candidates must be willing to teach within a correctional setting; some travel will be required with access to a state vehicle or mileage compensation.
This is a part-time teaching position in English. Classes taught may be day, night and / or weekends and may be seated or hybrid. Classes will be located in one or more of the following correctional centers :
Lunenburg Correctional Center
Nottoway Correctional Center
Baskerville Correctional Center
Virginia Correctional Center for Women
State Farm Correctional Center
Others may be available
Positions may be available in spring, summer or fall semester. Adjunct faculty are employed to teach up to 12 credit hours in the fall and spring semester and up to 8 credit hours for the summer session. Teaching load is based upon student enrollment and staffing needs.
Minimum Qualifications
Master’s degree in English required or a Master’s degree in any teaching field and at least 18 (eighteen) credit hours of post graduate study in English.
Valid driver’s license and good driving record
Adept knowledge of instructional technologies
Excellent interpersonal and native or near-native oral and written English skills
Ability to interact in a professional manner with staff, students, internal and external constituencies
Ability to meet college deadlines
Must pass Virginia Department of Corrections background screening
Meet course deadlines and submit required reporting (including grades) on time
Must adhere to the Transfer Virginia and VCCS student learning outcomes
Ability to design and execute effective teaching strategies in a setting without internet access
Regular attendance as determined by the site / course schedule
Additional Considerations
Prior working experience in a community college or other higher education setting
Prior working experience in a correctional center
Professional experience in PeopleSoft or similar student registration software program
Prior working experience with Learning Management Systems, especially Canvas
Professional experience with Microsoft Office Suite Software, in particular, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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