The mission of Laramie County Community College is to transform our students' lives through the power of inspired learning. Our over-arching goal is that our accomplishments as a community college will distinguish LCCC from others in the nation, in turn benefiting our communities and bringing pride to the Great State of Wyoming.  Our core values include Passion, Authenticity, and the Desire to Make a Difference. 

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While the Library Adjunct is a Faculty position, Library Adjuncts typically work 12-16 hours per week. Library Adjuncts teach Information Literacy to LCCC on a one-on-one basis from the main library desk.

Job Summary:

Core responsibilities of this position include:

Laramie County Community College is dedicated to student success and aspires to develop world-class community college faculty.  This position’s primary responsibilities are providing research instruction, being available for students, and collaborating on departmental objectives when applicable. In addition, all faculty work in alignment with the College’s mission, vision, and values to continuously improve as professional educators and experts in their field. Faculty further serve the College in collaborative and collegial relationships across the institution. LCCC supports adjunct faculty by providing an environment conducive to excellent teaching and learning, classroom equipment and supplies, and resources to meet the challenges that arise in the course of teaching.

Adjunct Instructor, Library is part-time, non-benefitted position, employed without any obligation or promise of continued future employment and are provided competitive compensation. LCCC provides a number of resources to its adjunct faculty. Support systems are in place to assist all faculty in supporting student success through excellent instruction. These supports are outlined in detail in the LCCC Faculty Handbook, which serves as a vital and current reference to policies and procedures that impact expectations of all faculty of the College. All LCCC faculty are supported by the Faculty Academy within the Center for Excellence in Teaching.

Adjunct faculty must notify the dean of the school in which they teach if they are employed in another position at LCCC. 

Other tasks may be assigned based on contemporary institutional need.

Salary: $22.65 per hour.

Starting Date: Fall 2023 semester. 

Essential Functions: – this position is Exempt, i.e., is not eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA.  This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative; other duties may be assigned).

Faculty employ effective teaching practices coupled with the development and use of appropriate educational materials, delivery strategies, and effective assessment practices. Responsibilities associated with this function include:

Teaching:

• Provide individual research instruction at the library service desk
• Teach assigned classes as per course plan and schedule (primarily evening and weekends).

Curriculum Development:

• Participate in collection development and maintenance
• Maintain and adapt curriculum that is current, effective, and appropriate to course and program competencies
• Develop and maintain instructional materials to support course and program competencies.

 Instructional Delivery:

• Foster a supportive learning environment that encourages student success
• Incorporate current subject matter expertise into instruction
• Utilize varied learning activities to maximize student engagement and success
• Employ relevant teaching tools, strategies, and classroom technologies
• Ensure a safe and clean environment for users and employees by reporting facilities or security issues to the appropriate parties

Assessment of Student Learning and Continuous Improvement:

• Track interactions with patrons using the library’s designated software system(s) 
• Comply with College procedures, practices, and deadlines related to instructional delivery, and reporting requirements to include records management, equipment management (as applicable), etc.

Communication:

• Collaborate with team to ensure high level customer service
• Report and actively follow-up with system outages or technological issues that affect users’ ability to utilize library services until the problems are resolved
• Utilize LCCC email accounts (email application and learning management system email) to communicate with students, colleagues, supervisor, and/or supervisor’s designee
• Adhere to regulations established by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Training:

• Maintain current subject matter expertise and expand knowledge through professional development
• Engage in professional development activities as directed by the supervisor
• Complete orientation and mandatory training required of all employees

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

All LCCC faculty are expected to demonstrate proficiency in the competency areas defined in the College’s Administrative Procedure 2.17.1P. In addition, requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position include (finish per position)

Knowledge:

• Best Practices in: area of instruction and course development
• Course preparation
• Classroom and time management
• Instructional strategies and content delivery
• Developing learning resources and activities
• Curriculum development and assessment strategies
• Library operations to include cataloging, purchasing, program development

Skills:

• Use of a learning management system in instruction
• Proficient skill with use of personal computing applications – specifically Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint), library management systems, public access computers, commonly used library specific software
• Understanding of database structure and leverage

Abilities:

• Manage conflicts, confrontations, and disagreements in a classroom (online or face-to-face) setting
• Recognize and celebrate interpersonal and cultural diversity in a classroom (online or face-to-face) setting
• Modify behavior & practices in response to new information, changing conditions, unexpected obstacles, or student needs
• Willingness to view issues from different perspectives and adhere to the appropriate chain of command
• Present and express ideas and information clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, whether oral or written
• Actively listen to achieve understanding
• Share relevant information and facilitate the open exchange of ideas and information
• Effectively analyze problems, determine solutions, and take decisive action with personal responsibility to achieve outcomes and goals
• Utilize evidence/data to assess effectiveness and efficiency in teaching
• Work cooperatively with other faculty to develop and deliver an effective, student needs focused information literacy program

Physical/Mental Demands:

• To successfully perform the essential functions of this position, an employee must be able to maintain appropriate composure and necessary confidentiality with regard to both past and current employee, student, and donor data; documents; issues; etc., and respect privacy needs of employees, students, donors
• The ability to comply with highly inflexible deadlines is required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position; there will be multiple occurrences of sudden, urgent task completion required
• While performing the essential functions of this position a variable work schedule may be required including long workdays, evenings, and weekends as needed
• There may be occurrences of interacting with employees and/or students, past employees and/or students, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the assigned work areas as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities
• There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged sitting, standing, and personal computer use, which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor
• An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds to perform essential position functions
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; however, there may be unexpected instances of somewhat loud sounds

NOTE: This position description is a general description; it is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform.  All employees of the College are expected to perform other tasks as assigned by their respective supervisor/manager regardless of job title or routine job duties.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications:   

• Bachelor’s degree with significant coursework towards an MLS/MLIS from an ALA accredited program. 
• Minimum of 2 years’ customer service experience, preferably in a library or research setting. 

Preferred Qualifications:   

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in Information Science, Library & Learning Science, or a closely related field of study.
• One year of experience working in an academic library or instructional setting
• One year of teaching in higher education
• One year of Information literacy instruction experience
• One year of experience supporting research and program development.

If you are selected for the position, your appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. LCCC reserves the right to end this employment agreement should the results of your background investigation not be successful.

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Laramie County Community College is committed to providing a safe and nondiscriminatory educational and employment environment. The college does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation or other status protected by law. Sexual harassment, including sexual violence, is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The college does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational, extracurricular, athletic or other programs or in the context of employment.

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