Adjunct Faculty Load Hour Rate: $1,012.00 per Load Hour

This is a part-time, temporary position not eligible for benefits.

There is an immediate need for an instructor to teach morning classes in the Spring 2023 semester, starting in mid-January, 2023.

Please include in your cover letter the days and times you are available to teach.

Are you looking for a place to work where you can make a real difference in the lives of over 200,000 college students every year?

Would you like to be part of an organization that adds $7.2 billion dollars to the economy and supports nearly 100,000 jobs in the fastest growing county in the United States?

Whether you’re teaching, working, or learning Make It Happen At Maricopa County Community Colleges!

About Us

What's Currently Happening at Maricopa

• Many of our campuses have received grant awards through the National Science Foundation to improve undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving institutions program (HSI Program).
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and employee groups to create an environment of shared governance
• One of the largest community college systems in the country
• 2020 Healthy Arizona Worksites Program recipient
• Named 19th Best Employer for Women by Forbes
• 2019 No. 42 in Arizona’s Best Employers

Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) is a Learning Centered College that supports a diverse and inclusive environment where mutual respect, equity and understanding and incorporating views from dissimilar frames of reference are encouraged and valued. Please review PVCC's track record and join us on our continued path of student success.

PVCC’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: As a college we embrace equity, engagement, inclusion and innovation. We seek to continuously improve our campus through diverse identities, expertise and perspectives. We are committed to creating engaging relationships that inspire and support all learners to increase their capacity for personal growth and positive social change. PVCC provides access to these opportunities in a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for all our students, employees, and community members.

Start: Spring Semester - January 2023

PVCC is seeking an adjunct who Instructs students from diverse backgrounds and/or cultures in criminalistics classes and in accordance with the college’s learning-centered philosophy. Serves as an adjunct instructor for Criminalistics: Physical Evidence (AJS 215) and Criminalistics: Biological Evidence (AJS 216). Uses multiple methods of instruction, assessment results, and appropriate technologies to engage students in learning, enhance teaching, and promote student success. Demonstrates a commitment to service excellence, innovation, assessment, student success, integrity, and diversity in the performance of job duties. The instructor may teach in a traditional classroom setting or in a non-traditional hybrid course incorporating in-person teaching. The immediate need is for an instructor to teach day (morning) classes. May be required to teach at Union Hills and/or Black Mountain locations.

Would you like to work at an “Aspen Institute Top 150 Community College'' that transforms lives on a daily basis in a fast-paced, collegial environment? Join our Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) team to make a difference in our community, enact positive social change, and improve students' lives everyday.

PVCC is eligible to apply for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, awarded every two years, is the nation’s signature recognition for America’s community colleges.

Even more importantly, PVCC, which has earned this recognition biennially since 2013, is the only community college in Arizona to achieve this distinction this year. The colleges selected for this honor stand out among more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide as having high and improving levels of student success as well as equitable outcomes for Black and Hispanic students and those from lower-income backgrounds.

The Aspen Institute evaluates various criteria in its selection process and validates the levels of active and engaged learning in the classroom and the progress PVCC is making with the implementation of Guided Pathways.

1) First-year retention rates

2) Graduation rates 150 percent normal program completion time

3) Improvement of student success rates over time

4) Graduation rates of underrepresented minority students

5) Graduation rates of low income students

Teaching, preparing and conducting college-level classes.

Teaches a diverse population of students by incorporating multiple methods of instruction and assessment; May be required to teach in a classroom setting, in-person, online or hybrid, and other alternative schedules and formats.

Develops written syllabi/course materials, evaluates student knowledge of subject matter taught and maintains course grades, prepares and grades exams and other assignments.

Develops and enhances knowledge of subject matter taught and individual teaching skills required to maintain current with new trends and developments in the field.

May assist in advising students; may actively participate in division activities; performs related duties commensurate to the level of the position.

Administration of Justice is an Occupational Teaching Field. The Occupational Teaching Fields require the following from an accredited college or university:

A master's degree in the teaching field, OR a master's in any teaching field with 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching field, OR

A bachelor's degree plus three years work experience in field to be taught OR

An associate's degree or 64 semester hours and five years work experience in the field to be taught OR

Five years work experience in the field to be taught AND

EDU 250 - Teaching and Learning in the Community College or equivalent must be completed within two years of date of hire

1. Master's Degree in Forensic Science, Criminal Justice, or related field.
2. Occupational experience in the field of Forensic Science.
3. Forensic teaching experience.
4. Experience working with a diverse workforce or student population.

• May require possession of a valid State of Arizona Class D Driver's License or other state license; employee must meet district minimum standards regarding driving:

https://www.maricopa.edu/about/careers/application-information#mvd

• Travel to campus during interview/selection process will be at candidate’s own expense
• MCCCD does not sponsor individuals for any type of work visas
• Will be required to travel or be assigned to all MCCCD locations
• May require travel or teach at the Black Mountain campus
• May require numerous evenings or weekends
• May require prolonged periods of standing, sitting and viewing a computer screen
• May be required to lift or carry up to #25 lbs.

Applicants are required to submit unofficial transcripts, cover letter, and resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) showing how the applicant meets the minimum and desired qualifications. All minimum requirements must be met at the time of the application. The HCM Internal Applicants Quick Reference Guide will provide the steps on how to access the Internal Applicant careers page.

If you qualify based solely on the five (5) years of work experience in the field to be taught, unofficial transcripts will not be required.

MCCCD accepts unofficial transcripts for U.S. schools at the time of application. Unofficial transcripts are submitted as an attachment to the application. Transcripts from non U.S. institutions must be translated and evaluated and provided with application material.

Please ensure your materials clearly provide the following information.

• Clearly illustrate how prior experience, knowledge and education meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position.
• Indicate whether former or current employment is Full-Time or Part-Time employment.
• Provide employment history in a month/year format (e.g., 09/07 to 10/11) if possible, including job title, job duties, for each position held and name of employer for each position.

Open until filled.

• First review on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
• Note: Appplications received after the review date may not be screened

Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will not discriminate, nor tolerate discrimination in employment or education, against any applicant, employee, or student because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status (including document abuse), age, disability, veteran status or genetic information.