Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor - Bakery Sales, Merchandising and Packaging

SUMMARY 

The successful candidate will be responsible for creating content and instructing CUL224, Bakery Sales, Merchandising & Packaging, offered by the Great Lakes Culinary Institute; quality assurance for Great Lakes Culinary Institute courses, providing for the health, safety, and security of NMC students involved in the culinary program; maintaining the confidentiality of the student information as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; serving as a public representative of both the College and the Great Lakes Culinary Institute. Evaluating students’ performance in CUL224, Bakery Sales, Merchandising & Packaging.

Bakery Sales, Merchandising & Packaging is designed for students who wish to pursue a career in pastry arts as well as to expand their creative talents by operating/owning a café/pastry shop. This course will cover all the different styles and costs of packaging as well as how to market products.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATES, and LICENSES 

Required:

• Associates degree in business, entrepreneurship, merchandising, and/or marketing or related field, 

• Five years of experience in related field

• 2 years of social media content development experience.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with the focus on student success within the course.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in related field

(Visit our website to see the NMC Adjunct Resource Guide for further details.)

Specifically, adjunct faculty have these responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned. (See the Northwestern Michigan College Adjunct Resource Guide for further details at http://www.nmc.edu/departments/human-resources/employee-handbook.pdf )

Each member of the adjunct faculty is directly responsible to the Academic Chair, Department Head, and/or Program Coordinator.  An additional resource is the office manager in your discipline.

Specifically, adjunct faculty members have these responsibilities:

Planning and Instruction: 

Prepare and deliver instruction to students.
Effectively employ a range of suitable strategies to foster student learning.
Stimulate class discussions and encourage active learning in all students.
Maintain proper class-related records; participate in audits for compliance with STCW Code.
Promptly assess student coursework and apprise students of progress.
Demonstrate an interest in using current and emerging technologies in the classroom and/or in online teaching.

Curriculum: 

Support the academic area and College through other work normally expected of adjunct faculty members.

Professional Development: 

Engage in on-going professional development activities, maintaining and expanding expertise in academic field. (College funding may be available to do so.)

Specifically, adjunct faculty members have these responsibilities:

Effectively teach students registered for assigned classes:

Prepare appropriate plans, materials, and learning activities for students to reach the learning outcomes of each class.
Present to students, by whatever means is more effective, the information in as imaginative and stimulating a manner as his/her competence and the circumstances permit.
Consult with students individually and/or in groups to; 1) amplify, examine, critique, and/or apply course material to help students efficiently reach learning outcomes; and 2) identify common learning problems of students so the teaching strategies can be appropriately adjusted.
Construct and administer tests, and/or other means, for measuring student learning.  Upon evaluating such performance for each instructional period, report a grade for each student to the Records Office by the date due.
Maintain any student records appropriate to regular college procedure and assessment practice.
Use survey forms as designated to obtain evaluation feedback regarding performance.
Submit appropriate materials to the Vice President or his/her designee.  All official college transcripts should be sent to Human Resources.
Attend meetings required by the Vice President, Academic Chair, or their designees.

Effectively participate in the affairs of the College as necessary to develop and maintain a strong and vibrant instructional institution. 

Contribute ideas and energies to cooperate and actively participate as a team member with colleagues in carrying out activities of the division.
Consult with the Academic Chair, Department Head, or other appropriate college personnel on questions or issues involving course, curricula, instructional strategies, and College procedures and policies.
Continuously improve teaching effectiveness through professional growth.  For example, adjunct faculty are encouraged to attend, whenever possible, professional development activities sponsored by Northwestern Michigan College's Center for Instructional Excellence.

Attendance (Instructor)
In the event of the instructor's absence, it is the adjunct instructor's responsibility to notify the Educational Services Office as soon as possible by calling 995-1543.  All class cancellations are posted on the campus TV monitors and the telephone information bulletin board.  Extended absences may result in reduction in the adjunct faculty member's contracted pay.

Attendance (Student)
It is assumed that regular attendance is necessary for success in any course.  While generally it has been accepted that a student should be penalized when the number of absences, due to negligence on the student's part, are in excess of the hours of credit in the course, instructors are permitted to establish attendance regulations for their own classes.  Each instructor must determine their own policy at the beginning of each semester and include it in the instructions to the students. All work missed by absence must be made up to the satisfaction of the instructor.

If a student has excessive absences, the instructor should attempt to contact the student regarding the problem and also notify the Academic Chair.

In the event that students or parents report to the Educational Services Office that the student will be absent for an extended period of time because of illness or other unforeseen circumstances, this information will be transmitted to the appropriate instructors.

Additional Contract Responsibilities

Responds to requests (e.g., from academic area chairs, department heads, committee chairs, Records Office) in a timely and thorough manner.
Communicates with students and college personnel via the College’s electronic mail system (i.e., GroupWise)
Consults with the academic area chair or other appropriate College personnel on questions or issues involving course curricula, instructional strategies, and College policies and procedures.
Works constructively and through established channels to resolve problems.
Meets classes for the scheduled times.
Notifies the academic area office manager and the Central Scheduling Office (995-1113) as soon as possible if the need to be absent arises.  Absences may result in a reduction in contracted pay.
Consults the official class roster to assure that all students appearing in class are registered forthe class, as students are not permitted to sit in class without being registered.  All students must be registered by the end of the add period.
Maintains a paper or electronic record (i.e., spreadsheet or grade book) of each student’s progress and has it available upon request by appropriate College personnel.  Submits a copy of the record to the academic area chair at the conclusion of every semester. Such records must be kept by the college for a period of three years.
Enters grades online for each student for attendance verification, mid-semester notification and final grades.  Monitors Northwestern Michigan College email for instructions and deadline dates.  (See pp. 14-15, for more information.) 
Follows academic area’s established method for obtainingstudentevaluation feedback regarding instructor performance.
Treats all members of the College community with dignity and respect.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.  Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.  Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.  Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS 

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY 

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

COMPUTER SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of; Email, Calendar, Google Doc Internet software and Microsoft Word Processing software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste and/or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals

with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is

usually moderate.

This position is hired through a third-party staffing agency, “Edustaff”. Therefore, if selected, you will also need to fulfill the onboarding requirements of Edustaff.

Place of work