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Adjunct Instructor - Unmanned Aerial Systems

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Work status: Regular/Continuing
Location: LCC West
Categories: Adjunct Faculty
Work type: Part Time
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Title: Adjunct Instructor - Unmanned Aerial Systems

Posting Closes at 11:55 PM on:  2/28/2025

Hours Per Week: Up to 28 Hours

Compensation Type: PT Faculty-Pay Based on PT Salary Schedule

New Hire Starting Pay: Rate of pay is based on the required qualifications of this position.

Employee Classification: Adjunct Instructor

Level: Adjunct-HS

Division: Technical Careers Division - 406000

Department: Computer Information Technology - 406510

Campus Location: LCC West Campus

Position Type: Regular/Continuing

Bargaining Unit: MAHE

To view the applicable labor contract, visit the Labor Relations web site.

For information about the benefits offered, please visit the Benefits web site.

Job Summary:

Adjunct Positions are filled by semester on an as needed basis. Applicants in this applicant pool are reviewed when the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy.  Review of applications will then stop for the semester once the vacancy has been filled.

The Lansing Community College Technical Careers Division, offering over 30 programs in which we focus on providing students with high quality education and training, including significant hands-on learning opportunities, is seeking committed and dynamic student employees to assist our exceptional students, faculty, and staff. If you seek an opportunity to work with a great team of faculty and staff committed to student success in a professionally driven environment, then consider the following opportunity.

Employee functions as an adjunct instructor in the Aviation Maintenance Program, serving as the primary source of instruction in the classroom or workshop to teach courses in Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones) Federal Aviation Administration Part 107 licensure and in related courses. Must be able to effectively communicate and demonstrate knowledge of the specific technical skills required in all areas of unmanned air systems, to include general drone operation, current Federal Aviation Administration Remote Pilot License (UAS Part 107), flying private aircraft subjects. The successful candidate will be able to adjust instructional technique as required by a student’s learning style while maintaining a positive learning environment. Must have to the ability to collaborate with students and peers to establish a safe environment where safety is not compromised and discipline strictly enforced. This position requires in-person and evening availability.

Regular on campus presence is expected for all LCC employment. Any flexible work schedules and/or hybrid work schedules approved by the College are subject to change based on the needs of the LCC community.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and two (2) years relevant industry experience; OR Associate’ Degree in a related field and five (5) years minimum relevant industry experience; OR High School Diploma/GED and seven (7) years minimum relevant industry experience.

Current Federal Aviation Administration Remote Pilot License (drones Part 107)

Verified by logbook, 10 hours minimum of solo flying in a single engine airplane on the Private Pilot areas of operation, including the following:

• Five (5) hours of solo cross-country flying

• One (1) solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance with full stop landings at 3 points and one segment of at least 50 nautical miles between take off and landings.

• Three (3) takeoffs and landings to a full stop at an airport with an operating control tower.


IMPORTANT: If an educational degree is required for this position, unofficial copies of transcripts from each institution of higher learning where either a degree has been conferred or coursework completed are required documents that must be submitted as part of the online application process.

Applicants with foreign education credentials (i.e. earned degree and related to this position) must contact a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) credential evaluation services (www.naces.org) and request an academic transcript evaluation. Three of NACES member credential evaluation services are: Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (https://www.ece.org/) ; World Education Services, Inc.(https://www.wes.org/) ; International Education Research Foundation, Inc. (https://ierf.org/). The credential evaluation must be submitted with the application materials.

Coursework information, if applicable, must be added as an attachment under Additional Attachments.

REMEMBER: If an educational degree is required for this position, applications lacking these required documents will not be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

Teaching and/or experience training drone usage in a K-12, college, workplace training, or apprenticeship program.

Experience teaching online

Lansing Community College is an equal opportunity, educational institution/employer.

 

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