College: SOWELA

Department: Academic Affairs

Sub department: School of Business & Applied Technology

Type of Appointment: Unclassified - Adjunct

Salary: {sSalary}

Duties and Responsibilities: • Provide face-to-face instruction to Culinary Arts students.
• Maintain a professional appearance.
• Project a professional attitude toward the students
• Utilize the approved curriculum, state clearly defined course outcomes, and ensure that appropriate content is taught.
• Organize instruction and classroom management in culinary labs.
• Provide sufficient practice with kitchen equipment to develop student culinary skills.
• Maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen and lab environment.
• Prepare and deliver lectures, demonstrate, and teach subject matter in culinary setting.
• Be available to students via email, phone, and/or in person.
• Submit required reports in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate grades and attendance records.
• Receive pedagogical and technological training and other professional development that advances and promotes student learning.

Required Education: • Minimum of an associate degree in culinary arts or closely related field or 10+ years’ experience in food and beverage operations.
• Must meet credential guidelines for the Southern Association of Colleges and School Council on Colleges (SACSCOC).

Required Experience: 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Use a computer for composing, storing, and retrieving information.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Perform basic mathematical computations needed to complete work.
• Read and interpret computer printouts and numerical data which may be in very small print.
• Plan, organize, and prioritize job duties to meet deadlines.
• Reach, stoop, kneel, and crouch as required for filing and storage of office supplies and other work-related equipment.
• Lift and move items weighing up to twenty pounds.
• Meeting the essential duties and responsibilities of this position is expected to require 40 hours a week on average.

Required Licenses or Certifications: • ServSafe certification

Preferred Education: 

Preferred Experience: 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: {sTAOther9}

Benefits: As a member of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, SOWELA has an attractive benefits package with a wide variety of benefit options. Benefits offered include retirement, multiple medical insurance options, supplemental insurances (dental, term life, disability, accident, vision, etc.), Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some child care and medical expenses), holidays (14 per year, typically includes longer break at Christmas), generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits and Employee Assistance Program. Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment.

Passing pre-employment criminal background screen is required as a condition of employment. SOWELA is an equal opportunity/equal access employer. SOWELA is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.