High School Instructor Resources

Dual Enrollment Instructor Qualifications

Overview

Thank you for your interest in teaching dual enrollment courses for South Mountain Community College (SMCC).  SMCC partners with valley high schools to offer dual enrollment credit for both academic and occupational courses.  Dual enrollment courses are held on high school campuses and are taught by high school instructors who have met community college hiring qualifications. 

The courses that are approved for dual enrollment credit must meet all the competencies and rigor of the same course being offered on the SMCC campus.

By offering the dual enrollment option, we strive to ease the transition from high school to college and to increase the number of college-bound high school students in our community.

Minimum Qualifications

Academic Courses -

• Master's degree in the subject area OR
• Master's degree plus 18 graduate semester hours in the subject area OR
• Master's plus 24 upper division and/or graduate semester hours in the subject area

Occupational Courses -

• Criteria for academic courses OR
• Bachelor's degree plus 3 years work experience in the subject area OR
• Associate's degree or 64 semester hours plus 5 years work experience in the subject area OR
• 5 years work experience in the subject area

Note: Work experience needs to be documented with a "Letter of Work Experience."

Required for both -

Complete EDU 250, Overview of the Community College, or equivalent, within two years.

To Apply, submit the following to the Dual Enrollment Coordinator at South Mountain Community College:

• Application
• Unofficial transcript (for initial evaluation)
• Resume
• Syllabus that includes the name and the ISBN of the textbook
• "Letter of Work Experience" (occupational courses only)

Submit by June 15th for consideration for the fall semester; submit by November 15th for the spring semester.  You may submit your application packet by mail, fax, or email.  The review process may also include an on-site evaluation of your classroom and/or lab.

Forms -

• Dual Enrollment Instructor Application
• Syllabus Template
• Dual Enrollment Faculty Handbook (under construction)
• District Course Bank (competencies, prerequisites, etc.)
• Requirements for a "Letter of Work Experience" (occupational courses only)
• Dual Enrollment Faculty - Dual Enrollment Instructor Acknowledgement (roles and responsibilities)

NOTE: If approved as a Dual Enrollment instructor, SMCC will need official transcripts and a signed version of the Dual Enrollment Instructor Acknowledgement to complete the application paperwork.

If you want to know more about the Federal Education, Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), check this link.

Instructional Resources -

• Scholastic Standards
• Adjunct Handbook

For More Information -

Ron Smith, Dual Enrollment Coordinator
South Mountain Community College
7050 South 24th Street, TC224
Phoenix, Arizona 85042
Tel: 602-305-5860; Fax: 602-305-5661
Email:ronald.smith@smcmail.maricopa.edu

Visit us on the web at: www.southmountaincc.edu/dual