senior program coordinator

instructor

laboratory assistant

ground operation specialist

administrative coordinator

Greenville Technical College

I enjoy teaching, and I enjoy the time with students. The culture seems rather exclusive, many people are very "cliquey" and gossip. The older instructors are resistive to adapt their seminars or teaching methods to reflect current best and evidence-based practice. Instructors are not required to maintain current career practice - thus causing them to become quickly obsolete. 

The faculty at GTC has not had a raise of any kind in many years, and this year it is slated to be 2% increase. Since instructors are already paid on the incredibly low end, this is likely to result in quality faculty to leave due to pay. It is sad to know that graduates from this two-year institution will leave school with a higher paying job than the faculty - who all have at least a master's level education. Unfortunately, raises were something I failed to ask about upon hire.

Management is the weirdest I've ever worked for. Sometimes great, sometimes not, sometimes confusing, and so on. 

Students are great, but dealing with early college students could be problematic due to parental involvement. 

If you don't find a clique to join in your department, it won't be a fun experience. 

Most of the time you are left to your own devices and teach how you'd like, as long as you stick mostly to the premade courses. BUT, there are times when supervisors/asst. dean can be micromanaging. It's really hard to be on your own and suddenly you have someone telling you what to do and how to change to make it better, etc. That was disappointing, but just go with it and it will subside for a while.

Workload is crazy. You have to maintain 18 credit hours PER semester WITH committee duties, meetings, etc. I wouldn't have minded this too much, but pay and compensation is not worth it unless you really need the job. 



The day begin with listening to messages and returning phone calls.  Once the mail arrive a sort the mail and placed it in varies departments mail box.  Then I take and sort the mail for admission, transcription and other personnal in the admission department.  I open the mail for this department and give it to the admission officers.  When appointed for me to work the Information desk, I direct students and visitor in different areas of the Admission Registration Center.  Since I'm part-time getting things done in a timely manner is always a first priority to me.  I mangement my time wisely.  I work closely with the admission officer when it come to students information such as transcripts, decleration of legal present and major changes.  The hardest part of the job is keep up with what information went to who, since a log is not keep on the information.  What I enjoy the most is serving the customer which is the student and letting them make the decission of their future.

I find discussing writing technique and grammar to be very rewarding. Also, editing and critiquing student essays made me a better editor and writer.  The hardest part of my job is when I am unable to connect with a student or to steer him toward success in my classroom. A typical day includes preparing for class lecture and interacting with students as a class and as individuals. Our management style is informal and mostly hands off. I find Greenville Tech's workplace culture to be oriented toward helping our students to meet their learning objectives. Our goal is to help our students pass their classes and either advance into a four-year school or into the workforce. A lot of attention is paid to policies that enhance diversity and inclusion.

A typical day in my work atmosphere is dealing with rude and very irate students that have received parking tickets. I also scan and link decal registration cards for the ENTIRE campus (this includes satellite campuses as well). It doesn't help that I have a co-worker who does not do anything at all. She just sits there and nose in other people's business instead of getting her own work done. My day usually ends in a big headache and a immediate break for my car. So far I've learned that its just best to stick to your work and keep your nose out of any and everybody's business. My management is awesome since she isn't in the office half of the time. The hardest part of the job is dealing with coworkers and the most enjoyable part of the job is leaving after a long day.

A typical day as a lab coordinator would consist of helping students complete assignments in Microsoft office, then uploading them to blackboard. This can range from simple formatting all the way to rewriting the system to accept a damaged file. 

I learned how to handle intelligently lazy people, and help those that don't have experience with computer technology. There are students that choose not to learn while there are students that don't know anything about computers yet. 

Management is very easy to get along with and so are co-workers.

The hardest part of the job is during the Fall when students require to print tons of paper work, but teachers have not uploaded the file correctly or uploaded a damaged file. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing students learn.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Autonomy. Aside from all the bureaucratic silliness, they generally left you alone to teach your classes as you saw fit.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The secretarial staff was usually very rude. They'd very often ask you to fill out the same forms, or sign the same documents multiple times and get snarky with you when you point out you've already done it before.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Typical academic environment (minus research). Extra low key since no one hangs around since Covid.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up. Teach your class. Go home and grade papers. Occasionally have office hours for students who might need something.

Administration is inflexible and doesn't want teachers who can see the bigger picture or won't place them selves into their corporate mold. There are some excellent teachers there and some first rate educators. They don't foster an atmosphere of academia that you would expect for a college of its size. And it is a very large school with an undergraduate enrollment that is about equal to (or larger) that of Clemson. They need to focus on becoming a four year university with research projects and grants to match its size.

This is a college custodial position. The hours are standard for the average everyday employee. Pay is sub-par for the work that takes to  maintain a college. 

Since this was a custodial position the work load is light, and the environment is relaxed. Everyone knows everyone, and get along well with each other. 

Highly recommend this kind of job if your desperately need a foot in the job market or need work experience.

I love to work with friendly co-workers, the kind that I find in Greenville Technical college.
A typical day at work is busy, learn to improve yourself and your teaching through many sessions of professional development..
Management is willing to help anytime.

The hardest part of the job is that it is not easy too get a full-time position. There are too many adjunct Instructors. It is also not easy to get enough classes to teach.

The most enjoyable part is that everybody respect themselves and others too.

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