Nine-Month Engineering Teaching Faculty

Nine-Month Engineering Teaching Faculty

The mission of Wytheville Community College is dedicated to facilitating student success and fostering excellence through teaching while providing personal development, lifelong career growth, community leadership, economic advancement, and cultural enrichment for the citizens of the counties of Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, and Wythe and the city of Galax. To achieve this mission and to fulfill its role as an educational leader and partner, Wytheville Community College commits to a student-centered environment by: providing programs and courses in occupational-technical education, college transfer education, general education, developmental education, distance education, continuing education, and workforce development; utilizing a broad range of instructional technologies, methods, materials, and facilities that are designed to meet the diverse needs of students; offering a supportive, comprehensive program of student development services that contribute to student persistence, success, and citizenship; fueling regional and state economic development by forging partnerships with businesses, industries, public agencies, civic groups, public schools, and other institutions of higher education not only within the service region but throughout the Commonwealth; promoting Appalachian Culture and cultural opportunities of Southwest Virginia; promoting accessibility; promoting accessibility and affordability; and ensuring quality in all programs and services.

Wytheville Community College is seeking a Nine-Month Engineering Teaching Faculty. This position provides innovative instruction in Engineering for 100- and 200-level courses included in AS and AAS degrees to include engineering foundations, design, use of related computer programming and software, related mathematical problem-solving, ethics, statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials, etc. Typical loads for full-time faculty are 15 credit hours per semester with 10 student engagement hours required each week.

This position requires the faculty member to build and offer courses in traditional, hybrid, and distance learning formats, to include lab instruction. Faculty member is expected to meet assigned classes as scheduled, timely submit records and reports, teach assigned courses in college programs as needed by the college, regularly assess program health and learning outcomes, actively participate on assigned standing committees, and contribute positively to the learning environment and the campus community. The faculty member will also serve as an advisor to students in the Engineering and other transfer programs. The faculty member will be expected to market Engineering program and courses, and to promote recruitment via student and community engagement activities.

KSA’s/Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering or a Master’s degree in a related field with a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in Engineering from a regionally accredited institution.
• 1-2 years of teaching experience in a college or university setting.
• Knowledge of pedagogical strategies and teaching methods for general education courses.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, faculty, and staff.
• Proficiency with educational technology and tools (e.g., learning management systems such as Canvas or Blackboard, classroom technologies, online teaching, multimedia integration, etc.).; and
• Unofficial transcripts of graduate level coursework.

Additional Considerations:

• Community College teaching experience and/or engineering lab setting experience.
• Curriculum design experience; and
• Ability to teach physics and/or mathematics courses.

For full description and to apply, visit https://jobs.vccs.edu/postings/102841

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