POSITION OVERVIEW: Create, manage, and participate in a variety of learning environments and activities that provide opportunities for students to develop to their fullest potential and achieve their learning objectives. Participate collaboratively and professionally with other faculty and staff to promote the general well-being of the department and the college and of the collective and individual interests of its staff and student body. Support and seek always to fulfill the guiding concepts for the college embodied in the philosophy, mission, values, and vision adopted by the college.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide for the safety of students and co-workers. Always attend to a safety hazard or potential safety hazard immediately. Assume responsibility for the orderliness of the learning environment and the appropriate and safe use of instructional facilities and equipment.
• Class preparation: Takes time each day to prepare lesson material. Possess a thorough understanding of course material and follow the lesson plans. Prepare in advance to see that students have sufficient materials and equipment to complete all classes and lab assignments.
• Instructional training: Implements instructional training techniques in the classroom. Is effective in generating classroom participation through question asking, student presentations, and group exercises.
• Organize, plan, and prepare students’ lab/shop projects and provide effective “hands-on training.” Ensure materials and/or equipment are ready and available.
• Student retention: Identifies all "at risk" students (attendance, academics, and conduct related), and takes a proactive role in assisting "at-risk" students with tutoring, encouragement, and working with the Program Director, Student Affairs to keep them in school.
• Continuing education: Actively pursues and completes in-field, professional certification (s). Seeks to constantly improve teaching skills and techniques through different personal improvement avenues. Keeps pace with industrial changes within his/her field. Maintains competency and currency in the subject matter of courses taught and in teaching skills. Completes 6 CEUs annually.
• Student competencies: Organizes, manages, and ensures the completion of student’s competencies for each phase.
• Attendance: Take roll call twice a schedule, and post attendance on the instructor portal every day before midnight.
• Student documentation: Documented timely and accurately all issues pertaining to the student(s) (i.e., behavior issues, absenteeism, tardiness, unable to perform tasks/skills, lack of participation, or unable to work with others).
• Classroom management: Maintain an orderly classroom always, control over students’ behavior always, and do not allow students to disrupt the learning environment.
• Listen to students and co-workers to resolve conflicts and establish effective communication.
• Understand, follow, and enforce school rules, policies, and procedures.
• Keep the curriculum, performance standards, competencies, lesson plans, and tests current with industry needs.
• Utilize the competency checking and recording system designed for your program. Maintain and pass on the students’ competency folders to subsequent instructors. Make folders available for review at any time.
• Assist in organizing and/or conducting field trips.
• Supervise classroom clean-up by students.
• Turnaround/Feedback on Course Content: Instructors respond within 24 hours, Monday through Friday to student questions such as lecture topics, discussion boards, online assignments, uploaded assignments, and outside work.
• Grading needs to be completed within three workdays.
• Office/Virtual Office Hours: The instructor is available to meet with students during office hours on campus and during virtual office hours online. Office hours and Virtual office hours are posted in Canvas and documented in the course syllabus.
• Effective online communication- Instructors need to communicate professionally always and when providing feedback on discussion boards to each student, it must be constructive and provoke critical thinking to have an ongoing “thread” of discussions with students in the class. “Great job”, “Awesome Answer”, “Superb”, and “Nice” is not thought-provoking responses.
• Required to keep the Canvas course updated.
• Perform other work-related duties that are assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Business degree, master’s preferred.
• Four years of experience in the subject field within the last 10 years.
• Project management certification (preferred) or must be attained within 60 days of employment and/or Lean Sigma Yellow or Green Belt (preferred) or must be attained within 60 days of employment.
• Teaching experience at the post-secondary level (preferred).
• Faculty teaching any hybrid distance education courses, or in any of the hybrid programs must demonstrate proficiency in operating computer programs such as Word and Excel. Prior teaching experience in distance education instruction is a plus but not mandatory.
• Must be able to work flexible hours.
• To telework, the employee is responsible for ensuring to have the needed equipment and technology to perform the essential job functions (i.e., cell phone, internet)
• Must have a personal cell phone to be used with the MFA.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Ability to read, listen, write, speak, and understand English fluently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, plus analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and the public.
• Must be customer service oriented.
• Ability to evaluate objectively, fairly, and consistently.
• Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Office).
• Presentation and group facilitation skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties.
• Ability and willingness to comply with school policies and procedures, and state and federal laws and regulations.