Lane Community College is hiring: Instructor Pool - Fabrication/Welding Technolo
Lane Community College, Oregon, IL, United States, 61061
Instructor Pool - Fabrication/Welding Technology
Please see Special Instructions for more details.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. All fields in the application must be completed, including employment dates, work hours, and detailed job duties.
- The Curriculum Vitae (CV)/Resume may not take the place of any section in the application.
Required Documents
To be considered a candidate for this position, all of the following must be included in the application package:
- Online Application – Complete and submit online via the applicant portal.
- Resume – Comprehensive of experience, education, and accomplishments.
- Transcripts and/or Certifications – Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application, see instructions below.
Additional Documents and Letters of reference are not accepted.
Questions?
- For assistance with the online application call 541-463-5586.
- Enter recruitment@lanecc.edu into your Safe Senders list. Notifications will be sent toward the end of the search process.
- Visit your Employment Opportunities account. The main page will show your status in the search.
Posting closes at 9 PM on the closing date.
Position Information:
- This is an application pool posting for 2024-2025. The assigned location for this position is at the Lane Community College’s main campus located in Eugene, Oregon.
- Beyond the required education and experience instructors must have a passion for what they teach and have teaching styles that support student success.
- Provide all documents as requested.
- A resume may not take the place of any section of the application.
- Unofficial Transcripts (Certifications if applicable) are required for this position at the time of application. See instructions below.
Location: Main Campus
Classification: Part-time Faculty
Position Type: Contracted Part-Time Faculty
Anticipated Start Date: As Needed, Fall (September 2024), Winter (January 2025), or Spring (April 2025)
Salary/Wage: Hourly
- Our application is used to determine the initial salary placement for selected candidates. All employment and education history will be considered.
- The Part-time Faculty benefits package includes a generous contribution toward medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, long-term disability, and paid sick leave.
Working Schedule: Classes as assigned by the Division Dean based on need, enrollment, and availability of contracted and/or more senior part-time faculty.
Required Experience:
- One (1) year of industrial experience in fabrication and welding
- One (1) year of formal training and experience in operation, maintenance, and manual skills associated with wire drive welding
Conditions of Employment:
- Successful applicants are required to complete a criminal background check. Infractions do not necessarily disqualify a candidate, and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Fabrication/Welding.
- Possess industry credentials i.e. American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welder, CWI (Certified Welding Inspector), NCCER, SENSE, API, and/or ASME.
Preferred Experience:
- Prior teaching or industrial training experience.
- Proficiency with the following specific welding processes: FCAW, SMAW, GTAW, OAC.
- Proficiency in teaching at the community college level.
- Experience with distance education/web teaching modalities is desirable.
Language Statement: We welcome multilingual applicants who can support and welcome all students.
Position Purpose: Faculty are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality learning experience for all Lane Community College students.
Essential Functions:
- Plan, write, and administer Fabrication and Welding curricula to include instruction in varied learning environments, such as in-person, online, remote, and hybrid formats.
- Operation, maintenance, and manual skills associated with SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, PAC, and OAC equipment.
- Develop and maintain curriculum and supporting course materials in keeping with and furtherance of course objectives and program learning outcomes.
- Exhibit compliance with College policies and procedures, accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering and related functions.
- Sustain currency in discipline and innovation in teaching.
- Collegial participation in the faculty performance evaluation process.
- Maintain and post-teaching schedule, regular meetings and office hours.
- Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, and/or other documentation; ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory.
- Problem solve and manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness of FERPA standards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Provide high-quality classroom instruction.
- Create course content, develop and revise course content and materials.
- Establish learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to inform improvements at a program and course level.
- Incorporate college values into the curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment including facilitating awareness of multicultural and diversity issues in curricula.
- Teach and develop all class syllabi and course materials, in a form that can be directly delivered to, and used by, students.
- Confer with students on course materials.
- Deliver curriculum to students in traditional and online formats.
Online Teaching and Student Support:
- Expect to make use of the Learning Management System (LMS) to publish and update content, post grades and promote student engagement among students with course content.
- Use multiple modes of communication tools including online publishing, audio, and video tools.
- Be present within the online course to interact with students, help guide asynchronous discussions and provide opportunities for students’ voices to be heard within the online course.
- Monitor student progress and provide reasonable coaching and assistance to struggling students toward success.
- Review and grade all work submitted by students and provide timely and substantive feedback.
- Respond to student inquiries within 48 hours.
- Ensure that all materials created are accessible and meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Post student attendance, grades, and course syllabus to the college LMS in accordance with college timelines.
- Use current best practices and pedagogies for teaching online including the application of online course quality frameworks for clearly providing course learning objectives to students, while consistently setting clear weekly and term-long expectations for work and assessment.
Equity and Inclusion:
- Demonstrate Lane Community College’s core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences, are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships, and are applied to all position responsibilities.
- Duties are carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, nationality, age, language, origin or employment status.
- Actively assist with ADA compliance in conjunction with Human Resources and Disability Resource departments; support appropriate access for persons with disabilities in order to provide for the success of students and staff; mentor and role model cultural competency for persons with disabilities.
- Must demonstrate an active concern for students, staff, and the public.
Supervision Statement: Reports to the Senior Instructional Dean of the Business, Technology, and Trades Division; and performs instruction-related duties and responsibilities in a timely manner and in accordance with the mission, policies, and procedures of the college: Lane Vision, Mission, Values. Work may be overseen by a lead faculty member.
Physical Demands/Working Environment: Coordinate fine and gross motor movements. Coordinate hand/eye movements. Maintain balance from any position. Negotiate level surfaces, ramps, and stairs. This position works indoors and is exposed to usual office working conditions that include office noises and interruptions, such as printers, telephones, and visitors. This position requires that an employee is able to sit or stand for extended periods of time; perform cognitive and psychometric tasks for more than six (6) hours a day. Work may require transporting materials up to fifty (50) pounds with assistance as needed. Work safely.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Analytical Thinking
- Building Relationships
- Change Advocate
- Teamwork
- Service Mindset
- Process Improvement
- Supervision and Leadership
- Strategic Project Management
- Knowledge of instructional design, delivery, and learning theory.
Knowledge of & Skill in:
- The differences among learning styles, current advances in teaching methods and uses of technology in education, and the ability to integrate these elements into curricula and teaching methods.
- Effective teaching methods and knowledge related to a broad range of metal Fabrication and Welding technologies including machine operation (manual and CNC programming), maintenance, and manual welding skills.
- Teaching individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds and varying needs.
Ability to:
- Advise, motivate, encourage, explain options, and guide students in the learning process.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate professional-technical courses.
- Maintain a classroom atmosphere conducive to student learning.
- Establish and maintain effective working relations with faculty, students, and staff.
- Demonstrate organizational abilities.
- Show well-rounded leadership skills.
- Show computer skills, including word processing.
- Analyze and problems solve.
- Write clearly and present information in concise summary reports.
- Prioritize and set long and short-term goals.
- Understand the role of the community college and the diversity of the community college student body.
- Understand and carry out Lane Community College’s commitment to student success, lifelong learning, and the needs of students, staff and the public.
- Understand and carry out Lane Community College’s mission and strategic agendas including College Learning Outcomes, cultural competency, and diversity.
- Manage and facilitate communications between Division Dean, support staff, and full and part-time faculty.
Posting Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Please explain how your education and experience meet the job duties?
(Open Ended Question)
- * Explain how diversity and multicultural experience has played a role in your education and/or career.
(Open Ended Question)