Salary: See Position Description
Location : Sanford, NC
Job Type: Faculty (9 months)
Job Number: 01994
Division: SL-Arts & STEM
Opening Date: 08/15/2023
Closing Date: 8/29/2023 5:00 PM Eastern
Job Description
At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities! We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help.
Full-time faculty at Central Carolina Community College facilitate transformative lifelong learning by incorporating discipline-specific learning outcomes through active learning opportunities, lectures, hands-on skill development, assignments, appropriate classroom management, etc. Faculty provide authentic student assessment that allows students to improve their knowledge and skills with each assignment. Faculty focus on student success by establishing meaningful connections with students early in the semester to support the varying needs of each student throughout the semester.
Salary depends on education and experience.
Associate Degree salary range: $40,814 – $49,214
Bachelor’s Degree salary range: $43,242 – $52,088
Master’s Degree salary range: $45,397 – $54,117
Doctoral Degree salary range: $48,503 – $57,146
This position is eligible for a $5000 hiring bonus to be paid out in three installments.
Diversity Policy: Central Carolina Community College believes the college experience is greatly enriched through diversity; therefore, the college encourages diversity of thought within the student body and staff. Furthermore, the college seeks to promote awareness of diversity and the respect for all individuals, and the college pledges to adhere to this mission in its relationship with the community.
Essential Duties
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Embrace the institutional goals of Central Carolina Community College by engaging students as full partners in the learning process, removing barriers to student progression in courses, and supporting and assisting students in achieving their educational and career goals.
- Use student learning outcomes to create a variety of activities, assignments, and assessments that ensure curriculum goals are met.
- Create a dynamic instructional environment that promotes a positive, interactive, and inclusive learning experience for all students.
- Maintain a Learning Management System (Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, etc.) course with a syllabus and gradebook for each class.
- Grade all assignments in a timely manner and ensure that all grades are reported within the 10-day college grading policy.
- Provide personalized and constructive feedback on student assignments by recognizing what students did well and identifying attainable improvements for future work.
- Respond to all student communication within two business days.
- Report attendance weekly.
- Utilize the early alert system to communicate needs for timely intervention, resources, and additional student support.
- Facilitate student learning for instructional loads of 15-20 contact hours per semester.
- Actively support the college’s vision of exceptional learning for all.
Advising Responsibilities:
- Meet with each assigned advisee a minimum of once per semester to discuss educational, career, and life goals.
- Connect students with their career communities to explore career options, build supportive relationships, and confirm career goals.
- Review and approve student educational plans each semester.
- Refer advisees to institutional and/or community resources as appropriate.
- Complete required faculty advisor training.
Lead Instructor Responsibilities:
- Serve as the subject matter expert for the curriculum.
- Develop recruitment strategy for the program.
- Manage advisory board engagement in collaboration with the department chair.
- Lead annual program review process in collaboration with the department chair.
- Recruit, hire, onboard, and supervise adjunct instructors.
Institutional Responsibilities:
- Engage students in co-curricular career community activities to foster student development and establish a sense of belonging.
- Stay current in your discipline and renew industry credentials, as needed.
- Maintain program and/or college accreditation standards.
- Actively engage with college committees as appointed.
- Participate in advisory board meetings as requested.
- Celebrate student achievement at graduation ceremonies and other recognitions.
- Engage in a minimum of 5 hours of professional development each year.
- Attend departmental, divisional, and collegewide meetings.
- Maintain a weekly schedule of 35 hours on campus, including 5 required office hours. Hours on site may be adjusted based on distance education responsibilities and/or approved telework arrangements.
- Assume other duties as assigned.
- Cultivate a culture of care and advocacy through compassion, inclusion, opportunity, integrity, courage, and people.
Recognizing and respecting the variety of experiences and contributions represented by all of our students, employees, and community, all faculty will encourage a learning environment in which everyone is supported and valued for their unique perspectives and experiences and will foster and promote the participation of all members of our diverse communities.
Minimum Requirements
Required educational background:
- Associate degree in Computer Aided Drafting, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- Experience with mechanical processes and/or manufacturing with a focus on design and/or drafting
Required knowledge, skills and abilities:
- CAD Software – SolidWorks, Inventor, and/or AutoCAD
- Mechanical design processes
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Teaching experience
- Experience with a Learning Management System (Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, etc.)