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Salary: $77,041.00 Annually
Location: Oregon City, OR
Job Type: Full-Time, Union
Division: Arts and Sciences
Job Number: 2324-00056
Closing: 3/31/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

Description

Description

Clackamas Community College (CCC) at the Oregon City, Oregon campus seeks to hire a full-time permanent position in our Science Department starting in fall 2024. We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and candidates that may be from a less traditional background. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described.

CCC is committed to continuous improvement and innovation in support of student-centered teaching and learning. We are committed to understanding and dismantling systems of oppression and to co-creating a more equitable educational system that in turn fosters a more equitable society. We strive to be a student-ready institution that supports and partners with students to promote discovery and growth. We work to mobilize community-wide awareness and action related to College strategic priorities and seek to build relationships in support of community well-being. At CCC, individuals are celebrated for their experience and expertise, and are validated for their unique perspectives. CCC encourages faculty, staff, and students to be engaged in ways that reflect their needs and interests. To learn more about CCC visit Leadership, Vision and Initiatives.

College and Division:

The Science Department resides in the Arts & Sciences Division. As a division we are one of four Instructional and Student Support divisions at CCC. The four divisions are: Academic Foundations and Connections (AFAC), Arts and Sciences (A & S), Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (IEP) and Technology, Applied Science and Public Services (TAPS). The Arts and Sciences Division includes nine departments: Art; Business & Computer Science; Communication, Theater & Journalism; Horticulture; Music; Science; Social Sciences; Water Engineering Technology; and World Languages.

Science Department
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The Science Department uses a lead instructor model where the lead instructor or instructors work collaboratively to provide class, lab, and online content across all class sections. CCC offers a wide range of life and physical science courses for science majors and non-majors. There is one full-time geology instructor position in the department. A successful candidate will be a creative, collaborative, and participatory faculty member with an expertise in geology and who brings a passion for teaching and a desire to support and mentor CCC students.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Instruction & Related Assignments

• Teaches college-level lecture and laboratory courses in geology which includes conducting and leading field-based experiences.
• Communicates regularly to students about their progress and responding to student inquiries in a timely manner.
• Leads assessment processes for Geology and General Science, and updating courses and curriculum based on assessment results, curriculum review cycles, or externally mandated changes in programs.
• Regularly participates in department, division, and college meetings as well as participating in committee work.
• Consults with students about their course, program, resources at the college, and potential careers.
• Prepares and cleans labs for Geology and General Science. Works with lab staff to order supplies.
• Engages in activities that enhance the department's rapport with area high schools, industry partners, and four-year institutions and that build the department's ability to offer college credit to high school partners.
• Coordinates curriculum and instruction with associate geology faculty.
• Actively seeks out professional growth opportunities.

Teaching and Learning Values

• Creates a learning climate of mutual respect and fairness.
• Encourages creative and critical thinking.
• Engages students in an active learning process.
• Facilitates learning that applies to and enriches lives.
• Encourages student responsibility for learning.
• Promotes learning as a lifelong process.

Institutional Expectations

• Embraces diversity and actively collaborates effectively with a variety of students, staff and the public from diverse cultural, social, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Participates in recruitment and retention of students at an individual and institutional level in promotion of student success.
• Embraces, understands, and uses appropriate technology tools to accomplish job functions.
• Commitment to the mission and values of an open-access community college.
• Maintains professional and supportive relationships with colleagues.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• M.S. in geology or M.S. in a closely related field (examples include but are not limited to Earth Science, Geoscience, and Oceanography) with at least 30 graduate credit hours (quarter basis) in geology course work from an accredited institution.
• One year of full-time teaching experience (or the equivalent in part-time hours), teaching geology. (A portion of the required teaching experience may be met by substantial graduate school TA experience.)

Core Competencies

• Demonstrated competency in teaching through experience, educational preparation, or continuing education.
• Demonstrable experience providing culturally responsive instruction.
• Bicultural/multicultural skills sufficient to select appropriate behaviors, values and attitudes within different cultures during interactions with others.
• Demonstrates ability or desire to work with culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students and communities.
• Demonstrates ability or desire to work with a variety of technological media.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral forms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching college geology classes and labs, including field-based experiences.
• Teaching experience in geology that supports student success in a diverse student body such as that found in a community college.
• Experience with designing and/or delivering courses with online elements and the use of learning management systems such as Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, etc.
• Experience with curriculum development and management.
• Evidence of innovative and diverse teaching methods and technologies to support teaching and learning in a dynamic educational environment.
• Experience with student-centered evaluation and authentic student learning outcome assessment practices.
• Effective classroom and laboratory management, including facilitating/navigating challenging conversations.

Other Job Elements

The physical demands listed below represent those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands of the Position:

The position requires minimal (5-20%) physical effort such as lifting, carrying, or movement, etc. Movements required to complete work are not difficult, and only require some degree of agility and hand eye coordination.

Working Conditions:

The work environment is usually well-protected, with minimal hazards or obstacles (5-20%).There is little or minimal element of personal risk or hazard. Job conditions are usually comfortable, with minimal (5-20%) issues of confinement, temperature change, incident of noise, or interactions of a disagreeable nature, inside/outside work, dirty conditions, exposure to contagious disease, etc. Position may have minimal responsibility for driving.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervision of other personnel is not a typical function assigned to this position. May provide training and orientation to newly assigned personnel and may assign work to student workers.

Supervision Received:

Works under the general direction of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

Additional Information

Application Instructions:

When applying for this position, you will be required to complete the NeoGov application and attach the following electronic documents.
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter
3. Unofficial Transcripts
4. If applicable: Veteran's Preference documentation

Any applications which do not have the required documents attached will be considered incomplete. Incomplete applications will not be considered. CCC makes employment decisions based solely on the candidate's demonstrated competencies as related to successful performance in the position.

Veterans' Preference:

Applicants are eligible to use Veterans' Preference when applying with CCC in accordance with ORS 408.225, 408.230 and 408.235; and OAR 105-040-0010 and 105-040-0015. Preference will be given only if the applicant meets the minimum criteria of the position and electronically attach the required documentation at the time of application. For information regarding Veterans' Preference qualifications, visit http://www.oregonjobs.org/DAS/STJOBS/vetpoints.shtmlq


Documents Required for Veterans' Preference

• One of the following:
  • MEMBER COPY 4 of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215)
    
    -OR-
    
  • Letter from the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs indicating receipt of a non-service connected pension
    
    -OR-
    
  • Certification that discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions will take place not later than 120 days after the submission of the certificate
• In addition to one of the above documents, Disabled Veterans must also submit one of the following:
  • A copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs
    
    -OR-
    
  • Certification that medical separation from active duty under honorable conditions will take place not later than 120 days after the submission of the certificate.

You can request copies of your military service record through the National Archives website at http://www.archives.gov/veterans




Additional Information:

The successful candidate in this position will work a 10-month contract and be paid for 175 days including six (6) paid holidays, per the Full-Time Faculty Bargaining Agreement.


Starting Salary Expectations:

Initial Salary Placement will be Step 3 ($77,041 annually) per the CCC Full-time Faculty bargaining agreement.

Benefits:

• CCC offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide employees and their families, including domestic partners, with access to a broad range of benefit options. Includes Health, Dental, and Vision options, Group Life, Long-term Disability, and Long-term Care Insurance programs.
• CCC currently funds the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS/OPSRP) pension and contributes an additional 6% into the employee's Individual Account Program under PERS/OPSRP. A portion of the 6% will be diverted to The Employee Pension Stability Account as mandated by Senate Bill 1049. CCC offers a tax deferred annuity program and a deferred compensation program where employees may save additional pre-tax dollars for retirement.
• CCC provides a tuition waiver for courses offered at CCC for yourself, domestic partner, and IRS dependents; plus partial tuition reimbursement for yourself at other accredited institutions.
CCC qualifies as a public employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Terms of Employment:

• All positions at CCC are required to be available for work onsite as requested by the college.
• Requires flexible work schedule to meet program needs, which may include evenings and/or weekends.
• Instructors shall have earned required academic credentials from a regionally accredited institution, or the equivalent, as recognized by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) or National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
• Your official transcripts will need to be sent from the Registrar of your degree granting institution within 30-days of your hire.
• Employees must maintain metro Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, Washington residency as a condition of employment.
• CCC does not support employment visas.
• Successful applicants must successfully pass a background inquiry, which may include criminal, driving, and full background checks. Only information relevant to the position will be considered. An individual with negative information on their background inquiry will not necessarily be denied employment.
• Providing false information will result in rejection of an application, employment offer or dismissal.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

CCC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.


Annual Security Report:

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), you may view CCC's most recent Annual Security Report (ASR) Clackamas Community College. The ASR contains current security and safety-related policy disclosure statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and sexual assault prevention information and resources, and drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains crime statistics for Clery Act crimes which occurred on PCC properties for the last three calendar years.


To apply, visit: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/clackamascc/jobs/4395125/geology-instructor-faculty-full-time

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