Position Title: Computer Science Instructor
Department: Faculty
Reports to: Program Director
Supervises: N/A
Classification: Salary
Status: Full time
NOTES:
- Management reserves the right to change or otherwise modify the functions of this job to meet the needs of the company. Additional duties may also be assigned.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed hereafter are representative of the knowledge, skills, and or abilities required to do this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The college provides equal opportunity in its employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local laws.
POSITION OVERVIEW: The instructor creates, manages, and participates in a variety of learning environments and activities that provide opportunities for students to develop to their fullest potential and achieve their learning objectives. The instructor participates 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. The instructor supports and seeks 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 in 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: Implement instructional training techniques in the classroom. Is effective in generating classroom participation through question asking, student presentations, and group exercises. Correlate class lessons to shop/lab lessons.
- Organize, plan, and prepare students’ lab/shop projects and provide effective “hands-on training.” Ensure materials and/or equipment is 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 Services Coordinator, and Student Retention Specialist to keep them in school.
- Continuing education: Actively pursues and completes in the 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 CEU’s annually.
- Student competencies: Organizes, manages and ensures the completion of student’s competencies for each phase.
- Attendance: Take roll call twice a schedule, 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, and control over student’s behavior always and does 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 lab/classroom clean-up by students.
- Turnaround/Feedback on Course Content: Instructors respond within 24 hours, Monday through Friday on 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”, “Nice” are not thought-provoking responses.
- Required to keep the Canvas course updated.
- Perform other work-related duties that are assigned.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.
- Minimum of 4 years of field experience within the last ten years.
- Teaching experience preferred at the post-secondary level.
- Industry certifications: CompTIA A+, CompTIA Security+, and/or CompTIA Network+ are preferred; at least two of these certifications are required.
- Faculty teaching any hybrid distance education courses, or in any of the hybrid programs must demonstrate proficiency in operating computer programs like Word and Excel.
- Prior teaching experience in distance education instruction is preferred.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
1. Must possess good presentation skills and the ability to speak in public.
2. Effective verbal and written communication skills, plus analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and problem- solving skills.
3. Proficient computer skills.
4. Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently.
5. Must be customer service oriented.
6. Ability and willingness to comply with school policies and procedures.
7. Ability to evaluate objectively, fairly, and consistently.
8. Creativity and initiative.
9. Ability to correctly use and demonstrate all regular equipment and tools within the subject field.
10. Must have a valid driver’s license and minimum legal insurance coverage on a personal vehicle.
Work Environment
Typical classroom and shop environment.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The above Job Description is not intended to be an all-encompassing list of responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this position. It is intended to be a guideline reflecting the principal activities.
I do hereby certify that I have read and understood the above job description. I also understand and agree that
Western Technical College has the right to change or otherwise modify this job description at any time.
