Teach Engineering classes throughout our curriculum, including EGR102 Introduction to Engineering, EGR120 Digital Design Fundamentals, and EGR222 Circuits I, and Math and/or other related coursework in accordance with the college workload policy and in a variety of potential modalities (e.g., face-to-face, online, hybrid, accelerated, evening or late start classes) on any campus, site or center as dictated by the needs of students. Engineering pedagogy will incorporate activity- and project-based learning. Involvement in the NASA Arizona Space Grant High-Altitude Balloon Payload Grant and team-teaching the associated course (SCI195). Involvement in our Engineering Projects classes (SCI195A, SCI195B). In addition to teaching the following are responsibilities related to teaching the program: Offer mentoring/career exploration opportunities to students majoring in engineering. Evaluate effectiveness of the engineering pathway for the purpose of continuous improvement in curriculum and pedagogy. Coordinate outreach activities that promote the college's engineering pathway. Collaborate with regional high school engineering instructors on curriculum design and development that support transfer pathways in engineering. Provide and present information, content, and context through lecture, laboratory, recitation, seminars and/or other learning venues utilizing a variety of teaching/learning styles as appropriate to the course content. Employ a variety of assessment tools; evaluates grades and comments on student work in order to facilitate and ensure student progress throughout the course. Communicate with students as appropriate. This may include email, online discussions, virtual chats within Blackboard, instant messaging (IM), telephone and/or face-to-face consultations to provide frequent feedback. Establish and maintain office hours per college policy. Maintain records of student progress and performance; completes and returns required reports to the appropriate office by established due date. Develop, prepare and evaluate instructional materials. Write and develop syllabi and course calendars. Review and update course outlines, text selection and syllabi in cooperation with other faculty and appropriate district academic chair or program director. Propose and develop new courses, curriculum, programs, instructional materials, and evaluation tools as necessary to meet the needs of the students and community. Assist in recruitment and retention of students through the development and implementation of teaching and learning strategies primarily in the instructional setting. Cultivate development of instructional programs and knowledge of trends, pedagogy, andragogy, and new technologies.
Education: Master’s degree in engineering or a master’s degree in a related field with 18 graduate credits in engineering from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
1.Community College teaching experience.
2.Background in Electrical Engineering
3.Experience with working with a diverse population of students at varying academic levels (developmental through transfer level), networking and collaborating with external institutions, designing engineering curriculum.
Salary: Dependent on Qualifications.
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All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position.
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Important Notice: As a condition of employment, all full time Central Arizona College employee’s automatically become members of the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). This is a pension system that requires mandatory contributions from the employee with a matching contribution from the employer. The 24-25 fiscal year contribution rate is 12.27%. Please note this rate is subject to change on a fiscal year basis. Membership to ASRS is a condition of employment and is not optional unless you are at least 65 years of age and meet the opt out eligibility requirements, or are a retiree from ASRS . Please consider this when applying for this position.
We acknowledge that our institution, Central Arizona College, occupies ancestral lands of the Huhugam (HU-hu-gum), who lived and farmed along the Gila River Basin centuries ago. We thank the Native communities and descendants of these Indigenous people whose stewardship of the land and waterways allows us to be here now: the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tohono O’odham (THO’-oh-no OH’-oh-thum) Nation, Ak-Chin (AK-Chin) Indian Community, and the Gila River Indian Community, which is comprised of the Akimel O’odham (A-kee-med/r OH-oh-thum) (Pima) and the PEE-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. Indigenous people from other Native nations also reside in Pinal County. Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized Tribes. All have made innumerable contributions to our region.
