Central Arizona College, a diverse and innovative institution, is located in Pinal County, Arizona, a rapidly expanding business and residential community with a student population in excess of 12,000 on five major campuses and several emerging sites. Less than one hour from the Phoenix metro complex, faculty, staff, and students enjoy access to the arts, sports, recreation, and cultural history in the inviting Southwest climate. Faculty may teach at multiple sites, via distance learning (on-line, etc.) and traditional classroom instruction, possibly evenings and weekends.

JOB SUMMARY:
To provide a quality education for Central Arizona College students. Perform instruction-related and other duties and responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, vision, mission, policies, and procedures of the college.

******Central Arizona College currently has TWO openings for Professor of Nursing*******

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Faculty member will:

Provide an inclusive learning environment
Teach Nursing courses in accordance with the college workload policy and in a variety of potential modalities (e.g., face-to-face, online, hybrid, Interactive Television (iTv),Weekend College, accelerated, evening or late start classes) on any campus, site or center as dictated by the needs of students.
Proficiency operating a variety of computer software (e.g. Adobe Acrobat, MS word, Excel,Teams, and PowerPoint) and multimedia equipment.
Provide and present information, content, and context through lecture, laboratory,simulation, recitation, seminars and/or other learning venues utilizing a variety ofteaching/learning styles as appropriate to the course content.
Employ a variety of assessment tools; evaluates grades and comments on student work inorder to facilitate and ensure student progress throughout the course. Communicate withstudents as appropriate. This may include email, online discussions, virtual chats withinBlackboard, instant messaging (IM), telephone and/or face-to-face consultations toprovide frequent feedback.
Establish and maintain office hours per college policy. Maintain records of studentprogress and performance; completes and returns required reports to the appropriateoffice 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.
Able to serve as a clinical instructor in a variety of healthcare settings. Ability to meet allclinical faculty requirements set by the college's clinical partners.

QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree in Nursing, current AZ Nursing license in good standing or ability to obtain, and three years of experience in clinical nursing.

DESIRABLES: Expertise in two specialty areas of nursing and experience instructing nursing students. Knowledge and skill operating a variety of medical computer simulation programs and equipment.

Dependent upon educational level and experience. The required teaching load is thirty–equated hours per academic year.

All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position.

*****TWO POSITIONS OPEN UNTIL FILLED*****

APPLICATION INFORMATION: The application packet should consist of:

Letter of interest
Current resume
Unofficial copies of transcripts reflecting the required degree or course work.

Copies of transcripts should reflect completed course work and conferred degrees. All academic course work and degrees must be from a regionally accredited college or university or be certified by an acceptable agency that the institution is recognized by the appropriate governmental agency in its home country (this is generally stated in the degree evaluation). Foreign transcripts must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited course work by an acceptable agency such as those agencies certified by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

Background Verification: As a condition of employment, all candidates accepting an offer of employment for a full-time, part- time, temporary, student worker, or volunteer position, will be required to undergo a background verification. The check will be conducted by third party agent, backgroundchecks.com. Employment with Central Arizona College is contingent upon the successful completion of the background verification. The college does not accept responsibility for information errors reported by backgroundchecks.com during the background process. The level of the background verification for this position is: Standard level.

Central Arizona College prohibits discrimination in employment and educational programs based on race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, military status, genetic test information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

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.