Instructor, Communication Media

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Minimum Hiring Annual Salary:

$50,839.00

Maximum Hiring Annual Salary:

$70,837.00

To attain the maximum hiring amount employee must have:

• Liberal Arts or Developmental Education Faculty Position: applicable Masters degree plus 36 credits (or an applicable terminal degree), plus 10 years of applicable work experience.
• Career Technical Education (CTE) Faculty Position: applicable Masters degree, plus 10 years of applicable work experience.

Included with Aims Faculty full-time employment is a generous package of benefits, most are listed below:

• Benefits are effective immediately
• 100% employer provided medical & dental coverage employees (employee only option)
• 85% employer provided medical & dental coverage for employee's spouse and/or family
• Voluntary vision insurance
• Faculty Personal Leave (16 hours per year) & Sick (minimum accrual of 12 days)
• 166 days worked with deferred paid (Summer semester off)
• Employer paid long-term disability and life insurance premiums  
• Tuition waiver & reimbursement for employees
• Tuition waiver for dependents
• PERA employer (see www.copera.org for comprehensive benefits) 
• Additional supplemental benefits & retirement programs available
• Access to the PERC (Aims gym) for employee & one guest
• Free parking on all campuses

Job Description:

Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College's Mission, Vision, Values, BaJEDI (belonging, justice, equity, diversity, inclusion), and Innovation. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and has the skillsets necessary to be successful in this position.
Full-Time, Faculty, 9-month Academic position – Communication Media Faculty. This is a Full-Time, tenure-track, benefited Faculty position beginning Fall Semester, 2024.
The faculty member will conduct their assignments and co-curricular college activities in a manner consistent with the philosophy and purpose of Aims Community College as stated in the school catalog. The primary purpose of the faculty member is to teach. The faculty member is also responsible for scholarly and creative activities (professional development), and service to the college.
Provide effective and high-quality instruction and assessment.
Continually refine and modernize curriculum so that it remains educationally sound and meets the high standards of Aims Community College; develop curriculum as assigned.
Courses taught will include, but are not limited too: Audio, Radio and Convergence Technologies.
Additionally, full-time faculty are expected to:
Collaborate on the creation and oversight of curriculum.
Support part-time faculty through meetings and answering questions.
Keep the department chair informed of issues, concerns, and highlights from
the classroom.
Maintain currency in your field of expertise.
Use computer technology to enhance student learning.
Ensure availability to students by providing opportunities for answering
questions and providing support outside of the classroom. This can take the
form of formal office hours, phone call availability, synchronous chat, or other
such options as long as you make availability clear to students and
responsive to their needs.
Be available to teach on any campus/outreach site at any scheduled time as
assigned. Efforts are made to accommodate faculty preferences, but all
faculty must provide flexibility to accommodate students' scheduling needs
as our top priority.
Demonstrate an attitude and aptitude that is supportive of the College's
efforts to provide students with a range of course modality options. Teaching
assignment may include online, synchronous remote, traditional face-to-face
or blended (hybrid) versions of these as determined by student, department
and college needs.
Provide meaningful participation on college committees or organizations by
seeking out areas of interest and being supportive of department and college
needs.
Actively participate in college efforts to enhance student persistence and
retention.
Assist in the implementation of institutional, divisional, or department goals
as assigned.

Teaching: Interacting with students to provide opportunities to learn, creating conditions that facilitate learning, and using techniques and methods that create a high probability that learning will occur. To achieve such interaction, a teacher must possess three basic abilities:

• Instructional Delivery: those human interactive skills and characteristics that make for clear communication of information, and promote learning through an effective learning environment.
• Provide effective and high-quality instruction of subject being taught.
• Apply learning-centered educational practices such as creating and communicating clearly-defined outcomes for student learning.
• Provide a diverse array of learning activities that directly tie to those defined outcomes.
• Use assessment data to improve instruction and learning, and participate in an ongoing College-Wide dialogue about teaching and learning.
• Develop and refine department curriculum as necessary to maintain currency in pedagogy and content.

Instructional Design Skills:

• Includes technical skills in designing, sequencing, and presenting experiences which promote student learning, and designing, developing, and implementing tools and procedures and procedures for assessing student-learning.
• Use and develop appropriate computer-based technologies, including online instruction to promote student learning.
• Design, develop and implement tools and procedures for assessing student-learning outcomes.
• Adopt new teaching methodologies as appropriate.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments of learning for students.

Professional Obligations:

• Implement department, division, and/or institutional goals as assigned.
• Maintain office hours, turn in grades on time, meet assigned classes.
• Submits course syllabi and other required documents on time.
• Manages the classroom facility.
• Keeps accurate attendance and grade records.
• Meets other professional obligations as stated in the Faculty Annual Plan and Evaluation.

Scholarly & Creative Activities (Professional Development) those endeavors related to a faculty member's teaching assignment that contribute to the discovery, dissemination, and practical application of knowledge and/or skill. The activities that may be required, as appropriate to the faculty member's teaching assignment, include the following:

• Acquire and/or maintain certification.
• Attend conferences, workshops, and/or training appropriate to one's field.
• Complete coursework related to one's teaching assignment.
• Create teaching methodology and instructional design.
• Other activities that contribute to keeping current in the content field.

Service Helping: helping the college to meet the goals and objectives of its mission and strategic plan. The activities that may be required, as appropriate to the faculty member's teaching assignment, include the following:

• Fulfill College service requirements by making meaningful contributions on campus and/or to community service groups.
• Participate in institutional and departmental recruitment and retention activities. Assist in the evaluation and selection of textbooks and other resources and materials in one's assigned area.
• Serve on department, division, and institutional committees.
• Assist in program and curriculum review, revision, and the development and assessment of learning.
• Maintain classrooms and/or labs.
• Demonstrate a willingness to embrace and apply the provisions of the College's mission statement, purpose, philosophy and commitment to diversity.

Other Duties as Assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Journalism, Entertainment Business, Video Editing & Production, Radio Broadcasting, Audio Engineering & Production, or other related field; Plus,
• Two (2) years of related work experience.
• Shall hold or qualify for a full-time, post-secondary vocational credential in Computer Information Systems issued by Aims Community College CTE Office. Contact Landon Loyd for the application at [email protected]. This will require at least two years (4,000 hours) of approved experience in Broadcast Journalism, Entertainment Business or related field.
• The preference is 8,000 – 10,000 hours of work experience or a combination of work and teaching experience.
• Experience with broadcast equipment, including cameras, video switchers, and character generators and audio recording equipment.
• Experience using multimedia software and electronic media.
• Experience teaching computer technology courses.
• Experience working with adult and non-traditional learners.
• Evidence of ability to maintain positive and professional interpersonal relationships with students, faculty, staff and administration.
• Evidence of ability to work as a team member.
• Evidence of being able to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
• Ability to teach using methodologies that support a student-centered learning environment.
• Computer literacy and the ability to use computer technology in classroom/lab instruction.
• A willingness to take classes in teaching methods, curriculum development, computer applications or other coursework deemed necessary by the department chair or Academic Dean.
• A positive attitude toward teaching courses in varied modalities, including online, synchronous remote and traditional face-to-face.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing curriculum.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent human relation skills.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of emerging trends in technology.
• Post-secondary teaching experience.
• Prior work experience in the Communication Media field.

Required Documents:

• Cover Letter
• Resume or CV
• Diversity Statement
• Teaching Philosophy
• Copy of Unofficial Transcripts (official transcripts will be required upon hire)

All Applicants:

• Compare your previous work experience to the job duties listed on the job positing under job description. Enter the job duties you have preformed under the "Work Experience" section on your job application. We evaluate your experience based on this information.
• Please make sure you state whether work experience (aka work history) is part time or full time employment by listing the average number of hours worked per week. This information is used to determine your new annual salary.
• Be sure to upload all the required documents listed at the above in "Upload these required additional documents" section. This can be uploaded as part of your application materials in the "My Experience" section.  If there are missing documents, your incomplete application will not be considered.

Diversity Statement Instructions

Aims Community College recognizes and celebrates diversity within our students, faculty, and staff. We are committed to equity and inclusion to improve the learning experiences of all students and the working conditions of all employees.

• In your diversity statement, please provide your interpretation of what it means to serve a diverse community and work in an inclusive environment.

• Please include specific examples for how your background, education, and/or professional experience have prepared you to fulfill those responsibilities in this position.

• As you consider what to put in your statement, please note Aims Community College is committed to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, or any other protected class.

Faculty:  Upon hire, must submit academic transcripts from an accredited institution. Applicants who have degrees from outside of the United States must request a credential evaluation of their transcript. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (www.naces.org ) or Association of International Credential Evaluators (www.aice-eval.org ) lists members who may be contacted for assistance in evaluating foreign credentials.

All required documents need to be submitted on every application. There is no way for Aims to attach these documents in the process. However, upon hire current Aims Community College Faculty are not required to submit transcripts if official transcripts are already on file.

Aims Community College is an equal opportunity employer.  Selection will be based solely on merit and will be without discrimination based on age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, or veteran's status.  All application materials must be submitted by the closing date posted and become the property of Aims Community College. The screening committee will select finalists for interviews. The goal of Aims Community College is to enhance the diversity present in the district we serve. To comply with Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, if hired, you will be required to provide documents within 3 days of hire date to show your identity and your authorization to work. This law applies to all persons hired.

Screening/Selection:

In order to be considered please provide a thorough and complete application.
Initial screening will be conducted by a committee based on completed application materials.

Employees in these positions may be asked to participate in temporary assignments lasting less than 6 months (such as curriculum development, short term projects, meetings and substitute duties) which could amount to additional temporary pay.

Upon hire, all positions at Aims Community College require a criminal background check, and may require industry specific screenings such as an MVR, physical and/or drug screen. Keep in mind, a conviction does not automatically preclude candidates from being employed. The nature of a conviction will be considered relative to the duties of the position.

If you need assistance with this process please contact Human Resources at 970-378-3720.