Adjunct Faculty: Fire Science

Yavapai College•All Yavapai College Campuses, AZ

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Fire Science Department is actively recruiting qualified faculty to teach fire science classes. The successful faculty member recognizes that service to our students is our highest priority, and embraces their role in student success, recruitment, and retention. This includes being open to a variety of delivery methods and course design with the possibility of interactive, online, day, evening, weekend classes and/or teaching at various College locations and/or in the high school/college dual enrollment programs. In addition, faculty should be open to both traditional (16 week) and compressed course design (i.e., 8 week classes). Faculty can expect to participate in innovative forms of assessment and should be willing to utilize Open Educational Resources (OER) when possible.

Requirements

Faculty and instructional staff teaching courses in Career & Technical Education courses must hold an associate degree and document five years or 5,000 hours of current professional experience in the field or hold a license from a nationally recognized professional association and document five years or 5,000 hours of current professional experience in the field.
Unofficial transcripts/professional certifications must be attached when submitting the application.
Successful candidates must be able to complete necessary duties satisfactorily.
Regular attendance is a critical job responsibility as it demonstrates dependability in job duties.

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree and three years recent experience working in the fire industry; or 5 years recent field experience.
To teach FSC 104 and FSC 105, instructors must be AZ State/National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) certified instructor I&II and AZ State instructor/evaluator.
To teach FSC 155, instructors must also be qualified as a single resource boss or have authority to sign off students for third party wildland certification.
Professional experience in a community college/higher education work environment.
Experience with on-line learning systems such as Canvas.

Responsibilities

Meet and teach assigned class(es) in accordance with course outlines, including specified textbooks.
Develop and submit to the division office a course syllabus and calendar based upon the approved college course outline prior to the start of class.
Promptly submit required rosters, grade reports, evaluations, and academic reports; retain student grade records for one calendar year.
Follow the accepted standards of conduct for faculty as described in applicable academic policies, which relate to satisfactory service and conduct becoming of a faculty member.
Monitor the official email account regularly for official correspondence from Yavapai College and your Division and respond to students in a timely and professional manner.
Attend required instructional-related meetings such as: orientation meetings, department or division meetings, other meetings as required.
Attend meetings and workshops as may be necessary to obtain or renew certification or essential licensure requirements.
Complete all required NEOED trainings on an annual basis.
New adjunct faculty must complete the Teaching Online Readiness Course in Canvas within the first semester of teaching.
Participate in professional development opportunities offered at Yavapai College, including orientation, workshops, trainings, Convocation and division and department meetings, as applicable.
Other related duties as assigned.