year) @ Northwood Tech Rice Lake Campus

Northwood Technical College•Rice Lake, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Northwood Technical College is seeking a dedicated and industry-experienced Automotive Technician Instructor to deliver high-quality classroom and hands-on lab instruction that prepares students for careers in the automotive service field. This full-time Faculty position focuses on student success through applied learning, curriculum development and active engagement with industry partners. The instructor will maintain a safe and effective learning environment, assess student performance, and contribute to ongoing program improvement while helping students build real-world technical and professional skills. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise across automotive systems, effective communication skills, and the ability to engage learners in a hands-on environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in the field or closely related field and 2 years (4,000 hours) of occupational experience, of which at least 1 year (2,000 hours) shall be within 5 years prior to the date of appointment.
OR 1- or 2-year technical diploma in the field or closely related field and 5 years (10,000 hours) of occupational experience, of which at least 1 year (2,000 hours) shall be within 5 years prior to the date of appointment.
OR Training and 5 years (10,000 hours) of occupational experience, of which at least 1 year (2,000 hours) shall be within 5 years prior to the date of appointment.
ASE Master Certified required.
Ability to obtain driver’s license and insurance coverage in accordance with College policy.

Nice To Haves

This certification includes 8 areas and will need to go through re-certification every 5 years.

Responsibilities

Actively embody and promote Northwood Tech’s Values: Collaboration, Innovation, Excellence, Community, Support, Integrity, Respect.
Develop and continually revise curriculum that includes Employability Essentials and technical content to meet industry and/or regulatory standards.
Plan for instruction, including syllabi development, learning plans, and assessment strategies.
Deliver, assess, and adapt effective instruction that meets the needs of all students.
Apply a variety of instructional strategies, create learning plans, facilitate learning, and revise teaching practice.
Promote a culture of continuing student success, implement strategies to promote learner persistence and meet the needs of all learners, demonstrate learner-centered communication, and utilize available student support services.
Create performance-based assessment plans, employ a variety of formative and summative assessment strategies, communicate assessment results in a timely fashion to promote student learning, and use assessment results to improve instruction.
Demonstrate professional behaviors to support teaching and learning and use varied strategies for managing the learning environment.
Identify exit learning outcomes and external standards, develop competencies that describe intended learning outcomes, create performance-based plans and assessment tasks for each course, develop learning objectives and plans, prepare syllabi, and utilize a quality review process to validate curriculum.
Use a variety of data analysis tools, analyze data from teaching and learning experiences, and use data to inform decision making about the teaching and learning process.
Create and maintain an inclusive, effective learning environment that addresses barriers and provides reasonable accommodations.
May be assigned to mentor high school teachers who offer Northwood Tech-articulated courses.
Model the Employability Essentials expected of Northwood Tech students, which are to communicate clearly, demonstrate professionalism, think critically, and consider varying perspectives.
Designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) to receive and report criminal incidents to the Northwood Tech Safety Office by virtue of this role’s responsibilities at the College (only applies to instructor positions with club advising duties).
Perform other duties as assigned.