Teaching Faculty in Nurse Aide

Virginia’s Community Colleges System Portal•Virginia Beach, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Tidewater Community College (TCC) is seeking a Teaching Faculty member in Nurse Aide. TCC has been serving South Hampton Roads for 50 years and is a significant educational and economic force in the region. The college is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 25,000 students. The major emphasis of the faculty role is on teaching and inspiring students to learn through various methods including classrooms, laboratories, and individual conferences. Faculty responsibilities extend to office hours, committee work, student activities, community activities, student advising, and professional activities. The faculty member will teach discipline courses in which they have specific training or competence, planning, organizing, and providing feedback to students to promote learning in classroom or online environments. This role involves engaging students outside of class, providing timely feedback, developing curriculum, collaborating with colleagues, and demonstrating effective use of technology. The position requires working cooperatively and collegially with other faculty and staff, colleagues, and community partners to support student learning.

Requirements

Specific training or competence in the discipline courses to be taught.
Ability to plan, organize, teach, and provide feedback to students.
Ability to promote and direct student learning in classroom or online environments.
Ability to engage students outside of class in support of the curriculum and co-curriculum.
Ability to provide thorough, timely, and effective feedback to students regarding mastery of course and program learning outcomes.
Ability to develop curriculum and work collaboratively with colleagues to select program and/or discipline resources.
Ability to assist in the selection and development of faculty.
Ability to participate in and/or lead instructional activities of the discipline and governance of the pathway and college.
Demonstrated effective use of technology in an academic environment.
Ability to work cooperatively and collegially with other faculty and staff members, colleagues, and community partners in support of student learning.
Maintain currency in the assigned teaching discipline(s), methods of teaching, learning, and/or instructional technology.
Participate in the college’s development and evaluation plan for full-time teaching faculty.
Keep accurate student attendance reports/records.
Submit grades in a timely manner according to established college calendars/guidelines.
Adhere to college and VCCS policies.
Maintain a collegial working relationship with faculty, staff and administrators at the college.

Nice To Haves

Experience in teaching Nurse Aide.
Experience with Syllabus Builder.
Experience with textbook selection processes.
Experience designing and implementing assessment strategies.
Experience employing a variety of active learning strategies.
Experience employing appropriate technology.
Experience providing prompt and meaningful feedback to students.
Experience conducting meaningful and timely assessments of student learning.
Experience analyzing student ratings of instruction and developing action plans.
Experience participating in faculty development and evaluation plans.
Experience serving as an academic advisor.
Experience participating in department, pathway, committee, and college meetings.
Experience participating in one’s peer teaching community at the college.
Experience in scholarly and creative engagement activities.
Experience in college representation, college citizenship, or community citizenship activities.

Responsibilities

Create a learning environment that facilitates students’ acquisition of knowledge and skills in a discipline and/or program.
Utilize and distribute established course syllabus using Syllabus Builder.
Participate in the textbook selection process and/or learning resources.
Design and implement assessment strategies that effectively measure student achievement of established course learning outcomes.
Align course activities with student learning outcomes for the course.
Employ a variety of active learning strategies to foster student engagement.
Employ appropriate technology and supporting materials that support course and/or program learning outcomes.
Provide students with prompt and meaningful feedback on course activities and assignments, communicating with students in a timely and respectful manner.
Deliver instruction so as to align with stated learning outcomes.
Adhere to college policies and procedures for participation in student surveys of instruction.
Conduct meaningful and timely assessments of student learning, including at least one assessment within the first two weeks of class.
Analyze the previous semester’s student ratings of instruction and develop and implement appropriate action plans as necessary.
Maintain currency in the assigned teaching discipline(s), methods of teaching, learning, and/or instructional technology.
Participate in activities associated with the faculty member’s teaching discipline(s) through conferences, workshops, academic coursework, scholarly research and publications, and grant activity.
Participate in the college’s development and evaluation plan for full-time teaching faculty.
Publish and hold office hours.
Serve as an academic advisor.
Participate in required department, pathway, committee, and college meetings.
Keep accurate student attendance reports/records.
Submit grades in a timely manner according to established college calendars/guidelines.
Adhere to college and VCCS policies.
Actively participate in one’s peer teaching community at the college.
Perform assigned duties.
Maintain a collegial working relationship with faculty, staff and administrators at the college.
Engage in quality participation and commitment to students, the college, and/or community organizations.
Represent the college where there is a direct connection between the faculty member and their position.
Participate in college citizenship activities in support of college or VCCS initiatives.
Participate in community citizenship activities as part of the person’s involvement in the community as a citizen who happens to be a college employee.