Accounting Instructor

POSITION OVERVIEW: Create, manage, and participate in a variety of learning environments and activities that provide opportunities for students to develop to their fullest potential and achieve their learning objectives. Participate collaboratively and professionally with other faculty and staff to promote the general well-being of the department and the college and of the collective and individual interests of its staff and student body. Support and seek always to fulfill the guiding concepts for the college embodied in the philosophy, mission, values, and vision adopted by the college.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide for the safety of students and co-workers. Always attend to a safety hazard or a potential safety hazard immediately. Assume responsibility for the orderliness of the learning environment and the appropriate and safe use of instructional facilities and equipment.
• Class preparation: Takes time each day to prepare lesson material. Possess a thorough understanding of the course material and follow the lesson plans. Prepare in advance to see that students have sufficient materials and equipment to complete all classes and lab assignments.
• Instructional training: Implements instructional training techniques in the classroom. Is effective in generating classroom participation through question asking, student presentations, and group exercises.
• Organize, plan, and prepare students’ lab/shop projects and provide effective “hands-on training.” Ensure materials and/or equipment are ready and available.
• Continuing education: Actively pursues and completes in-field, professional certification (s). Seeks to constantly improve teaching skills and techniques through different personal improvement avenues. Keeps pace with industrial changes within his/her field. Maintain competency and currency in the subject matter of courses taught and in teaching skills. Completes 6 CEUs annually.
• Student competencies: Organizes, manages, and ensures the completion of students’ competencies for each phase.
• Student retention: Identifies all "at-risk" students (attendance, academics, and conduct related) and takes a proactive role in assisting "at-risk" students with tutoring, encouragement, and working with the Program Director, Student Services, to keep them in school.
• Student documentation: Documented timely and accurately all issues about the student(s) (i.e., behavior issues, absenteeism, tardiness, unable to perform tasks/skills, lack of participation, or unable to work with others).
• Classroom management: Maintain an orderly classroom always, control over students’ behavior always, and do not allow students to disrupt the learning environment.
• Listen to students and co-workers to resolve conflicts and establish effective communication.
• Understand, follow, and enforce school rules, policies, and procedures.
• Effective online communication- Instructors need to communicate professionally always, and when providing feedback on discussion boards to each student, it must be constructive and provoke critical thinking to have an ongoing “thread” of discussions with students in the class. “Great job”, “Awesome Answer”, “Superb”, and “Nice” are not thought-provoking responses.
• Keep the curriculum, performance standards, competencies, lesson plans, and tests current with industry needs.
• Ability to assist with customized training that may be done on/off campus.
• Turnaround/Feedback on Course Content: Instructors respond within 24 hours, Monday through Friday to student questions such as lecture topics, discussion boards, online assignments, uploaded assignments, and outside work.
• Grading needs to be completed within three workdays.
• Office/Virtual Office Hours: The instructor is available to meet with students during office hours on campus and during virtual office hours online. Office hours and Virtual office hours are posted in Canvas and documented in the course syllabus.
• Required to keep the Canvas course updated.
• Perform other work-related duties that are assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• BBA degree, master’s preferred.
• Four years of experience in the subject field within the last 10 years.
• QuickBooks certification (preferred) or must be attained within one year of employment.
• Teaching experience at the post-secondary level (preferred).
• Faculty teaching any hybrid distance education courses, or in any of the hybrid programs, must demonstrate proficiency in operating computer programs such as Word and Excel. Prior teaching experience in distance education instruction is a plus, but not mandatory.
• Must be able to work flexible hours. Potential for morning, evening, and online courses.
• To telework, the employee is responsible for ensuring to have the needed equipment and technology to perform the essential job functions (i.e., cell phone, internet)
• Must have a personal cell phone to be used with the MFA.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Ability to read, listen, write, speak, and understand English fluently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, plus analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and the public.
• Must be customer service oriented.
• Ability to evaluate objectively, fairly, and consistently.
• Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Office).
• Presentation and group facilitation skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize duties.
• Ability and willingness to comply with school policies and procedures, and state and federal laws and regulations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environmental characteristics are representative of the environment the job holder will encounter.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment may usually be quiet or moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed hereafter are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to do this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The above Job Description is not intended to be an all-encompassing list of responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this position. It is intended to be a guideline reflecting the principal activities.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• BBA degree, master’s preferred.
• Accounting background is a plus.
• Four years of experience in the subject field within the last 10 years.
• Teaching experience at the post-secondary level (preferred).

• Faculty teaching any hybrid distance education courses, or in any of the hybrid programs must demonstrate proficiency in operating computer programs such as Word and Excel. Prior teaching experience in distance education instruction is a plus but not mandatory.

• Must be able to work flexible hours.
• Must have a personal cell phone to be used with the MFA.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Proficient in Word and Excel.
• Knowledgeable in principles of Accounting and Management
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, plus analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Must be customer service oriented.
• Ability to meet or exceed the company’s attendance and punctuality standards.
• Ability to evaluate objectively, fairly, and consistently.
• Creativity and initiative.
• Ability to correctly use and demonstrate all regular equipment and tools within the subject field.
• Must possess good presentation skills and ability to speak in public.
• Ability and willingness to comply with school policies and procedures.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and minimum legal insurance coverage on a personal vehicle.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Communication Proficiency.
• Leadership.
• Time Management.
• Technical Capacity.
• Presentation Skills.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.