Preferred Experience
- Teaching experience with community college student populations.
- Experience in online/distance learning.
- Experience in inclusive classroom practices.
- Experience in a healthcare clinical setting.
Language Statement
We welcome multilingual applicants who can support and welcome all students.
Bilingual/Multicultural Statement:
Inclusiveness, diversity, and equity are integral to Lane’s commitment to excellence in education and our commitment to student and community engagement. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage applications from candidates that identify with groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education.
Equivalency Statement:
We want to find the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. As stated above, we welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described. You are also encouraged to address in the optional Supplemental Question how your professional and lived experience, scholarship, teaching, mentorship and/or service will contribute to the Lane mission of transforming lives through learning.
Position Purpose:
Contracted faculty members are professional educators with the primary responsibilities of providing instruction and academic student support services respectfully, equitably, and inclusively to a diverse, multicultural, and multilingual student population, and professional activities contributing to the college, in alignment with Lane’s Vision, Mission, and Values.
This position performs all of the duties of a full-time educator and college instructor including: instruction of college courses in multiple modalities as assigned, which may include both in-person and online environments; curriculum development and course design; outcomes assessment and program review; mentoring students; professional development; participation in discipline leadership, division and college business; and other professional duties as assigned.
Essential Functions:
Instruction
- Provide instruction in varied learning environments, including but not limited to in-person, online, and hybrid formats
- Maintain currency in innovative teaching pedagogies, instructional technologies, and relevant discipline(s)
- Incorporate current technology, appropriate software applications, appropriate pedagogies, and best practices in instructional delivery
- Provide students with continuous, timely, and relevant feedback regarding their performance in coursework; including prompt grading of all coursework and assessments
- Confer with students on course materials, coursework, and assessments
- Evaluate student achievement of clearly identified learning outcomes
- Commit to creating an educational environment that values diversity, promotes equity, and respects multilingualism
- May be assigned to teach in content areas for which the faculty member is qualified and/or certified
Student Support Services
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Mentor students
- Engage students and encourage retention and persistence
- Assist students from diverse backgrounds, abilities, or learning situations to fulfill a wide variety of academic goals.
- Assist students in accessing various campus support services, such as academic advising, counseling, tutoring, library services, accessible resources, et cetera
- Actively support and participate in the development and implementation of practices and systems that promote equity within the division and college; work to promote the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty, staff, and student body
- Engage in and respond to equitable and meaningful student evaluation of courses.
- Collaborate and partner with academic advisors, counselors, tutors, and other student support staff to improve student engagement, persistence, and success
Professional Responsibilities
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Comply with College policies and procedures, including accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering, and related functions
- Participate in faculty performance evaluation processes
- Maintain and post office hours in alignment with College expectations
- Maintain physical campus presence for instruction and daily needs of students, division, college, and community, as specified in the College Operations Policies and Procedures.
- Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, outcomes assessment, program review, and/or other documentation
- Active participation and initiative in discipline/division leadership
- Active participation in division and college business and committees
- Timely response to all college-related written and electronic communications
- Ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory
- Manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness of FERPA standards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students.
- Demonstrate behavior consistent with the “Statement on Professional Ethics” of the American Association of University Professors
Curriculum Design, Improvements, and Planning
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Develop and revise course content and materials as needed to maintain curricular currency and consistency with learning outcomes.
- Establish and review learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to make improvements at a program and course level, including assessing and enhancing multicultural, diversity, antiracist, and equitable frameworks
- Meet institutional and accreditation requirements for student learning assessment at the course and program levels
- Incorporate college values into curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment
- Promote and facilitate awareness in developing multicultural, diversity-based, and antiracist curricula
- Develop online and classroom presentation and delivery techniques that incorporate learning-centered concepts
- Engage within the online course environment to ensure Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)
- Create a partnership with library, information, and academic technology resources personnel and ensure that the use of these resources is integrated into the learning process (NWCCU Standard 2.A.8)
- Develop learning strategies and processes that will promote successful teaching
- Actively engage in professional development to incorporate emerging technologies for use with instructional delivery methods as appropriate
- Actively engage in academic program review
- Collaborate with colleagues in a process of continuous improvement to develop and update courses, assignments, lab exercises, testing criteria, teaching aids, and training and reference materials, as applicable.
- Engage in collaborative curriculum development and revisions with colleagues.
- Ensure that all materials meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Ensure curriculum development is coordinated across disciplines and programs to support smooth student progression along educational paths.
- Partner with high school teachers and college staff to articulate programs and course work from regional high schools
- Provide leadership in evaluating curriculum and making changes to meet the needs of historically marginalized student populations
- Partner with Student Affairs professionals to support students and facilitate student success and progression
- Support student engagement in high impact practices such as undergraduate research, portfolio creation, or other evolving practices as appropriate
- Program leadership, oversight, or coordination may be assigned
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Demonstrate Lane’s core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences, are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships, and are applied to all position responsibilities
- Duties are carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, nationality, language, origin, or employment status
- Actively assist with ADA compliance in conjunction with Human Resources and the Center for Accessible Resources departments; support appropriate access for persons with disabilities in order to provide for the success of students and staff; mentor and role model cultural competency for persons with disabilities
General
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Must demonstrate an active concern for students, staff, and the public.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervision Statement:
Faculty report to a Division Dean, and perform instructional and professional duties and responsibilities in a timely manner and in accordance with the mission, policies, and procedures of the college.
Physical Demands/Working Environment:
This position works in varied environments. May be exposed to usual office, industry, education, and commercial working conditions that include noises, interruptions, equipment, telephones, and visitors. This position requires that an employee be able to sit or stand for extended periods of time. May perform cognitive and psychometric work for more than six (6) hours a day. Work may require transporting materials up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Work Safely.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of and ability to support the college Lane’s Vision, Mission, and Values and strategic directions in daily work.
- Knowledge of and skill in developing competency-based curricula.
- Demonstrated ability to continually maintain individual current knowledge and skills in related fields, business, and industry, to stay informed about changes in the workplace as well as changes in the skills required of students entering thelabor force and subsequent educational opportunities, and to continually updateindividual skills in a wide variety of computer software applications and other high-tech skills to maintain a cutting-edge profile.
- Demonstrated ability to produce accurate, effective written and verbal communication and the ability to teach these skills to students.
- Must demonstrate the ability to advocate for and teach students from diverse backgrounds, including, but not limited to, students of color, working students, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, bilingual students, international students, students from multiple cultures and of varying ages, and students living with disabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively as a member of a team on a variety of teaching and administrative matters.
- Knowledge of and ability to use sustainable practices in all work assignments
Applicant Instructions:
Applicant Instructions
- Lane uses a redacted application for screening Minimum Qualifications. Incomplete applications will not be considered. All fields in the application must be completed, including employment dates, work hours, and detailed job duties. See our FAQs for more details.
To be considered an applicant for this position, please provide the following materials:
Required Documents
- Online Application – complete in entirety and submitted online, including at least three (3) work related references.
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) – Comprehensive of experience, education, and accomplishments.
- Cover Letter – Clearly detail how you meet the qualifications for the position based on your experience, training, and education, or other qualifications.
- Transcripts – Unofficial transcripts are required at the time of application, see instructions below.
Additional Documents and Letters of reference are not accepted.
If applicable: DD214 – Veterans, please fax, email, mail or deliver your documentation (DD214/DD215/letter of disability) to Human Resources at Lane Community College: Jill Deneault,
deneaultj@lanecc.edu, 541-463-3970.
Questions?
- For assistance with the online application call 541-463-5586
- For position questions contact Jill Deneault, deneaultj@lanecc.edu, 541-463-3196
How to monitor your application
- Enter recruitment@lanecc.edu into your safe sending list. Notifications will be sent toward the end of the search process. Be sure to check your spam mail.
- Visit your Employment Opportunities account. The main page will show your status in the search.
Positions close at 9:00 pm on closing date
Transcript Instructions:
- Transcripts are required in order to be considered for the position, unofficial or official transcripts must be provided.
- International degrees will require a foreign degree evaluation for their US equivalent. For more details, click here.
Attach under “Optional Document”, email, deliver or mail to Lane Community College Human Resources
Lane Community College
Human Resources
Posting#260019 Attn: Jill Deneault
- Official transcripts are required within thirty (30) days from the accepted offer if you are the selected candidate for the position.
Union Association:
LCC Education Association (Faculty)