Occupational Safety, Full-Time, Tenure Track, Assistant Professor (20114)
- Employer
- University of Central Oklahoma
- Location
- Main Campus - Edmond, OK, 73034
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- Position Type
- Tenured & Tenure-Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Position Overview:
Teaches, advises and mentors students, evaluates student performance, and maintains department and student records in accordance with university policies. Adheres to the educational philosophy of the university. Works in a collaborative manner with colleagues and professional peers. Participates in university meetings that relate specifically to faculty. Serves on department, college, and university committees as requested. Prepares departmental reports as requested.
Department Specific Essential Job Functions:
Teaching assignments will include a variety of courses supporting the Occupational Safety major and program. In addition, the successful candidate will engage in scholarly and creative activities, and service to the program, department, college and university. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders to the program including professional organizations, companies and societies.
Faculty
Experience Required:
An earned masters degree awarded by a regionally accredited or internationally recognized institution in the field specified, or related, in the position announcement (exceptions require Academic Affairs approval). In addition, the successful candidate will have experience in teaching and/or training in subject matter specified in the announcement. Experience teaching in a university setting is required. In addition, the successful candidate must have experience delivering courses in a variety of formats and modalities including online, blended, hybrid, and face to face. Experience in online learning platforms is required. Industry specific knowledge and experience is required, with a demonstrated commitment to the occupational, environmental, and/or industrial health and safety field.
Experience Preferred:
Preference will be given to candidates who meet the criteria specified above, and in addition hold an earned doctorate degree in the field specified, or related, in the position announcement.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate commitment to working in an environment devoted to transformative learning, professional development, scholarly excellence and service to others. The candidate should also have a teaching/learning philosophy consistent with the mission of the University of Central Oklahoma, the College of Education and Professional Studies, and the Department of Adult Education and Safety Sciences. Candidates should be committed to teaching excellence and building a strong line of scholarly endeavors and production. Teaching assignments may include Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics, Chemistry and Toxicology, Environmental Management, Introduction to OSHA, Applied Industrial Hygiene, Petroleum Safety and Advance Field Applications in Petroleum Safety, and other courses as needed. In the evaluation and interview process, the candidate must provide demonstrated excellence in teaching effectiveness, a commitment to the program and students, and the ability to synthesize classroom instruction with real-world application.
Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations (in accordance with ADA requirements) may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Organization
The University of Central Oklahoma prepares future leaders in an opportunity-rich environment, ideally located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Central offers an innovative learning community to its more than 17,000 students, where teaching comes first, a commitment seeded in the university's roots as a teaching college. Students at Central develop personal relationships with more than 450 full-time faculty, 450 adjunct faculty and over 850 staff, like 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year, Dr. Wei Chen, who are committed to transforming lives.
With 117 undergraduate majors and 59 graduate programs, Central is a smart investment for students dedicated to their future success. Notable academic programs include Forensic Science, Music Theatre, Mass Communications, Accounting, the region's only accredited Professional Golf Management program, Jazz Studies and the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO, located in downtown Oklahoma City's Bricktown district.
Central's appealing 210-acre campus is on track to become a certified botanical garden, offering both a pleasing learning and living environment and a source of pride for students, employees and alumni. In fact, Central is ranked among the top universities nationally in residence life and as one of the top universities to work for by the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Central is also an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site, and hosted the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships on campus. Founded in 1890, Central is the state's first public institution of higher learning, and continues to cultivate creativity and innovation in every corner of campus, bringing to life its core values of Character, Community and Civility each day.
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MISSION
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) exists to help students learn by providing transformative education experiences to students so that they may become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders serving our global community. UCO contributes to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of the communities and individuals it serves.
VISION
UCO will become one of the Top 10 metropolitan universities of our kind in the United States by providing a transformative education as well as development experiences that help learners achieve their highest level of leadership potential.
CALL TO ACTION
The University of Central Oklahoma transforms each student by focusing our resources on the Central Six tenets of transformative learning.
All students will be transformed with:
- Discipline Knowledge
- Leadership
- Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
- Service Learning and Civic Engagement
- Global and Cultural Competencies
- Health and Wellness
Transformative learning is a holistic process that places students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experience.
About Edmond/Oklahoma City Metro
The University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, a part of the growing, thriving Oklahoma City metropolitan area. At Central, our students, faculty and staff get the best of both worlds - the "small town" feel of Edmond, with the big city excitement of the Oklahoma City metro. Both the Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro consistently rank nationally among the safest, most affordable and most exciting places to live. In fact, Edmond recently ranked among the best places to live in the nation by Money Magazine and Family Circle magazine, and Oklahoma City ranked sixth in the nation for the "Best Places for Young Adults" by Portfolio.com. From year-round arts, music and theater offering, to exciting sporting events like the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, to first class shopping, dining and more, Edmond and the Oklahoma City metro offer a diverse, active, culturally enriched lifestyle that's on the move to even bigger and better opportunities.
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