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Professor Of Chemistry

Employer
Oklahoma City Community College
Location
Oklahoma City, OK

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Job Details

Posting Number:

Faculty_0401654

Classification Title:

Faculty 09 Month

Working Title:

Professor Of Chemistry

Datatel Position ID:

SEMA4PROCHEM0A / 2010001A

Annual Hours:

09 Month

Placement Range:

$45,000 - $55,000

Position Type:

Regular

General Description:

A faculty member at Oklahoma City Community College has the primary responsibility of instruction. Secondary responsibilities include supporting the integrity of curricula, encouraging student success, and promoting the mission of the academic division to which the faculty member belongs as well as the College as a whole.

Reports To:

Dean of Science, Engineering and Mathematics

What position(s) reports to this position?:

None

Minimum Education/Experience:

Master’s degree with at least 18 graduate hours in chemistry or closely related fields.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Positive human relations skills and communication skills.

Support and willingness to teach in objective based instructional system.

Knowledge of objective based education

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

1. GENERAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Light work: The person in this position may occasionally exert up to 20 pounds of force to move objects.

2. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:
This position requires the person to frequently communicate with and listen to students, faculty, staff, and others to perform the essential functions of the position. Must be able to exchange accurate information in various situations.

This position requires the person to frequently move about the classroom and lab area to assist students and perform the essential functions of the position.

This position requires the person to frequently remain in a standing and stationary position.

This position requires the person to frequently operate equipment that frequently involves repetitive motions of hands and wrists.

This position frequently requires the person to operate a computer, other office equipment and mobile devices to prepare instructional documents, answer email correspondence, and complete other activities necessary to perform the essential functions of the position.

This position requires the person to frequently position self to work with classroom and lab equipment to instruct or assist students and patients.

3. VISUAL ACUITY:
This position requires the person to judge, observe and assess the accuracy, neatness, thoroughness of work assigned or to make general observations.

4. WORKING CONDITIONS
This position’s essential functions are performed in an indoor, classroom, office, and lab area.

Preferred Qualifications:

NA

Work Hours:

This is a full-time position. Teaching schedules can include online, days, nights and/or week-ends. Required institutional activities (other than attendance at commencement) usually occur in the classic eight-to-five Monday through Friday work week

Department:

Division of Science, Engineering and Mathematics

Job Open Date:

05/07/2021

Job Close Date:

05/24/2021

Open Until Filled:

No

HR Contact:

Idalia Botello

Job Duties (Position Specific):

A faculty member is primarily responsible for supporting student learning by providing quality instruction in courses that the faculty member and the dean agree will be taught. Quality instruction includes clear course objectives, prepared and relevant class activities, effective and understandable presentations of learning materials, fair and understandable grading practices, timely responses to students, and a positive atmosphere in the classroom.

In addition to the primary responsibility for supporting student learning, a faculty member is expected to:

Be available to students by maintaining posted office hours.

Serve as an academic advisor.

Manage program and course curricula by helping select textbooks, evaluating learning materials, and writing course syllabi.

Maintain a flexible schedule to meet program and department needs.

Contribute to developing, implementing, and evaluating approved academic programs and developing new academic programs to meet community needs.

Fulfill course, program, and department goals and objectives.

Participate in the assessment of student learning outcomes for the program and/or department.

Respond in a timely fashion to information requests from program, division, and college administrators.

Attend department, division, and college meetings.

Acquire new knowledge and skills as appropriate for the academic discipline.

Maintain license or professional certification specific to program requirements.

Develop and implement a professional development plan.

Participate in on-campus staff development opportunities.

Participate in mutually agreed upon committees.

Satisfy objectives for mutually agreed upon special assignments.

Participate in faculty-related activities that attract and retain students.

Adhere to established safety and health procedures and practices for the purpose of providing injury and illness prevention for self and others.

Support the College’s vision, mission, goals, and priorities.

Abide by the policies and procedures published in the Board of Regents’ Rules, Board of Regents Internal Operating Policies, and Administrative Procedures, which are accessible on the Employee Home Page http://employee.okccc.edu/employee-policies.html.

Job Duties (Duties Assignment Statement):

Professors of Chemistry develop and teach courses and laboratory work that include general education survey courses, courses designed primarily for health science majors, General Chemistry I and II, and Organic I and II.
OCCC courses are taught on campus, at local high schools, and online.

Job Duties (Safety / Policy & Procedures):

Abide by the policies and procedures published in the Board of Regents Policies and College Policies & Procedures.
Contribute to a safe educational & working environment.
Adhere to established safety and health procedures and practices for the purpose of providing injury and illness prevention for self and others.
Complete quarterly health and safety training pursuant to OCCC’s established safety and health procedures and practices.
Participate in all applicable OCCC emergency, evacuation and shelter in place drills and be prepared to take action and assist others in taking appropriate action should a health or safety emergency occur.

Organization

Oklahoma City Community College provides the people of Oklahoma and our community with broad access to certificates of mastery, associate degrees, community education, and cultural programs of exceptional quality, empowering our students to achieve their educational goals and our community to thrive in an increasingly global society.

OCCC promote's student success through: open access to the College; quality in the learning environment; excellence in the faculty and staff; competency based learning; comprehensive and innovative programs and services; cooperation in the development and improvement of programs and services; and holding students, employees, and programs accountable for high performance standards.

Oklahoma City Community College serves more than 28,000 students annually. For most of our students, completing a college degree is life changing, not only for the student who receives the degree, but also for the student's family; and in a collective sense, transformational for our community. At OCCC, we have always been committed to helping every student realize their educational goals.

We believe our responsibility for our student's success does not end at graduation. We offer a solid background and a firm foundation for a lifetime of learning and accomplishment.

This year we have made another major commitment toward that responsibility. OCCC was chosen as one of 79 community colleges in 16 states to participate in Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. This national initiative focuses on the success of community college students and is designed to help OCCC remain focused on helping our students reach their goals.

The dark red buildings of Oklahoma City Community College have become a landmark in the southwestern section of Oklahoma City. Situated on a 143-acre site just south of Interstate 240 on South May Avenue, the College is easily accessible to the entire metropolitan Oklahoma City area. The distinctive architectural design of the buildings creates a positive environment for quality education

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