Category:: Faculty
Department:: Information Technology
Locations:: Roxbury, MA
Posted:: Jan 19, 2022
Closes:: Feb 21, 2022 - 11:59 PM EST
Type:: Full Time
Position ID:: 141736

About Roxbury Community College:

Roxbury Community College is an urban, public, 2-year College serving a diverse community, including peoples of color, recent immigrants and non-traditional populations. The College's mission is to facilitate student success in achieving educational goals through the delivery of high-quality transfer and career programs. RCC strives to honor traditional commitments, and to be responsive to new challenges and insights through workforce training, ESOL, and community education. The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Roxbury Community College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Job Description:

Responsible for providing instruction on a wide range of Information Systems Technology courses including programming, an introductory problem-solving course, cloud computing, relational database. Utilizing programing languages such as Java, .Net, C/C++, Python, and scripting languages such as JavaScript, PHP, HTML, Cisco, Cybersecurity, etc.

Supervision Received: Reports to the Associate Vice President of Workforce Development or the President's designee

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide instruction of his/her assigned course(s)
• Responsible for creating a classroom environment which fosters students' academic growth and guides their professional development.
• Responsible for the creation and revision of daily lesson plans.
• Responsible for accurate record keeping of student attendance and academic progress.
• Correct and return assignments in a timely manner to students.
• Use online testing systems, and Learning Management System.
• Follow established institutional guidelines.
• Evaluate students to measure their progress in achieving course objectives and informs students in a timely manner of their progress.
• Participate fully in curriculum development initiatives in the department.
• Attend and participate in all appropriate Department, Division, and College meetings and activities.
• Work with colleagues to promote cross curriculum and cross discipline initiatives.
• Assist in the recruitment and orientation of new personnel.
• Keep current with Instructional Technology
• Meets with and advises students during set hours or by appointment.
• Serve on at least one of the standing College governance committees (ACUERDO).
• Maintains professional relationships with students, colleagues, and the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Information Technology or related field
• Experience in the use of current educational technologies for classroom and/or online instruction.
• Experience using a Learning management system, and the MS Office Suite of applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Experience with Cisco
• Working knowledge of Linux, Unix, and Microsoft Server
• Strength in Java, Visual Basic, and a variety of other computer programming languages, networking operations, and computer hardware systems.
• One years teaching experience at the college level.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Teaching Experience at a Community College.
• Experience working with students from diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds who possess wide ranges of academic abilities and interests.
• Experience in outcomes assessment a strong plus.
• Experience with Instructional Technology is a plus.
• Familiarity with Jenzabar or similar online learning applications.
• Experience teaching and developing online courses and using OER.
• Demonstrated ability to provide diverse teaching methods to different learning styles

Additional Information:

Applicant Instructions:

Candidates who accept an interview are required to give a 20-minute lesson to the hiring committee on a specified topic. The committee will act as students for the candidate's lesson. Candidates are strongly encouraged to use learner centered methods. If in person, a smart board, computer and projector will be made available for the lesson.

If chosen for the Full Time Information Systems Technology position, the selected faculty member must be willing and able to certify fully on the CISCO platform within a year of their start date and maintain active applicable certification in the future. This may be accomplished by successfully passing the CCNA exam, or earned all badges for completion of the CISCO CCNA series of courses. The college will cover the cost of enrolling in the courses.

Additional Information:

• This is a full-time, Unit Professional position, with full benefits.
• All candidates must have legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Compensation: The salary will be determined based on the guidelines and procedures of the Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC) collective bargaining agreement.

As an employee of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are offered a great career opportunity influencing a wide-spectrum of services to the diverse populations we serve. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits which you should consider towards your overall compensation. Including but not limited to:

• Reasonable Health, Dental and Vision Plans
• Low cost basic and optional life insurance
• Retirement Savings: State Employees' Pension and a Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan
• 12 paid holidays per year and competitive Sick, Vacation and Personal Time

All offers of employment at Roxbury Community College are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check review. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates and/or all persons who have an employment relationship with RCC, as deemed necessary.

COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENT:

Candidates for employment should be aware that all Community College students, faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated by January 3, 2022. Accordingly, initial employment is dependent upon receipt and verification of full vaccination status records; details of how to fulfill vaccine record verification requirements will be provided during the hire and onboarding process.

Roxbury Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act requires all institutes of higher education to disclose campus policy statements and crime statistics. Our annual report is available at www.rcc.mass.edu/clery.