Cardiac Sonography faculty (PTCDS-25)

noriba GmbH; Des Plaines (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A community college in Illinois is seeking dedicated faculty committed to excellence in teaching. This role focuses on effective communication and classroom facilitation within a student-centered environment. The ideal candidate will hold an Associates degree, possess the Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) credential, and have at least two years of clinical experience. Candidates with college teaching and online teaching experience are preferred. This position emphasizes cultural competence and innovation in college-level instruction.

Qualifications

• 2 years of clinical experience (4000 hours) as a registered sonographer.
• Experience in supervision, instruction, evaluation, student guidance.
• Ability to create course syllabi and deliver instruction effectively.

Responsibilities

• Construct course syllabus consistent with course objectives.
• Prepare and deliver course presentations using active learning.
• Evaluate student performance and maintain clear records.
• Engage in professional development activities.
• Maintain clear records on student performance and evaluation.
• Participate in department meetings and comply with department decisions.
• Participate in department and institutional assessments and surveys.
• Attend divisional meetings and other institutional organization meetings.
• Schedule office hours with at least one hour weekly for every three credit hours taught.
• Engage in professional development to maintain currency in the profession.

Skills

Strong communicators

Effective classroom facilitators

Culturally competent

Skilled in evolving technologies

Commitment to innovation in teaching

Education

Associates degree

ARDMS Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS)

CCI Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS)

Job description

About Oakton College

Oakton College, a caring community of educators dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, seeks faculty to join our College. Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Candidates with a commitment to working in a culturally competent environment are especially valued at Oakton. We encourage applications from candidates who reflect the increasing diversity of Oakton's student body and community, who will enhance and promote engagement with other cultures, and have a demonstrated commitment to working with and as part of a multicultural faculty and diverse student body and community. Located seventeen miles from downtown Chicago, Oakton serves northern Cook County with campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie, Illinois.

Job Description

Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Oakton especially values candidates committed to working in a culturally competent environment. Cultural competence integrates and transforms knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services. Applicants should be current and skilled in their use of evolving technologies, active in promoting critical thinking, and committed to challenging our students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens. Oakton seeks enthusiastic faculty who are committed to innovation in college-level teaching and learning, and interested in non-traditional delivery of instruction. The College expects faculty to be professionally competent, have strong leadership qualities, participate in professional development activities, and engage in institutional and departmental service.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Construct a course syllabus for each course assigned, consistent with the generic course syllabus, stipulating course objectives, content and grading criteria.
• Prepare course presentations and instructional materials using active learning methods and a variety of instructional strategies, deliver instruction to students with those presentations and materials at each class session delivered in person on campus or online.
• Meet with courses and laboratories at scheduled times.
• Instruct, advise, consult with and evaluate the performance of enrolled students.
• Maintain clear records on student performance involved with the evaluation and grading of student performance.
• Participate in department meetings and comply with department decisions regarding instructional matters.
• Participate in department and institutional assessments of student learning and in department and institutional surveys.
• Comply with institutional procedures.
• Attend and participate in divisional meetings, committee, task force, and other institutional organization meetings, as assigned.
• Schedule office hours with at least one office hour held weekly for every three credit hours taught.
• Engage in professional development activities to maintain professional skills and currency in the profession and improve the quality of student learning.

Requirements

Associates degree and possess the credential specific to Adult Cardiac Sonography: American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), RCS (Registered Cardiac Sonographer) and have documented experience in supervision, instruction, evaluation, student guidance and in educational theories and techniques and minimum of two years of clinical experience (4000 hours) as a registered sonographer in the professional sonography field.

Preferred

• College teaching experience
• Online Teaching Experience

Equal Employment Opportunity

Oakton College is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong commitment to diversity. In that spirit, we seek a broad spectrum of candidates, including minorities, veterans, women and people with disabilities. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V

Oakton College is committed to maintaining an environment free from harassment and discrimination for all and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (gender), sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, and reprisal or any other protected status. Further, Oakton does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any educational, employment, or extracurricular activity.