Tenure-Track Faculty: Urban Agriculture & Cannabis Ed

City Colleges of Chicago; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 58 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Full health benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation/holidays

Investment plans

Résumé du poste

OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE is seeking a full-time tenure-track faculty member to teach in the Urban Agriculture Department. The ideal candidate will design courses, assess student learning, and foster a diverse, inclusive classroom that supports critical thinking.

Responsibilities include developing learning outcomes, creating engaging learning environments, and guiding students toward academic, personal, and career goals. Chicago residency is required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in the agriculture or related life sciences field.
• At least 1 year experience in the cannabis industry either teaching, developing curriculum or work experience
• Familiarity with and understanding of Illinois cannabis laws and regulations
• Knowledge of D2L, preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students required.
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the community college.

Responsabilités

• Design courses to meet learning outcomes, and promote students’ active participation in their own learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities, and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.

Connaissances

Curriculum design

Assessment design

Communication

Diversity & inclusion

Formation

Master’s degree or higher in agriculture or related life sciences

Outils

D2L

Description du poste

OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE is seeking a full-time tenure-track faculty member to teach in the Urban Agriculture Department. The ideal candidate will design courses, assess student learning, and foster a diverse, inclusive classroom that supports critical thinking.

Responsibilities include developing learning outcomes, creating engaging learning environments, and guiding students toward academic, personal, and career goals. Chicago residency is required.