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Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners; Melbourne (FL); Hybrid; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Inver Hills Community College seeks a full-time Philosophy Instructor dedicated to teaching excellence and a student-centered learning community. The candidate will promote interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives, with courses delivered primarily online and on-campus or at off-campus sites.

Faculty engage in curriculum development, classroom instruction, assessment, mentoring, and college-wide initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Philosophy or equivalent with required credits.
• Ph.D. in Philosophy preferred.
• Experience teaching in higher education with diverse populations.
• Experience with learning communities or team teaching.
• Experience in curriculum development.
• Experience incorporating technology into curriculum delivery, including online instruction.
• Experience using student-centered, active and experiential learning strategies.
• Experience integrating cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives in instruction.
• Experience assessing student outcomes campus-wide.

Responsibilities

• Participate in department and college curriculum development.
• Deliver classroom and/or online course instruction.
• Conduct classroom research and other assessment/evaluation activities.
• Mentor and advise students.
• Participate in committee assignments and college-wide initiatives.
• Participate in department accreditation and review.
• Engage in scholarly and other professional development activities.
• Course assignments may require day, evening, weekend hours and off-site locations.

Education

Master's degree in Philosophy

Master's degree in any field with 16 graduate credits in Philosophy

Ph.D. in Philosophy

Job description

Description

Inver Hills Community College seeks an unlimited full-time Philosophy Instructor dedicated to excellence in teaching who desires to become part of a creative, vibrant, student-centered learning community. The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. This position will be primarily online, however, classes are held on campus as well as at off-campus sites.

Faculty members at Inver Hills are professionally active scholars who participate in departmental and campus-wide activities to enhance their disciplines, promote interdisciplinary discourse and collaboration, and advance the college mission. The college is committed to reflecting a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds among its administrators, faculty and staff.

Examples of Duties

• Participate in department and college curriculum development.


• Deliver classroom and/or online course instruction.


• Conduct classroom research and other assessment/evaluation activities.


• Mentor and advise students.


• Participate in committee assignments and college-wide initiatives.


• Participate in department accreditation and review.


• Engage in scholarly and other professional development activities.

Course assignments include day, evening, and weekend hours; and off-site locations.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree with a major in Philosophy, OR


• Master's degree in any field with a minimum of 16 graduate semester credits (24 graduate quarter credits) in Philosophy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Philosophy.


• Higher education teaching experience with a diverse student population.


• Experience with learning communities or team teaching.


• Experience in curriculum development.


• Experience incorporating technology into curriculum delivery, including online instruction.


• Experience developing and using student-centered, active and experiential learning strategies.


• Experience integrating cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives in course instruction.


• Experience assessing student academic achievement of campus-wide and classroom learning outcomes.

Founded in 1970, Inver Hills is a comprehensive community college offering 20 degree options including the Associate in Arts (A.A.), a liberal education degree that leads to transfer to four-year colleges; the Associate in Fine Art (A.F.A.) degrees in studio arts and music; and the career-related Associate in Science (A.S.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in leading occupational areas such as nursing, paralegal, computer networking, law enforcement, human services, business, emergency health services, teacher education, and more.

Located 10 minutes from downtown St. Paul, Inver Hills is an open door community college which serves over 5000 students each semester. Nationally recognized in adult experiential learning, Inver Hills is an Academic Quality Improvement (AQIP) institution. The college encourages students to "Finish What You Start" and provides students with support through Learning Communities, a College Success course, and tutoring/structured learning assistance. Over 80 percent of Inver Hills classrooms are high-tech.

Instructors work 171 days during a nine-month academic year and receive excellent benefits including health insurance (100% employer paid single premium or 90% employer paid family premium); life insurance; optional dental, short- and long-term disability and long-term care insurance; paid personal and sick leave; defined benefits and defined contribution (401(a)) retirement plans); tuition waiver for employees and dependents; and optional 457 and 403(b) retirement savings plans.

Under the collective bargaining agreement with the Minnesota State College Faculty (MSCF), new instructors to the Minnesota State College Faculty system receive a salary placement based on education and related experience after a job offer is accepted. The maximum salary at hire is $54,500 per academic year, depending on education and experience.

Interview travel expenses are borne by the candidates.