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Position Information Posting Number    05-2016 Position Title    Physical Sciences Instructor Employee Group    PT Faculty Starting Salary     $1,102 per contact hour Compensation Details    To view the benefits summary, go to:

Position Summary Information Position Summary    Purpose, Scope & Dimension of Job: Faculty facilitate student learning and initiate and participate in efforts to consistently improve the level of student success. As learning facilitators, faculty consistently assess learning outcomes and their own teaching effectiveness (pedagogy). As professionals, faculty adhere to the ethical standards of their profession as outlined, for example, by the NEA and the State of Michigan. Where applicable, faculty maintain licensure and certifications. Faculty member will be responsible for teaching classes in Physical Sciences, specifically: PHSC-191 Physical Science: 10:30AM - 11:55AM TR PHSC-191L Physical Science Lab: 12:00PM - 2:55PM T Minimum Requirements    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 1. Master's degree in Physical Sciences (MA, MS), or masters in a related field with 18 or more graduate hours in the Physical Sciences. 2. Understanding of and commitment to community college teaching, mission and philosophy. 3. Innovative, flexible and positive teaching style and understanding the needs of students from diverse backgrounds. 4. Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. 5. Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. 6. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. 7. Technology Skills: Ability to integrate computer applications into teaching. 8. Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and college objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned. Ability to establish and maintain collegial relationships with students, peers, staff, and administrators; skill in oral and written communication.

• A foreign degree must be certified, at the candidate's expense, by a professional evaluation service. Additional Desirable Qualifications    1. Doctorate in Physical Science, or one of the Physical Sciences.
• Academic experience which includes work, research, study or teaching in one of the Physical Sciences.
• Additional graduate level coursework or master's degrees or higher in additional disciplines within the study of Physical Science
• Recent, within the last three years, successful teaching of one of the Physical Sciences in the lecture and/or laboratory setting.
• Recent community college/college teaching experience in one of the Physical Sciences.
• An interest in developing new courses and programs to meet the challenges of 21st century in the Physical Sciences and related fields
• Demonstrated familiarity with computer-based instruction, distance learning, learning technologies, competency-based instructio