Emergency Medical Services Program Faculty

Emergency Medical Services Program Faculty

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Emergency Medical Services Program Faculty

FLSA Exempt

FT/PT Full Time

37.5

Work Schedule varies

F2

$78, based on qualifying experience

The Emergency Medical Services ( EMS ) Faculty member provides high-quality instruction and contributes to the continued development and effectiveness of the college's EMS programs. Instruction may include emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, paramedic, and related emergency sciences or health education courses. The faculty member teaches in didactic, laboratory, simulation, online, hybrid, clinical-preparation, and other assigned learning environments and works collaboratively with the EMS Program Director, Medical Director, faculty, staff, students, and community partners.

The faculty member supports a student-centered learning environment that emphasizes clinical reasoning, psychomotor competence, patient safety, ethical practice, teamwork, communication, cultural humility, and evidence-informed prehospital care. All duties are performed in accordance with college policies, the faculty handbook, the collective bargaining agreement, applicable Maryland requirements, approved curricula, and relevant programmatic accreditation standards.

The normal annual teaching workload is 36 credit or load hours, ordinarily distributed as 15 hours in the fall semester, 15 hours in the spring semester, and 6 hours during the summer term. The distribution may vary based on program and institutional needs, provided that the annual contractual workload is fulfilled. Assignments may include daytime, evening, weekend, in-person, online, hybrid, laboratory, and simulation instruction.

Additional overload assignments may be required or offered in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement and college policy. In addition to teaching, faculty maintain required office hours and perform advising, assessment, curriculum development, program service, professional development, and other responsibilities described in the faculty handbook and collective bargaining agreement. Administrative or program responsibilities may be assigned in lieu of a portion of the teaching load.

• Teach assigned EMS and related courses in accordance with approved course descriptions, learning outcomes, curricula, syllabi, and program requirements.
• Clearly communicate course expectations, learning objectives, grading practices, attendance requirements, schedules, and student responsibilities.
• Use varied, inclusive, and evidence-informed instructional strategies that promote active learning, independent learning, clinical reasoning, problem solving, and higher-order thinking.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver course materials and learning activities for classroom, laboratory, simulation, online, and hybrid instruction.
• Develop and apply valid, reliable, and consistently administered methods of assessing cognitive, psychomotor, affective, communication, leadership, and team-based performance.
• Provide students with timely, constructive feedback and appropriate opportunities for remediation and reassessment consistent with program and college policies.
• Hold classes for the full scheduled period except when modified through appropriate college procedures or because of an emergency.
• Maintain accurate attendance, academic, competency, remediation, and other required records and submit grades and reports by established deadlines.
• Maintain appropriate availability to students through scheduled office hours, communication, advising, and academic support.

• Teach and evaluate knowledge and skills consistent with current National EMS Education Standards, Maryland EMS protocols and educational requirements, approved program curricula, and evidence-informed prehospital practice.
• Demonstrate, supervise, and evaluate patient…