Behavioral Health Faculty

Title: Behavioral Health Faculty

Position Type: Faculty 9 Month Full Time

College: Pikes Peak State College

Location: Colorado Springs

Salary Range:

Pikes Peak State College is the largest and most diverse college in the Pikes Peak region, serving students with a wide range of goals, experiences, and responsibilities. Our students include recent high school graduates, working adults, military-affiliated students, parents, first-generation students, career changers, transfer students, and lifelong learners.
Our mission is to provide high-quality educational opportunities to all, with a focus on student success and community needs. We fulfill that mission by creating affordable, flexible, and accessible pathways that help students transfer to four-year institutions, enter the workforce, advance their careers, and build better futures close to home.
As the needs of our students, employers, and communities continue to evolve, so do we. PPSC embraces innovation that is human-centered, ethical, and focused on student learning. Through strong workforce partnerships and the thoughtful integration of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, we prepare students not only for today’s opportunities, but for what’s next.
We're looking for people who are passionate about access, collaboration, innovation, and student success. Whether you work in the classroom or behind the scenes, your contributions help create opportunities that change lives.
At PPSC, our vision is simple:
Students Succeed at PPSC.

Job Summary:

Regular Faculty work under the direction of their respective Associate Dean/Division Dean and are responsible for meeting all scheduled classes/labs/clinics and providing instruction in accordance with the philosophy and objectives of the College and the Department Chair's approved course outline. Regular Faculty are also responsible for using teaching methods and media designed to reach students of varying educational and experiential backgrounds to allow each student the opportunity to master the objectives of the course.

Regular Faculty are required to serve a provisional period from the date of employment until the completion of employment under three consecutive full year regular contracts.

This position may require working in virtual, weekend, evening, or various campus locations. Successful candidate must be willing to teach concurrent enrollment both on PPSC campuses and in local area high schools.

• Demonstrates a commitment to teaching.
• Uses appropriate and various teaching strategies.
• Uses flexible approaches in teaching for learning.
• Acknowledges differences in learning styles and motivation.
• Encourages students to achieve goals.
• Relates coursework to real life experiences.
• Maintains a positive and empathetic attitude towards students.

• Organizes subject matter, course materials, and objectives.
• Communicates effectively.
• Maintains knowledge of and enthusiasm for both the subject matter and teaching.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude toward students.

• Maintains current and relevant syllabus, following State guidelines when indicated.
• Reviews and updates course materials.
• Uses evaluation methods related to and appropriate for course content.
• Informs students in writing, of the objectives of the course content.
• Uses supplemental resources in addition to textbook or other course materials.
• Participate in all aspects of department and/or college level assessment of student learning outcomes in general education and career/technical courses and programs as required.

• Keep scheduled office hours, including providing regular student office hours.
• Meets classes as scheduled for prescribed time.
• Submits required reports and documents.
• Attends required Divisional meetings.

• Seeks to maintain a high quality of instruction by remaining current on discipline specific and pedagogical issues.
• Collaborates with colleagues in a professional manner.
• Uses communication techniques that foster collegiality when problem solving.
• Works to resolve conflicts in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
• Contributes to the promotion of an excellent educational climate within the college as a whole, as well as within the division and