Adjunct Faculty, Welding (Ft. Lupton

Welding Faculty Position

Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College's Mission, Vision, Values and a culture of innovation and care. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and have the skill sets necessary to be successful in this position.

The faculty member will conduct their assignments and co-curricular college activities in a manner consistent with the philosophy and purpose of Aims Community College as stated in the school catalog. The primary purpose of the faculty member is to teach. The faculty member is also responsible for scholarly and creative activities (professional development), and service to the college.

Teaching:

• Interacting with students to provide opportunities to learn, creating conditions that facilitate learning, and using techniques and methods that create a high probability that learning will occur.
• Provide effective and high-quality instruction of subject being taught.
• Apply learning-centered educational practices such as creating and communicating clearly defined outcomes for student learning.
• Provide a diverse array of learning activities that directly tie to those defined outcomes.
• Use assessment data to improve instruction and learning and participate in an ongoing College-Wide dialogue about teaching and learning.
• Develop and refine department curriculum as necessary to maintain currency in pedagogy and content.

Professional Obligations and Development:

• Implement department, division, and/or institutional goals as assigned.
• Perform appropriate faculty advising duties.
• Meet all assigned classes, submit grades course syllabi and other required documents on time.
• Manages the classroom and lab facilities as appropriate.
• Keeps accurate attendance and grade records.
• Acquire and/or maintain certifications as necessary.
• Create teaching methodologies and instructional designs that facilitate student learning from a Learner-Centered perspective.
• Complete coursework related to one's teaching assignment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess expertise in the following welding and cutting processes: OAW, OFC, PAC, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, soldering, brazing, thermal gouging, structural and pipe welding.
• Note:
  
  Applicants selected for interviewing will be required to demonstrate their welding ability and must pass applicable weld tests.
• WEL 1000:
• Associate degree or higher OR 2000 hours experience in managing, leading, or operating under an industrial safety program OR a current relevant industry safety certification or licensure.
• WEL 1001, 1003, 1010, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2024, 2030, 2031, 2050, 2089:
• Associate degree or higher and 4000 hours of verifiable industry occupational welding experience outside of teaching and possess demonstrable expertise in OAW, OFC, PAC, CAC-A, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum on structural and piping shapes of appropriate positions and process for the course content being taught. Expertise may be demonstrated through AWS, ASME, API, AWWA, or other current welder certifications of appropriate positions and process, transcripted courses, portfolio of works with examples showing positions and process, or in-person demonstrations.
• * May be obtained within the first three years of hire provided occupational experience and demonstrable expertise requirements are met at the time of hire.
• WEL 1075, 1076, 1077, 2075, 2076, 2077 - Special Topics in Welding I-VI:
• Meet the requirements for WEL 1000 and 4,000 hours of verifiable welding industry occupational experience outside of teaching and possess demonstrable expertise in OAW, OFC, PAC, CAC-A, SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW, on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum on structural and piping shapes of appropriate positions and process for the course content being taught. Expertise may be demonstrated through AWS, ASME, API, AWWA, or other current welder certifications of appropriate positions and process, transcripted courses, portfolio of works with examples showing positions and process, or in-person demonstrations.

Required Documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Copy of Transcripts (official transcripts will be required…