Faculty – Mathematics

Job Description Summary

Instruct a variety of Mathematics courses in freshman and sophomore level mathematics. Math faculty are responsible for planning and preparing instructional materials and designing appropriate assessment tools to facilitate high quality instruction. Additional responsibilities include developing course materials that align with the established curricula, engaging in curriculum assessment and evaluation to ensure that established outcomes are met, as well as advising and mentoring students.

• Master’s degree in Mathematics or Applied Mathematics. A Master’s Degree in a math-related field may be considered provided the candidate has completed a minimum of 18 graduate credits in mathematics.
• Excellent organization and communication skills

• Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree
• Previous teaching experience in higher education

• Teach a wide variety of freshman and sophomore level mathematics courses
• Develop course materials that align with established curricula and evaluate curricula annually to assure continuous improvement.
• Assure that instructional outcomes are met and evaluate them for alignment with the needs of transfer institutions
• Provide leadership and mentor adjunct faculty to ensure a high-quality learning environment in the classroom and consistency in multisession courses.
• Work collaboratively with other college faculty to assure that the needs of students in a variety of programs and majors are met.
• Participate in departmental and college activities including but not limited to recruitment efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.

All applicants must demonstrate the ability to promote active and collaborative learning through a variety of teaching methods, as well as relate to students. Excellent organization and communication skills as well as the demonstrated use of instructional technology are required.

• The physical activity of this position.
• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Hand and Finger Coordination:
  Ability to perform tasks requiring coordinated hand and finger movements, including typing, keyboarding, picking, pinching, handling small objects.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Light work:
Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds frequently, or negligible force constantly to move objects.

Visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision. Employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

Conditions:
None. The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.