Business Administration Instructor

Business Instructor

The Business Administration Department is seeking an experienced and passionate business instructor who will contribute with innovative methods and strategies to the development of our programs to support student success. We seek faculty who engage collaboratively with diverse teams and are committed to professional growth and development and strive for excellence in teaching. We seek faculty who will assume responsibilities beyond the classroom in a shared governance environment including committee memberships, connecting with local business community, outreach to local high schools, strategizing and innovating to promote program growth and student success, as well as administrative department duties and reporting.

This is a 10-month tenure-track contract position.

All faculty shall:

• Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws and ideas in their disciplines and with best practices in teaching and learning.
• Check mailbox, voicemail, and e-mail regularly.
• Complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term.
• Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy 5040 titled Student Records and Directory Information.

All full-time faculty shall:

• Participate in committee work, student activities, and shared governance activities as appropriate.
• Attend first-year and second-year staff development workshops during the first and second years of employment at Cerritos College.
• Attend department and division meetings.
• Attend commencement ceremonies.
• Assist the Department Chairperson and Instructional Dean in unit planning, budget preparation, and inventory.
• Develop and implement a "Flex Plan" as required by state regulations.
• All full-time faculty who are assigned classes shall:
• Post and maintain at least three scheduled office hours per week on at least three different days, including the final examination period. Office hours may not be scheduled between 11:00 a.m.
  
  -12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
• Teach all assigned classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy.
• Teach all assigned classes for all scheduled minutes. In cases of necessary absence from class, notify the Instructional Dean or designee, or if unavailable, the Office of Academic Affairs in advance and have plans prepared so that a substitute, if assigned, can maintain continuity of course content.
• Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record.
• Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their progress.
• Submit a copy of the syllabus for each class to the Division Office.
• Keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress and submit them to appropriate offices by the published deadlines.
• Submit end-of-session grades, including supporting documentation, and attendance reports by the published deadlines.
• Submit required information about first-day, no-show students by the published deadlines.
• Submit textbook order information by the published deadlines. If the textbook is electronic or includes an electronic course pack, these conditions must be met: 1. Tests and exams must be available to the student without charge. 2. The text and course pack must be available to students with disabilities. 3. The publisher must grant read-only access to designated college staff for purposes of evaluation of course materials.
  
  4. The text must be downloadable or printable. If these four conditions are not met, the electronic textbook cannot be used.
• Meet all classes during the final examination period.
• Give final examinations at the scheduled time unless approval to do otherwise is granted by the Office of Academic Affairs or its designee.
• Keep all corrected final examination papers for at least one year following the close of the semester or summer term.
• Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces.
• Allow the instructional manager and/or Instructional Dean, upon request, to review any assignments given during the semester.

Master's in business, business management, business administration, accountancy, finance, marketing or business education OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's in economics, personnel management, public administration, or Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) or Legum Baccalaureus (LL.B.) OR Bachelor's in economics with a business emphasis AND Master's in personnel management, public administration, or Juris Doctor Degree (J.D.) or Legum Baccalaureus (LL.B.) OR the equivalent.

Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic background of the student, community, and employee population.

• Recent business administration teaching experience at the college level in the last three years, or three years of current employment in business (business administration, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, retail…