Temporary Faculty - Program Manager - Agriculture - Vintage Farm - Ocala, FL

Job Description

To develop a healthy and caring environment that offers a variety of options and opportunities for the active participation of students in the learning process. The major responsibilities of faculty include five areas: teaching, professional development, college service, service to students, and public service, as defined in the "Role and Responsibilities of Faculty," which is published in the Faculty Handbook.

At the College of Central Florida, our vision is to be "Your first choice for quality higher education." We aim to accomplish this by providing a caring and exceptional learning environment that fosters the success of our students and community. Candidates considering becoming part of the CF family must be able to embrace and model this philosophy in their day-to-day responsibilities and demonstrate our standards: professional, responsive, informative, dependable, and engaged.

• Education
  * or training:
  Master's degree in Agriculture or master's degree with a concentration in Agriculture (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline) required.
• * Education must be received from a regionally accredited institution.
• Years of Experience in the field:
  Preferred – two years of teaching experience at the high school, community college, or university level or a combination of the three.
• Special skills or abilities related to the position:
  Commitment to the college's objective of providing instruction for a diverse student population. Excellent interpersonal, oral communication, and writing skills. Knowledge of learning and assessment theories and methods and the relationship to the pedagogy of teaching. Possess a high level of technical skills and subject matter knowledge as it relates to a specific discipline. Evidence of initiative, resourcefulness, and adaptability.

(These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Management retains the right to modify or add duties at any time.)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

* Acceptable eyesight (with or without correction).

* Acceptable hearing (with or without a hearing aid).

* Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing on a telephone and a computer for extended periods.

* Routinely requires sitting at a desk and viewing a display screen for extended periods.

* Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer or other electronic device.

* Routinely requires moderate (up to 40 pounds) lifting and carrying.

* Routinely requires walking, standing, sitting, kneeling, stooping, reaching up, twisting, and bending.

* Ability to drive a college vehicle.

3001 Southwest College Road, Ocala, Florida 34474, United States. Primary location of job: CITRUS CAMPUS, LEVY CAMPUS, OCALA CAMPUS AND THE HAMPTON CENTER. Supervisor of position:
Appropriate campus provost, dean, or associate vice president.