Welding Instructor

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Chemeketa is a proud Hispanic-Serving Institution that aspires to be an inclusive environment where we honor and value the unique contributions of our diverse students, employees, and community. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions that support all students in achieving their educational goals. If you are interested in joining the work of the college to pursue a supportive and inclusive culture, we encourage you to apply.

Instructional Program Responsibilities

• Participates in curriculum development
• Actively participates in student success and advising
• Recommends text books and other instructional materials and equipment
• Coordinates with and serves as a liaison to the welding advisory committee
• Attends program and department meetings
• Serves on college committees as needed

Instruction

• Instructs welding and related manufacturing courses
• Develops credit and non-credit courses and short-term workshops; arranges for guest speakers, tours and seminars to meet the needs of the welding and manufacturing industry
• Prepares and develops materials for assigned classes
• Maintains office hours for students and meets all scheduled classes
• Maintains records of grades and attendance; reports individual grades when required
• Provides students with course syllabi
• Acts as a strong team member and student role model in areas of team work, work ethics, adaptability communications, and work quality
• Delivers instruction in a variety of modalities to meet program and student needs including face-to-face, remote, hybrid, and/or online

Teaching and Learning Values

• Creates a learning climate of mutual respect and fairness
• Encourages creative and critical thinking
• Engages participants in an active learning process
• Facilitates learning that applies to and enriches lives
• Encourages student responsibility for learning
• Promotes learning as a lifelong process

Institutional Expectations

• Embraces diversity and actively collaborates effectively with a variety of students, staff and the public from diverse cultural, social, economic and educational backgrounds
• Participates in recruitment and retention of students at an individual and institutional level in promotion of student success
• Embraces, understands and uses appropriate technology tools to accomplish job functions
• Provides high quality, effective service to internal and external customers through continuous improvement and adoption of lean office practices

Your application will be scored based on the minimum qualifications, core competencies, and preferred qualifications. If you are unsure whether you meet all of the qualifications listed below, we encourage you to apply and address through your application materials all of the relevant education, transferable skills, and related experience that makes you a great candidate for this position. Please ensure you include all information on your application which you wish to be considered.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's degree in welding or welding related field
• Experience teaching, training or mentoring in welding and/or manufacturing related fields
• High School diploma or GED
• Five years of successful occupational experience in welding or welding related field
• One year of college level course work (minimum of 45 credit hours) in welding or welding related courses
• Experience teaching, training or mentoring in welding and/or manufacturing related fields

Core Competencies

• Demonstrable experience providing culturally responsive instruction
• Bicultural/multicultural skills sufficient to select appropriate behaviors, values and attitudes within different cultures during interactions with other
• National (AWS or ASME) welding certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with layout, blueprint reading and ironwork
• College level welding or welding related teaching experience
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Terms of Employment

• This is a 100%, 10-month faculty assignment of the 172 duty day band and grade
• All positions at Chemeketa are required to be available for work onsite as requested by the college.
• Requires flexible work schedule based upon program needs which includes some evening and weekend work and/or travel; in-state and out-of-state meetings, conferences, institutes, training and/or other meeting attendance as required.
• This position may require the use of your personal vehicle for transportation between campus locations
• If requested, you must supply official transcripts within 30-days of hire
• Employees must maintain Oregon, Washington or Idaho residency as a condition of employment.
• Successful applicants for designated positions must successfully pass a background inquiry, which may include criminal, driving, credit and full background checks. Only information relevant to the position will be considered. An individual with negative information on their background inquiry will not necessarily be denied employment.
• Providing false information will result in rejection of an…