Faculty​/Chair, Emergency Medical Services

Title: Faculty/Chair, Emergency Medical Services

Position Type: Faculty 9 Month Full Time

College: Pueblo Community College

Division: Health Professions & Public Safety

Department: PCC Emergency Medical Services

Campus: Orman Campus

Location: Pueblo

Salary Range: $57,500 and up to 5% higher depending on education and experience. Faculty are offered a 12-month contract with 166 workdays between August-May. Additional teaching and compensation my be offered during the summer term.

The Faculty of Emergency Medical Services provides classroom, laboratory, or related instruction under the supervision of the Department Chair and is responsible for planning and providing student instruction in accordance with approved syllabi, curriculum guidelines, and required program standards.

Essential Functions

• Provides leadership of the department to include:
  Interviewing and hiring faculty and instructors;
  Facilitation of department meetings;
  Course scheduling;
  Book ordering;
  Preparation of faculty and instructors for teaching assignments.
• Oversees the development of instructional materials
• Establishes program expectations and outcomes with faculty and instructors
• Completes annual classroom observations for faculty and instructors
• Reviews and submits faculty performance plans
• Maintains program student handbook and publications.
• Develops program admission requirements.
• Addresses student issues and works with all parties involved to resolve the issue
• Handles potential student dismissals, complaints.
• Manages skill lab instructors.
• Orders lab equipment and supplies
• Posts FLAC assignments and biweekly pay.
• Manages CTE Gateway
• Manages faculty vocational credentialing
• Submits curriculum changes to the curriculum committee and represents the department in the process.
• Submits grant proposals and manages grant funding as needed.
• Manages department budgets
• Works with marketing for program marketing.
• Works with Paramedic Program Director to maintain CoAEMSP accreditation and state recognition.
• Manages advising for all levels of EMS.
• Responds with timely communication through email, phone or text.
• Teaches courses as assigned within faculty workload guidelines.
• Meets all scheduled classes unless the class has been canceled or with the permission of the Chair.
• Presents instruction via classroom, hybrid classroom/online, synchronous online, or asynchronous online modalities.
• Attends all regularly scheduled department, division, and college meetings/trainings as required by contract, unless these meetings conflict with a scheduled class or unless the faculty member is excused by their Dean.
• Serves as a substitute within the program for absent colleagues for short-term absences as determined by the Dean.
• Maintains a work schedule as agreed upon by the supervisor and in concert with the state and faculty workload policy (at least a forty-hour work week with a minimum of 24 hours on campus, which can include co-ops or off-campus assignments).
• Maintains regularly scheduled office hours (a minimum of five per week) for consultation or advisement with students.
• Performs student advisement and registration responsibilities professionally and accurately.
• Adopts, implements, and supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies throughout the Division, including Equity-Minded Teaching and Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy.
• Provides adequate preparation of the course material for all assigned courses.
• Supervises and enforces appropriate safety procedures.
• Assists in the development and implementation of the approved program curriculum and syllabi and participates in cooperative planning with colleagues.
• Assists with training of instructors and with the preparation of materials for them.
• Participates in college-wide assessment of student learning activities and/or projects.
• Assists in program reviews and evaluation process required by internal/external sources.
• Assists in marketing, recruitment, and retention activities.
• Serves on and contributes to a minimum of one college committee or special task force per academic year after the first provisional year and represents the college in the community as requested.
• Participates in the annual graduation ceremony.

In addition to faculty responsibilities, faculty are also expected to support and assist with student orientations, advising, and registration. Absences will be minimal and only for appropriate cause; notification of supervisor is required. Faculty must provide coverage or obtain approval…