Business Instructor

Turn your business experience into someone else’s next opportunity!

Have a background in business, accounting, finance, or management? Share your expertise with the next generation of professionals at Umpqua Community College! We’re looking for an educator who can connect classroom learning with real-world business practices and help students build skills for today’s workforce.

As a Business Instructor, you’ll teach college-level business and accounting courses, develop engaging learning experiences, and help students apply practical skills to their academic and career goals. You’ll use current teaching methods, educational technology, and industry knowledge to support student achievement across in-person, online, and other instructional modalities as assigned.

Beyond the classroom, you’ll collaborate with faculty and staff, contribute to curriculum and program development, and participate in college initiatives that support student learning, retention, and completion.

UCC faculty members are expected to meet the educational needs of the community by fulfilling the following responsibilities:

• Teach course-load as assigned using appropriate methodologies and discipline area expertise.
• Use Canvas effectively (the UCC LMS) for all credit courses to include:
  • Use of canvas grade book
  • Posting of syllabus
  • Posting of course materials
  • Posting of learning support materials that lead to student success may include but are not limited to recorded lectures, discussion boards, Open Educational Resources, announcements, and academic and student support information.
• Facilitate student achievement of course, program, and institutional learning outcomes established by UCC
• Continuously improve course and program curriculum, informed by student learning outcome data
• Complete all academic assessment, data analysis, and curricular improvement reporting as required
• Develop rapport with students that is professional and encourages teacher/learner communication in support of achieving expected learning outcomes
• Remain current with technological and pedagogical advances that promote continuous improvement of teaching and learning
• Participate fully in one's own performance review, evaluation, and plans for professional growth in support of student learning

• Comply with all department guidelines and college policies
• Support the mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of the College, using the governance structure of the institution to enact change where appropriate
• Maintain any required professional certification or licensure in the appropriate academic or technical discipline
• Maintain and publicly post office hours
• Certify student attendance in classes by the established deadline for financial aid purposes
• Use the Early Alert System with consistency
• Submit mid-term and/or final grades by the deadline established by the Records and Registration department
• Participate in orientation and recruiting activities as is reasonable.
• Attend and participate in program, discipline, in-service, and campus meetings
• Meet yearly with supervisor to review the year and set goals

To serve its diverse communities, faculty members are expected to participate in a variety of organizations and committees. Service activities may include the following:

• Serving on campus and college-wide committees
• Representing the discipline on state, national, and international levels
• Participating in relevant projects with administrative approval
• Mentoring peers
• Assisting with assessment activities (e.g., develop learning outcomes and assessment projects for new courses, disciplines, and programs)
• Assisting with internal program reviews in…