Closing Date/Time: Tue. 04/21/15 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Job Type: Full-time Faculty
Location: PSNS, Washington
Description:
Applied Physics Faculty
Closes: April 21, 2015
Full-time Faculty Position
One-year position with potential for one-year extension
POSITION:
Olympic College is recruiting a full-time applied physics faculty to join the physics team at the college's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) campus, in downtown Bremerton. The four course, experimentally focused, algebra-based Physics sequence is the foundation discipline for the college's Industrial Trades Technician Associate in Technical Arts Degree, offered to apprentices, in partnership with PSNS & IMF, in the Business and Technology Division. There are five eight week sessions per year. This will be a one-year position, beginning fall quarter 2015, with the potential for one-year extensions. The textbooks may be accessed at:
http://instructors.olympic.edu/psnsphysics/pdf%20files/For ms/AllItems.aspx
SALARY:
- Per Olympic College Board of Trustees approved salary schedule based on education and qualified experience.
- Contract includes medical, dental, disability, life and retirement benefits.
TYPICAL WORK:
- Teach Physics course(s) in accordance with college catalog, schedule of classes, course outlines, course syllabi, and any departmental guidelines
- Provide quality teaching including related preparation and grading
- Provide class syllabi to students enrolled in classes and to the division office as requested
- Maintain accurate records of students and complete forms as required
- Provide academic advising and assessment for students
- Hold office hours for student consultation
- Attend faculty, department, and division meetings and serve on appropriate committees
- May include evening instruction
- Perform other related duties as assigned and/or required.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree or equivalent in physics or related discipline
- College teaching experience
Additional Information:
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Demonstrate success working with individuals and groups representing a wide range of diverse cultural, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds;
- Commit to teaching, scholarship, and service
- Demonstrate strong organizational leadership, interpersonal, and collaborative skills
- Teach assigned course(s) in accordance with college catalog, schedule of classes, course outlines, course syllabi, and any department guidelines
- Provide detailed class syllabi to students enrolled in classes and to the division office as required
- Utilize teaching strategies for individual learning styles and unique learning needs of adult, multicultural, educationally disadvantaged, and at-risk learners
- Prepare all classroom materials based on the approved course outlines and syllabi
- Maintain regular office hours for student consultation
- Foster a climate of respectful, open and honest discourse
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues, students, staff and administrators as part of an educational team
- Uphold Olympic College's values and ethics necessary to maintain a civil climate
- Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the community college mission, diversity, and a learning-centered climate.
- This is a full-time, one-year, faculty position with the potential for one-year extensions.
- May require evening, night, and weekend teaching assignments
- Must be able to gain security clearance to work in a controlled industrial area, including a criminal background check.
- Official college transcripts required if hired
- Must pass a criminal background records check
- May be required to provide instruction at a satellite Olympic College campus
- If hired you will need to provide proof of identity and documentation of U.S. citizenship or appropriate authorization to work in this full-time position as required by the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986
This job requires punctual and regular attendance. This position is in a typical classroom and student laboratory environment and may require the employee to move across campus to other buildings.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position. Must be able to make one's way, up to ½ mile, through an industrial setting and/or rough terrain to reach job site. The employee may be required to lift and carry equipment and supplies of up to 30 pounds.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
To be considered, complete the following required application materials. Apply online at:
www.olympic.edu/employment
REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS:
- Olympic College Online Application
- Cover Letter
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Unofficial transcript.
Degrees and Certificates
Olympic College helps students build skills for the next phase of their life or career through its numerous educational options. Students can earn a certificate or an associate's degree, or complete the first two years of a bachelor's degree. Students who wish to complete a bachelor's degree locally can opt for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Systems, or Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degrees now available at the Bremerton campus or choose to transfer to one of the universities that are co-located at the Bremerton or Poulsbo campuses. In addition, OC offers courses to update job skills, get job training, or simply as personal enrichment.
Olympic College Bremerton is centrally located in Bremerton, Washington on a 33-acre site.
Olympic College Poulsbo is a 20-acre campus located in North Kitsap County providing convenience for students from Bainbridge Island and the northern part of the Kitsap Peninsula. A variety of credit and non-credit courses are available.
Olympic College Shelton is a 27-acre campus located in Mason County. The facility has computer labs, a media center, student services, study and social areas, and the Johnson Library.
**The Olympic College Human Resource Services will not review, scan nor accept application materials other than the required application materials listed. All application materials become the property of Olympic College. Not responsible for email or FAX error. Corrected or extended notices for this recruitment will be posted on the Olympic College web site.
***Olympic College provides equal educational and employment opportunities without regard to race or ethnicity, creed, color, sex, pregnancy or family status, national origin, age, marital status, religion, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, reliance on public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran in its educational programs, admissions, activities, and employment policies, in keeping with the letter and spirit of all equal opportunity and civil rights laws. With any questions or concerns, please contact us at jobs@olympic.edu or 360.475.7300.
Olympic College
Human Resource Services
College Service Center, Fifth Floor
1600 Chester Avenue
Bremerton, WA 98337-1699
Phone: (360) 475-7300
Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Employment questions: jobs@olympic.edu
