EMS Faculty-Full Time
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Title: EMS Faculty-Full Time
Agency: Virginia Peninsula Community College
Location: Multiple Locations
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: $60,000 - $80,000
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
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Job Description:
Virginia Peninsula Community College is a two-year institution of higher education established as a part of a statewide system of community colleges. It primarily serves the residents of the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg, and the counties of James City and York.
EMS faculty must provide instruction, support, assessment, and mentorship to Virginia Peninsula Community Colleges students. Faculty are required to participate in the mission and community of the college entirely. The primary emphasis shall be on teaching by working with students in classrooms, distant learning, laboratories, individual conferences, and related activities to help the students develop their interests and abilities to the fullest capacity to become better persons, better workers, and better citizens.
Duties and responsibilities:
Teaching Load:
Virginia Peninsula seeks faculty to teach a minimum of 15 credit hours/20 contact hours of lecture and laboratory each semester and other instructional loads as assigned, which may include classes at the Hampton or Historic Triangle campus and online classes: day, evening, and weekend classes. Contribute high energy, engagement, creativity, and leadership to the teaching and learning environment.
Professional Activities and Contributions:
Design, develop, and assess curriculum. Serve as a faculty mentor for students and contribute to college governance and service. Collaborate in a diverse and collegial organizational culture with high standards for performance. Remain current in the academic discipline and in trends in teaching through professional development, further education, and or scholarship.
Engagement Hours:
To promote the availability of faculty to work with individual students, all full-time faculty members are required to maintain (10) hours per week when they will be available to work with students outside of class meetings. The faculty are expected to be available to work with students on their individual academic and occupational concerns.
Additional Activities:
Additional activities include committee work, student and community activities, student advising, and professional activities: e.g., discipline-specific initiatives and program and general education assessment.
Performs other duties as assigned.
- Associate degree in Emergency Medical Services field or a related field from a regionally accredited institution.
- Two years of related, full-time occupational experience.
- Current National Registry certification at Paramedic level or Virginia certification at Paramedic Level.
- Can demonstrate a passion for the discipline of (Fire and/or Emergency Medical Services) and a commitment/belief that a diverse group of students from various backgrounds and ages, including adult learners, can learn this discipline, thus fulfilling the Colleges mission to change lives and empower students to succeed.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills appropriate for students, colleagues, staff, and administrator interactions as an individual or as a part of a team.
- Willingness to adopt an organized plan of instruction and use methods to fairly measure student progress toward student learning outcomes.
- Must be able to work at all campus locations
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Emergency Medical Services or related field from a regionally accredited institution.
- Current certification as a Virginia EMS Education Coordinator.
- Previous instructional experience in a CoAEMSP accredited EMS program.
- Community college teaching experience.
- Teaching experience with online, hybrid, and/or traditional face-to-face classroom modalities in a higher education setting.
- Demonstrated proficiency and experience in using instructional technologies and learning management systems (e.g., Canvas) with the ability to use technology to enhance teaching and educational experience.
- Demonstrated ability to measure, assess and align student outcomes within courses or programs.
Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer
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