Summary of Position

Red Rocks Community College seeks applications for a full-time faculty position to join our Engineering and Engineering Graphics Technology Departments. This is a full-time, 164-day academic year appointment that is focused around the 16.5-week Fall semester (August to December) and 16.5-week Spring semesters (January to May). The position begins in August 2024, but an earlier start is negotiable. The successful candidate will fulfill the teaching, professional development, and service obligations of full-time faculty in the Engineering and Engineering Graphics Technology departments at the College in accordance with the philosophy, policies, and procedures of the Colorado Community College System and Red Rocks Community College. A faculty assignment is comprised of two parts, one being the predominant duties as a teacher, which may include program coordination/development and the other is professional development and service obligations.

Essential Responsibilities

Instruction: Teach day, evening, or weekend courses and/or teach in any modality including in-person classroom-based courses, hybrid, remote, hyflex, concurrent, or online, ensuring that all courses meet the approved course outcomes and outlines. Instruction duties and responsibilities center on teaching excellence, which can include:

• Learning and applying culturally responsive education and inclusive learning environments into classroom instruction and curriculum.
• Demonstrating equity and inclusion skills that are measurable, student-focused, and support equity in achieving learning outcomes.
• Active student engagement that empowers learners to think critically and achieve academic, professional, and personal goals.
• Robust instructional content that is thought-provoking, current, and relevant.
• Meaningful assessment and timely feedback related to student progress in achieving learning outcomes.
• Continuous improvement of teaching and learning through evidence-based practices, reflection, innovation, and collaboration; and other College priorities.

• Departmental service, including curriculum coordination and development.
• Advising and outreach.
• Administrative assignments and committee work at a campus- level, college, or System-wide.
• Sponsoring and participating in student activities or community service events related to the College and tied to personal professional goals and job responsibilities.

• Continuous improvement in teaching.
• Best practices in higher education as related to college initiatives.
• Maintaining expertise in the field.
• Personal enrichment in higher education structure or leadership.
• Professional Development: A commitment to ongoing professional development, including staying current with developments in the field, and participating in training opportunities, is important for maintaining excellence in teaching and mentoring.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree in one of the related degrees: Engineering, Physics, or Applied Mathematics from an accredited institution.
• Fifteen (15) semester credit hours teaching experience.
• Experience in at least one of the following: curriculum development, supervision, instruction, evaluation, or academic advising.

• Constantly uses a computer and routinely uses standard office equipment including phones, copiers, etc.
• Cognitive demands include comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, synthesizing, negotiating, communicating, instructing, and interpersonal skills.
• The person in this position constantly communicates with internal and external constituents and students. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Occasionally moves, positions, and transports classroom and office equipment and supplies weighing up to 10 lbs.

About Red Rocks Community College

Red Rocks Community College exemplifies extraordinary. We are dedicated to our Vision and Mission, which promote student achievement, staff empowerment, and community engagement. We live our values: Integrity, Collaboration, Learning, Inclusiveness, and Communication.
We encourage applications from individuals whose background and interests align with our commitment to inclusiveness and welcome you to visit the RRCC Inclusion & Diversity webpage for additional information.
With an unrivaled reputation grounded in our Values, we stand out as a cutting-edge model in higher education. We are one of the first community colleges in the country to offer both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs. Our continued pursuit of excellence is instilled in our employees and has inspired a dynamic and passionate culture.
Department Information: The mission of the RRCC Engineering department is to prepare diverse students for successful transfer to engineering degrees at colleges and universities across the state of Colorado. RRCC was the first community college in Colorado to create an articulation with the Colorado School of Mines (Mines). Building on over 20 years of transfer, in Fall 2022 RRCC and Mines launched the Mines Academy at Red Rocks to offer diverse students competitive opportunities to enter Mines upon completion of the Mines Academy. RRCC offers an Associates of Engineering (AES) degree. In addition to Mines, RRCC engineering students are competitive in transferring to University of Colorado (Denver and Boulder) as well as Metro State University of Denver. We continue to work with other institutions such as University of Minnesota – Mankato (Iron Range Engineering Bell) to build a vigorous cadre Engineering transfer tracks and agreements.
Work Environment and Typical Work Schedule: Work is performed in a classroom setting conducting lectures, or in an office setting meeting with students, colleagues and preparing materials. Must be able to teach day, evening and/or weekend classes at the Lakewood campus or satellite campus in Arvada. Attendance at various off campus events and some travel may be required.
Benefits: RRCC offers a range of benefit choices (Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, Life Insurance, Supplemental Retirement Plans, PERA, Disability Benefits, and more). For additional information, please visit the CCCS Employee Benefit Website.
Starting Salary:Starting salary is determined by education and experience in accordance with our compensation plan.
Notice to all Applicants:

• Incomplete applications will not be considered. Candidates will be evaluated based on their qualifications as related to the duties and responsibilities of the position.
• Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, may include a motor vehicle record review, fingerprints, psychological examination, polygraph, physical, and/or drug screen, depending on the nature of the position. More information on our background check procedure can be found in System Procedure (SP) 3-10a.
• Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinary terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this within your application materials.
• Final candidate is required to submit official transcripts within thirty (30) days of hire.
• Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
• Red Rocks Community College participates in E-Verify.
• Red Rocks Community College is a tobacco and smoke-free campus.
• All Red Rocks Community College employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.
• Final candidate must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace and will need to be a Colorado resident on their first day of employment.

RRCC offers a range of benefit choices (Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, Life Insurance, Supplemental Retirement Plans, PERA, Disability Benefits, and more). For additional information, please visit the CCCS Employee Benefit Website.

Sick Leave: Sick leave is for the purpose of providing protection of income to eligible employees to address their physical or mental wellbeing.

Accrual: Benefit-eligible Faculty shall accrue ten (10) hours of sick leave per working month of their faculty contract (e.g. 9, 10, 11 or 12 month contracts), prorated according to the percent of employment. The total annual accrual allowed will be credited to faculty at the beginning of the contract term. Additional assignments and overloads are not considered in the determination of sick leave accrual.
Faculty Personal Leave: A maximum of sixteen (16) hours per year of the employee’s sick leave may be granted to benefit-eligible Faculty for personal reasons (faculty personal leave). Faculty may carry over up to sixteen (16) hours of faculty personal leave from year-to-year. No more than thirty-two (32) hours of faculty personal leave may be used in any year and no more than sixteen (16) hours of faculty personal leave may be used in any week.

Please view our Employee Leave System Procedure for full details.