Tenure Track Faculty - Mortuary Science

TENURE TRACK FACULTY – MORTUARY
MALCOLM X COLLEGE

Malcolm X College is currently seeking a Full-Time Faculty member to teach Mortuary Science. If you have passion for teaching and learning, and are committed to the mission of the community college, consider joining our team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in the classroom by developing and using effective teaching strategies that meet students’ diverse needs and engage the student in critical thinking and problem-solving.

The mission of Malcolm X College is to provide accessible liberal arts and health-focused education that fosters personal and professional achievement. To fulfill this mission, we focus on the following core values: accountability, community, diversity, empowerment, learning, and respect.

The City Colleges of Chicago delivers exceptional learning opportunities and educational services for diverse student populations in Chicago. We enhance knowledge, understanding skills, collaboration, community service, and life -long learning by providing a broad range of quality, affordable courses, program, and services to prepare students for success in a technologically advanced and increasingly interdependent global society. We work proactively to eliminate barriers to employment and to address and overcome casual factors underlying socioeconomic disparities and inequities of access and graduation in higher education.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Collaborate with the Director of Health Sciences to ensure that the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) Accreditation Standards are fully executed, documented and maintained.
•  Facilitate courses to ensure learning outcomes are fully executed, and promote students’ active participation in their own learning.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Analyzes data to improve instruction and models instructional strategies which promote student achievement.
• Provide instructional deliverables and feedback in a timely manner.  
• Provide resources and support to help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities, and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Licensed as Funeral Director and Embalmer (state of Illinois) by IDFPR.
• Minimum 1 year of embalmer and restorative arts experience.
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in a Funeral Home setting.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in an academic setting preferred.
• Must have a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university, Must earn a Master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university within five years of initial hiring date. 
• Must be a graduate of an ABFSE-accredited program.
• Knowledge of Brightspace Learning Management System or Similar Learning Management System, preferred
• Prior experience with online teaching (via Zoom) and/or teaching certification is strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students, required
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as a commitment to the open access mission of the community college

When applying, please attach your unofficial transcripts and a one-page teaching philosophy. Be sure to include any scholarship work, publications, committee work, and other relevant engagements. 

We Offer: Excellent health and welfare benefit package and long-term savings and investment programs including 403(b) & 457(b) Investment Plans and a pension plan with the State University Retirement System (SURS) Plan. Generous vacation, holiday, personal and sick days, and tuition reimbursement. For a more detailed overview of benefits, please visit the benefits page of our website.

Malcolm X College was selected as a Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges award winner! The award is given by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), a membership organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching and leadership at community and technical colleges, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a leading academic publication.  MXC was recognized for its best-in-class student and staff recruitment and retention practices, inclusive learning and working environments, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities. 

This position is designated as a special needs position and therefore is eligible for exemption from City Colleges of Chicago’s residency requirement in accordance with the City Colleges of Chicago's Board Policies and Procedures.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago!

This position is represented by Local 1600.

Salary : $58,000 - $65,000