What are the responsibilities and job description for the Computer Science Faculty position at Northampton Community College?
Summary:
Full-time, tenure-track Information Technology Faculty (member of the Computer and Information Science Department) will be responsible for providing quality instruction to students by ensuring student satisfaction through the classroom or laboratory setting according to the program objectives. This individual must have a strong knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration, handling of equipment, and troubleshooting. This person will be the program’s lead instructor. The program is designed to teach PC repair, Windows and Linux server administration, basic networking and to prepare students to pass industry certifications (A , Net , Server , Azure, etc.)
NCC is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to identify their strengths or experiences in this area.
Responsibilities:
- Provide quality and technically relevant instruction, assessment, and feedback in lecture and laboratory.
- Teach material from approved curriculum (CompTIA, Microsoft, etc.).
- Maintain daily attendance.
- Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
- Motivate students to actively participate in all aspects of the educational process.
- Assist with course/program evaluation.
- Advise assigned students in course selection, career preparation, etc.
- Ability to teach system administration program courses: PC Repair, Server I and II, Operating Systems, Intro to Networking, Linux administration, etc.
- Ability to teach introductory Cisco CCNA or Cybersecurity courses as needed is a plus.
- Manage key roles (instructors, students, observers, etc.) in Brightspace LMS.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in information technology/related field or a different field along with current relevant industry certifications (A , Net , Server , MCSA, Azure or AWS, etc.). Master's preferred.
Experience: 5 years in the field with experience in troubleshooting, maintaining, and administering operating systems in an enterprise environment. 2 years' experience developing technology curriculums. 2 years of instructional experience in teaching a similar field.
Preferred Qualifications: Beside meeting the above qualification, experience teaching at a community college; Documented effectiveness in classroom instruction; Experience in program curricula and course development; Experience using and integrating technology in class instruction; Experience developing and/or implementing instruction in online or hybrid formats.
Benefits Snapshot
The College offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees. Just a few highlights of the benefits package include comprehensive medical plan options for you and your family (plus dental and vision), a College retirement contribution of 8% of your salary upon hire, NCC tuition waiver and an abundance of time off, among other things! Please visit https://www.northampton.edu/about/working-at-ncc/employee-benefits/index.html for more details on the full array of benefits.
Apply here: https://northampton.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NCC/job/Bethlehem/Computer-Science-Faculty_JR4112