Business Management Instructor [Full-Time]

Clackamas Community College (CCC) seeks to hire a Business Management Instructor position. This is a full-time, union, exempt and benefits-eligible position. We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and candidates that may be from a less traditional background. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. 

CCC is committed to continuous improvement and innovation in support of student-centered teaching and learning. We are committed to understanding and dismantling systems of oppression and to co-creating a more equitable educational system that in turn fosters a more equitable society. We strive to be a student-ready institution that supports and partners with students to promote discovery and growth. We work to mobilize community-wide awareness and action related to the College strategic priorities and seeks to build relationships in support of community well-being. 

At CCC, individuals are celebrated for their experience and expertise, validated for their unique perspectives, and engaged in ways that reflect their needs and interests. To learn more about CCC visit Leadership, Vision and Initiatives.

College and Division

The Business & Computer Science department resides in the Arts & Sciences Division. As a division we are one of four Instructional and Student Support divisions at CCC. The four divisions are: Academic Foundations and Connections (AFAC), Arts and Sciences (A & S), Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (IEP) and Technology, Applied Science and Public Services (TAPS). The Arts and Sciences Division includes nine departments: Art; Business & Computer Science; Communication, Theater & Journalism; Horticulture; Music; Science; Social Sciences; Water Engineering Technology; and World Languages.

Business & Computer Science Department

The Business & Computer Science Department offers both career technical programs in information technologies as well as transfer degrees in business and computer science. The College and the Department have a long-standing history of collective decision-making and do so with a central goal in mind – students must come first.  

The Department

• Seeks to implement student-centered teaching and learning models and encourage students’ authority in the learning process. 
• Makes a strong effort to be flexible with our schedules, teaching locations, and teaching modalities. 
• Value low-cost materials, either curated or developed, both to save students money and to expand what learning looks like without traditional textbooks.
• Believes that assessment of course outcomes can help us make informed changes to our teaching practices and our curricula. 
• Values collaborative decision making and supportive collegiality.
• Seeks out grants and professional development opportunities that can improve our teaching and student learning.
• We offer courses to our students in a variety of modes to reflect the needs of our students. Classes are taught online, in-person, and hybrid (a blend of both online and in-person learning). These teaching modalities reflect the fact that many of our students are working full and part-time, are parents of young children, or have obligations for which various course modalities are required.

Duties & Responsibilities

The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for teaching business classes and leading the business management program, which includes an associate of applied science degree and certificates of completion.

Instruction & Related Assignments

• Teaches classes as assigned, following approved course outlines
• Posts and maintains office hours
• Provides students with course syllabi
• Prepares courses and materials
• Reviews and evaluates student progress
• Communicates regularly to students about their progress and responding to student inquiries in a timely manner
• Consults with students about their course, program, resources at the college, and potential careers
• Compiles data for routine reports as required by the College
• Actively participates in assessment processes, and updating courses and curriculum based on assessment results, curriculum review cycles, or externally mandated changes in programs
• Attends and participates in department, division, and College meetings, and committee concerns
• Regularly seeks out professional development activities
• Works with university partners to align curriculum
• Serves as the lead faculty for the Business Management program
• Facilitates program advisory committee meetings
• Connects with industry
• Helps with internships & Cooperative Work Experience (CWE).
• Delivers instruction in a variety of modalities to meet program and student needs including face-to-face, remote, hybrid, and/or online

Teaching and Learning Values

• Creates a learning climate of mutual respect and fairness
• Encourages creative and critical thinking
• Engages learners in an active learning process
• Facilitates learning that applies to and enriches lives
• Encourages student responsibility for learning
• Promotes learning as a lifelong process
• Institutional Expectations
• Embraces diversity and actively collaborates effectively with a variety of students, staff and the public from diverse cultural, social, economic and educational backgrounds
• Participates in recruitment and retention of students at an individual and institutional level in promotion of student success
• Embraces, understands and uses appropriate technology tools to accomplish job functions
• Maintains professional and supportive relationships with colleagues

Minimum Qualifications

Core Competencies

• Demonstrated competency in teaching through experience, educational preparation, or continuing education
• Demonstrable experience providing culturally responsive instruction
• Bicultural/multicultural skills sufficient to select appropriate behaviors, values and attitudes within different cultures during interactions with others
• Demonstrates ability or desire to work with culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students and communities
• Demonstrates ability or desire to work with a variety of technological media
• Ability to communicate effectively and work cooperatively with colleagues and staff.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications 

• Recent experience working in business.
• Experience teaching to a diverse population of students as found in a community college
• Commitment to teaching as a profession and to ongoing professional development.
• Enthusiastic outgoing program advocate with ideas and energy for program marketing/growth
• Experience developing curriculum and designing courses in a variety of modalities (e.g. online, remote, in-person, hybrid)
• Experience in use of technology, including digital presentation systems and in classroom presentations.
• Value active learning and student-centered teaching approaches that support conceptual understanding.

The physical demands listed below represent those that must be met by an incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands of the Position

The position requires minimal (5-20%) physical effort such as lifting, carrying, or movement, etc. Movements required to complete work are not difficult, and only require some degree of agility and hand eye coordination.

Working Conditions

The work environment is usually well protected, with minimal hazards or obstacles (5-20%). There is little or minimal element of personal risk or hazard. Job conditions are usually comfortable, with minimal (5-20%) issues of confinement, temperature change, incidents of noise, or interactions of a disagreeable nature, inside/outside work, dirty conditions, exposure to contagious disease, etc. Position may have minimal responsibility for driving.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervision of other personnel is not a typical function assigned to this position. May provide training and orientation to newly assigned personnel and may assign work to student workers.

Supervision Received

Works under the general direction of the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

Application Instructions

When applying for this position, you will be required to complete the NeoGov application, including work history relevant to the position and attach the following electronic documents:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter explaining your interest in the position and describing how you meet the minimum qualifications and requirements of the position.

Any applications which do not have the required documents attached will be considered incomplete. Incomplete applications will not be considered. CCC makes employment decisions based solely on the candidate's demonstrated competencies as related to successful performance in the position.

Veterans' Preference

Under Oregon Law, qualified veterans may be eligible for veterans’ preference when applying for positions with CCC. Preference will only be given if the applicant meets the minimum qualifications and any special qualifications for the position and electronically attach the required documentation at the time of application.   

Documents Required:

• MEMBER COPY 4 of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215) – OR – Letter from the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs indicating a non-service connected pension.
• Disabled Veterans must also submit a copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

For information regarding Veteran's Preference qualifications, visit the following website: https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/Pages/veterans-preference.aspx

Terms of Employment

• This position will be eligible to work remotely up to (2) days per week in accordance with the CCC policy. 
• All positions at CCC are required to be available for work onsite as requested by the college and requires flexible work schedule to meet program needs, which may include evenings and/or weekends.
• CCC employees must reside within 50 miles of the Oregon City, Harmony or Wilsonville campus as a condition of employment.
• Providing false information will result in rejection of an application, employment offer or dismissal.

Equal Employment Opportunity
CCC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.

Salary : $80,431