What are the responsibilities and job description for the Education Faculty (FT) position at Germanna Community College?
Posting Summary
Working Title
Education Faculty (FT)
Role Title
9 month-Assistant Professor
Role Code
01014-SW
FLSA
Exempt
Pay Band
00
Position Number
297F0136
Agency
Germanna Community College
Agency/Division
Germanna Community College (Div)
Work Location
Spotsylvania - 177
Hiring Range
$64,280-$102,591; plus full state benefits
Emergency/Essential Personnel
No
EEO Category
I-Faculty
Full Time or Part Time
Full Time
Does this position have telework options? -Telework options are subject to change based on business needs-
Does this position have a bilingual or multilingual skill requirement or preference?
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday: 8:00am-10pm
Or as scheduled
Or as scheduled
Sensitive Position
No
Job Description
Germanna Community College is a public, open access institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. The College is a dynamic learning organization that serves as a regional leader and preferred partner where quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna Community College is centrally located in Fredericksburg, VA between Washington D.C. and Richmond and between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Chesapeake Bay. Full of history, the area offers a community rich with diversity, the arts, technology, vineyards, hiking, canoeing/kayaking and many other activities.
Germanna Community College is seeking an innovative and collaborative individual to join the faculty as an Instructor/Assistant Professor for Education Faculty Member. The successful candidate will teach all levels of Education with an expected teaching load of 30 credits per academic year. The position may require teaching both day and evening courses at any college location, as well as online courses.
The College desires applicants with a commitment to the community college mission; teaching, learning, and student success; integration of learning outcomes assessment into course development and teaching; use of current and emerging technologies to enhance instruction; and integration of global perspectives in instruction. Finalists will be invited to present a short sample lesson.
The salary range for this position is broad because compensation is determined by both rank and relevant experience. Rank will be assigned based on the criteria outlined in VCCS-29 Normal Minimum Criteria for Each Faculty Rank, ensuring alignment with established qualifications. Salary will then be commensurate with the assigned rank and the candidate’s related experience, allowing for appropriate placement within the range.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The salary range for this position is broad because compensation is determined by both rank and relevant experience. Rank will be assigned based on the criteria outlined in VCCS-29 Normal Minimum Criteria for Each Faculty Rank, ensuring alignment with established qualifications. Salary will then be commensurate with the assigned rank and the candidate’s related experience, allowing for appropriate placement within the range.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Normally teach 15 credit hours per semester (dependent upon discipline) during the academic year
- Be accessible to students outside the classroom and hold a minimum of ten on-campus or virtual office hours per week; if offering online office hours, they are required to provide online synchronous office hours suitable for the needs of all students
- Use multiple teaching modalities to engage student populations
- When instructing in distance learning modalities, be expected to implement the components of regular and substantive interaction (RSI) and keep documentation of their efforts, either through the learning management system or another method, to ensure that federal guidelines are met after appropriate training is provided by the college
- Provide students with timely feedback on assignments and documented formative and summative evaluations of progress
- Provide academic advising to students and disseminate current information pertaining to services available to students at the college
- Use a learning management system for course information delivery to students
- Be involved in curriculum development, academic assessment, and re-accreditation
- Participate in commencement; convocation; college-wide, division, department, faculty meetings; assigned committees, task forces, projects; search committees; recruitment/community events; professional development activities; and other tasks as assigned that promote the college’s overall mission, in-person or virtually as required
- Create and maintain learning environments that support and engage students in cooperative, collaborative, meaningful and relevant learning experiences
- Encourage students to think critically and independently in ways that lead to self-discovery and problem-solving, as individuals and as members of a learning community
- Encourage students’ competencies and talents in ways that are consistent with course and program outcomes and lead to careers and transfer opportunities
- Work collaboratively with others (including full- and part-time instructors) across the college to ensure consistency of student outcomes and continuity of material through department, division, or cross-disciplinary activities and to advance Germanna’s culture of caring for the whole student
- Participate in scholarly and creative engagement as well as service to the college and to the community
- Be knowledgeable of and adhere to all applicable college, local, state, and federal guidelines, regulations, and policies pertaining to employment at a state institution
- Adhere to all administration and college deadlines
- Professionally develop and continuously improve teaching and learning
- Incorporate equitable teaching practices in all instruction
- Complete other tasks as assigned by the dean or program head
- Adhere to the faculty handbook
Teaching duties, in collaboration with a department chair, may include:
- Day, evening, and/or weekend courses based on departmental needs, student needs, and faculty availability
- Assignment at more than one campus or center
- On- and off-campus, distance learning, web delivery, and instructional laboratory and clinical assignments, as appropriate and assigned for the discipline
Special Assignments
May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.
KSA's/Required Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Education, or master’s degree in related discipline and 18 hours of graduate credit in teaching discipline, or required credentials specified in the VCCS-29: Normal Criteria for Each Faculty Rank.
- College-level teaching experience in Education.
- Possess a Virginia K-12 teaching license.
- Demonstration of strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Demonstration of ability to facilitate student success in higher education.
- Willingness to assume relevant technological skills required for effective teaching.
- Willingness to assume duties to support the strategic goals of Germanna Community College.
- Demonstration of commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity.
- Indication of teaching and service furthering the goal of building a culturally diverse educational environment.
- Experience with or willingness to learn artificial intelligence tools
- Demonstrated abilities to build partnerships with other higher education institutions to build a 2 2 program.
Additional Considerations
- Community college teaching experience.
- Experience with curriculum development and assessment.
- Maintenance of currency in respective professional discipline.
- Track record of leadership.
- Experience teaching in an online environment (synchronous/asynchronous) and use of a learning management system such as Canvas.
Operation of a State Vehicle
No
Supervises Employees
No
Required Travel
Travel between campuses may be required
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
FAC_1608P
Recruitment Type
General Public - G
Number of Vacancies
1
Position End Date (if temporary)
Job Open Date
04/02/2025
Job Close Date
05/02/2025
Open Until Filled
Agency Website
Contact Name
Catra Godwin
Email
cgodwin@germanna.edu
Phone Number
Special Instructions to Applicants
Additional Information
Background Check Statement Disclaimer
The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/
EEO Statement
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors.
ADA Statement
The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested.
E-Verify Statement
VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.
