What are the responsibilities and job description for the Information Systems Technology Faculty (FT) position at Germanna Community College?
Posting Summary
Working Title
Information Systems Technology Faculty (FT)
Role Title
9 month-Assistant Professor
Role Code
01014-SW
FLSA
Exempt
Pay Band
00
Position Number
297F0006
Agency
Germanna Community College
Agency/Division
Germanna Community College (Div)
Work Location
Spotsylvania - 177
Hiring Range
$71,422-$128,848
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: 8am-5pm
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 Germanna 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 seeks an innovative and collaborative individual to join the faculty as an Instructor/Assistant Professor of Information Systems Technology. The successful candidate will teach courses related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science/analytics, and other allied disciplines, with a minimum teaching load of five lecture courses each semester. The position may require teaching both day and evening courses at any college location, as well as online courses.
Germanna Community College seeks an innovative and collaborative individual to join the faculty as an Instructor/Assistant Professor of Information Systems Technology. The successful candidate will teach courses related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science/analytics, and other allied disciplines, with a minimum teaching load of five lecture courses each semester. The position may require teaching both day and evening courses at any college location, as well as online courses.
This is a nine-month, full-time faculty position. Salary is commensurate with rank and credentials plus State benefits. Appointment date: August 16, 2025.
Full-time faculty at Germanna Community College support the College mission, vision, and values, and are an important part of a community and culture designed to meet the community’s diverse and changing educational needs. Faculty are dedicated to student success through teaching, mentoring, and encouraging a diverse student population to think critically and independently with the goal of self-discovery and problem-solving.
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
Full-time faculty will:
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
Full-time faculty will:
- 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 population
- 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, taskforces, 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 information systems technology or related discipline with 18 hours of graduate credit in the teaching discipline, or required credentials specified in the VCCS-29: Normal Criteria for Each Faculty Rank
- Teaching experience in information systems technology or related discipline
- 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
Additional Considerations
- Community college teaching experience
- College-level teaching experience in information systems technology or related discipline
- Teaching experience and/or industry experience in any/all of the following: artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, data analytics, database management
- Teaching experience and/or industry experience programming with Python and/or SQL
- 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
- Bilingual, preferably in English and Spanish.
Operation of a State Vehicle
No
Supervises Employees
Yes
Required Travel
Travel to all campuses may be required
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
FAC_1578P
Recruitment Type
General Public - G
Number of Vacancies
1
Position End Date (if temporary)
Job Open Date
03/11/2025
Job Close Date
04/11/2025
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.
Salary : $71,422 - $128,848
