Adjunct Faculty: Economics

Job Description

Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College's Mission, Vision, Values and a culture of innovation and care. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and have the skill sets necessary to be successful in this position.

The faculty member will conduct their assignments and co-curricular college activities in a manner consistent with the philosophy and purpose of Aims Community College as stated in the school catalog. The primary purpose of the faculty member is to teach. Occasional travel may be required.

Job Duties

• Teach day and/or evening classes at Greeley campus or satellite campuses in Loveland, Windsor, and Fort Lupton.
• Provide effective and high quality instruction in economics courses.
• Evaluate students’ course work, provide feedback to foster greater student learning, and report grades in a timely manner.
• Revise economics courses to maintain current in pedagogy, content, and the high standards of the College.
• Design educational methodologies and adopt learning-centered teaching practices to enhance student learning.
• Communicate clearly defined student learning outcomes, provide an array of learning activities that are tied to and assess those outcomes, and participate in formative and summative assessments of student learning in economics courses.
• Analyze and utilize assessment data to improve instruction and learning.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement and participate in professional development activities to further develop and maintain instructional excellence in your field of expertise.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work as a team member toward the fulfillment of the College’s Mission Statement, Purpose, Vision and commitment to Diversity.
• Maintain positive, cooperative, and professional interpersonal relationships with students, faculty, staff, and administration.
• Perform other department, division, and/or institutional duties as assigned by the Department Chair.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics OR Master’s degree in a closely related field including 18 graduate level credit hours in economics.
• College level experience teaching Principles of Microeconomics and/or Principles of Macroeconomics.
• Evidence of teaching excellence.

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Copy of Transcripts (official transcripts will be requested upon hire)

For information on our hiring practices, please visit our resource page: https://www.aims.edu/departments/human-resources/hiring-process.

Faculty: Upon hire, must submit academic transcripts from an accredited institution. Applicants who have degrees from outside of the United States must request a credential evaluation of their transcript. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (www.naces.org) or Association of International Credential Evaluators (www.aice-eval.org) lists members who may be contacted for assistance in evaluating foreign credentials.

All required documents need to be submitted on every application. There is no way for Aims to attach these documents in the process. However, upon hire current Aims Community College Faculty are not required to submit transcripts if official transcripts are already on file.

Screening/Selection: In order to be considered please provide a thorough and complete application. Initial screening will be conducted by a committee based on completed application materials.