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Assistant Professor of Engineering Technologies and Applied Design 3-Year Continuing Non-Tenurable

Berea College · Berea, KY · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: references note, application instructions, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Keep substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Description: ETAD department seeking dynamic faculty member for Assistant Professor, Non-Tenure/Continuing, 3-Year position starting August 2027. While specific area open, candidates in Sustainable Design, Construction, Architecture, and Engineering/Engineering Technology fields encouraged. Seeking educator dedicated to hands-on and project-based curriculum. Successful candidate will guide students through complete design-prototype-test-production cycle from identifying project needs and research solutions to prototyping, testing, and fabricating finished products. Additionally, candidate may coordinate with department technician to instruct students in safe and skilled operation of woodworking and/or metal processing tools using both automated and manual power equipment, including a range of industrial CNC machines. - Teaching Responsibilities: ideal candidate will teach department core courses, electives, contribute to general education program. Expected department courses may include: ETAD 115 Construction Technology, ETAD 345: Sustainable Building design, ETAD 140: Production in Woods. Candidate also encouraged to develop courses specific to their background. Following tradition, includes responsibility for supervising, mentoring, and developing students in College's integrated Work College Program. Supports student learning, career readiness, program's learning goals. Work College Program provides developmental framework guiding student learning while creating structured mentorship opportunity, with role-specific training that equips faculty and staff mentors to support student development. Faculty and staff mentors play essential part in helping students connect their work-learning-service experiences with broader academic, professional, personal development. For faculty, aligns with Berea's tenure and promotion criteria. Department actively collaborates with external partners to give students hands-on experience with outside clients. While not required, successful candidate strongly encouraged to integrate community partner projects into their courses. - Qualifications: A master’s degree or higher in Sustainable Design, Construction, Architecture, and Engineering/Engineering Technology fields, or other closely related fields required. Teaching experience and/or industry experience also appreciated. Most importantly, given nature of technology, colleagues expected to participate in continued development of content, curriculum, and pedagogy. Ideal candidates would embrace this practice through professional development and active participation in evolving fields. - Application: Candidates should submit cover letter, CV, graduate transcripts, teaching philosophy, design portfolio (if available) and contact info for three references. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2026, and continue until position is filled. (But we need to remove application instructions? The instruction says: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the application instructions paragraph. That includes the list of required documents and review timeline. So we should drop that. - Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as first coeducational and interracial college in the South... etc. This is about the institution; maybe we can include as "About the role" or maybe as separate section? The instruction: "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can have sections like About the role (description), Responsibilities (teaching responsibilities), Qualifications, Benefits, etc. We need to include only sections with real specific content. Pay and Schedule not mentioned, so omit. Skills maybe not explicit; we could combine skills within Qualifications or Responsibilities. But we can include a Skills section if there is specific skill content: e.g., hands-on and project-based curriculum, guiding students through design-prototype-test-production cycle, instructing safe operation of woodworking/metal processing tools, CNC machines, etc. That could be considered skills. However, we might just incorporate into Responsibilities. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits. Possibly also a section for Work College Program? But that's part of responsibilities. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like specific course codes, etc. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for Assistant Professor. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft sections:

About the role

ETAD department at Berea College seeks a dynamic faculty member for an Assistant Professor, Non‑Tenure/Continuing, 3‑Year position starting August 2027. While the specific area of expertise is open, candidates with backgrounds in Sustainable Design, Construction, Architecture, and Engineering/Engineering Technology are encouraged to apply. The role emphasizes a hands‑on, project‑based curriculum, guiding students through the full design‑prototype‑test‑production cycle—from identifying project needs and researching solutions to prototyping, testing, and fabricating finished products. The candidate may also coordinate with the department technician to instruct students in the safe and skilled operation of woodworking and/or metal‑processing tools, including both automated and manual power equipment and a range of industrial CNC machines.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will teach department core courses, electives, and contribute to Berea College’s general education program. Expected department courses include ETAD 115 Construction Technology, ETAD 345 Sustainable Building Design, and ETAD 140 Production in Woods. The candidate is encouraged to develop additional courses aligned with their background. In line with Berea’s Work College Program, the faculty member will supervise, mentor, and develop students, helping them connect work‑learning‑service experiences with academic, professional, and personal growth. The role also involves collaborating with external partners to provide hands‑on client‑based projects and strongly encourages integrating community partner projects into courses.

Qualifications

A master’s degree or higher in Sustainable Design, Construction, Architecture, Engineering/Engineering Technology, or a closely related field is required. Teaching experience and/or industry experience are appreciated. Colleagues are expected to participate in the ongoing development of content, curriculum, and pedagogy; ideal candidates will engage in professional development and stay active in the evolving fields.

Benefits

Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees and their families, including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional benefits comprise access to the Child Development Laboratory (ages 6 weeks–6 years), Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds, Tuition Reimbursement, paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Part‑time employees working an average of 24 hours per week receive benefits on a pro‑rated basis. More details are available at the college’s benefits page.

We need to ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like "Founded in 1855..." etc. That is substantive info about the college; maybe we could include in About the role? But the instruction says to include only sections with real specific content. The college description is substantive but not about the role; however it's still part of the posting. Should we include it? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we need to keep that info somewhere. Could be part of About the role or a separate section like "About Berea College". But the allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It doesn't list "About the institution". However we could incorporate that info into About the role section as a brief description of the employer. That seems acceptable. Thus we need to embed the college description within About the role paragraph. Let's incorporate: "Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South..." etc. We'll include that. We must not include application instructions (cover letter, CV, etc.) So we removed that. We also need to remove duplicated lines and boilerplate like references note at start: "Please note that references provided at the time of application for staff positions will not be contacted until the applicant has been offered the position." That's boilerplate; remove. Also remove "Our Unique Culture" and "Labor Supervision" sections? Those are substantive about culture and labor supervision. Should we keep? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to keep that info as well. Where to put? Could be part of About the role or a separate section like "Culture". But allowed headings list does not include Culture. However we could incorporate into About the role or Benefits? Might be better to add a section "Culture" but not in allowed list. The instruction says "Use

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