Faculty, Emergency Medical Services (temporary)
About the role
This is a temporary, full-time one academic year position. Assignment is instruction over the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semesters with an expectation of regular campus presence. Work may require day and/or evening hours at various locations. Potential opportunity to teach summer courses if desired.
Responsibilities
- Provide instruction to students in accordance with the policies and practices of Kellogg Community College (KCC) and of the Allied Health Department.
- Engage with Business and Industry, and with faculty colleagues to ensure current and relevant curriculum necessary for the contemporary Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workforce is maintained.
- Develop curriculum in the EMS programs of study.
- Determine intended course outcomes and develop learning activities and assessments necessary to achieve course outcomes.
- Collaborate with the EMS Faculty Coordinator and industry experts to ensure correlation between clinical education and didactic education to support student learning outcomes.
- Develop and utilize technology to advance student learning, including high fidelity medical simulation and other existing/emerging technologies that serves to bridge theory with practice.
- Collaborate with the EMS Faculty Coordinator and colleagues and with College Administration in strategic and budgetary program planning to ensure necessary resources.
- Maintain regular campus presence through office hours and cooperative participation in department and institutional meetings and committees.
- Maintain current knowledge of trends in the professional discipline and of best practices in educational methodologies through continuing professional development.
- Seek out and engage in college activities and initiatives that help to advance the College mission.
Requirements
- Associate degree from an accredited college or university at the time of hire - at the time of application, attach unofficial transcripts showing completed coursework and degree conferred.
- Teaching experience.
- Current Michigan Licensed Paramedic.
- Current Michigan Licensed EMS Instructor-Coordinator (Paramedic level).
- American Heart Association Instructor (any level).
Qualifications
- Minimum of three (3) years of work experience in Emergency Medical Services.
- Preferred but not Required: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Emergency Medical Services or a related field.
- UMBC Critical Care Transport certification (Adult or Pediatric).
- Community college teaching experience.
- Demonstrated use of medical simulation for student learning, including the use of high-fidelity simulators and video debriefing equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team or group on a project or program.
- Demonstrated ability to apply principles of continuous quality improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse population.
- Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning and the future of higher education.
- Demonstrated knowledge of instructional technology and current instructional design theory.
- Demonstrated ability to teach human anatomy and physiology at a level necessary for the Paramedic Program.
Skills
- Ability to work within a team or group on a project or program.
- Ability to apply principles of continuous quality improvement.
- Knowledge of instructional technology and current instructional design theory.
- Ability to teach human anatomy and physiology at a level necessary for the Paramedic Program.
Benefits
Not specified.
Pay
According to the current Kellogg Faculty Association (KFA) contract agreement, commensurate with education and experience. The current salary scales can be found at: https://kellogg.edu/about/departments/hr/employment-opportunities/
Schedule
This is a temporary, full-time one academic year position. Assignment is instruction over the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semesters with an expectation of regular campus presence. Work may require day and/or evening hours at various locations. Potential opportunity to teach summer courses if desired.