Tenure Track Faculty - Mortuary Science

About the role

The City Colleges of Chicago is seeking a Tenure Track Faculty member to teach Mortuary Science. The ideal candidate will have a passion for teaching and learning, and a commitment to the mission of the community college.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Director of Health Sciences to ensure that the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) Accreditation Standards are fully executed, documented and maintained.
• Facilitate courses to ensure learning outcomes are fully executed, and promote students' active participation in their own learning.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Analyze data to improve instruction and model instructional strategies which promote student achievement.
• Provide instructional deliverables and feedback in a timely manner.
• Provide resources and support to help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students' intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities, and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.

Qualifications

• Licensed as Funeral Director and Embalmer (state of Illinois) by IDFPR.
• Minimum 1 year of embalmer and restorative arts experience.
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in a Funeral Home setting.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in an academic setting preferred.
• Must have a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university, Must earn a Master’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university within five years of initial hiring date.
• Must be a graduate of an ABFSE-accredited program.
• Knowledge of Brightspace Learning Management System or Similar Learning Management System, preferred
• Prior experience with online teaching (via Zoom) and/or teaching certification is strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students, required
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as a commitment to the open access mission of the community college

Benefits

We offer excellent health benefits at a low cost; Investment plans 403(b) & 457(b); SURS Retirement Plan; Generous vacation, holidays, personal and sick days; Tuition Reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. For a more detailed overview of benefits, please visit our benefits page.

Pay

Salary Range: $58,000 - $65,000

Schedule

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