Description

Posting Details

VEVRRA Federal Contractor – Priority referral protected veterans requested.

Position Information

Requisition Number 2022031F

Position Title Full-Time Faculty-Accounting (ACCT) Salary Range Per full-time faculty salary schedule DBM Rating n/a Job Type Full Time Job Category Faculty Anticipated Start Date 08/15/2022 Campus Bryan, RELLIS Application Deadline Extended Open Deadline FLSA Status Exempt Security Sensitive? Yes Work Hours As defined by the institution, could include evenings and weekends

Position Summary Information

Objective

To perform the day-to-day operations of the Accounting instructional program at the assigned campus.

Essential Duties

Instruction and Classroom Management • Maintain access to students through office hours and electronic communication. • Prepare, maintain and utilize an accurate course syllabus and assessments for each course using guidelines established by the institution. • Utilize a variety of instructional delivery methods, classroom media and educational resources. • Maintain student participation and attendance in class. • Conduct classes and final exams punctually and in accordance with the prescribed meeting schedule. • Obtain and keep updated required trainings and standards for teaching distance education. • Develop and maintain approved courses for teaching various modalities including face-to-face, blended, and online.

Student Success • Advise or refer students to available academic support, advising, and counseling services. • Maintain a positive and professional relationship with students.

Assessment Duties • Hold sole responsibility to assess students' performances through a range of formative and summative assessments and provide constructive feedback in a timely manner. • Assist in the development, distribution and collection of assessments for courses and program objectives.

Professional Development and Service • Exhibit a commitment to lifelong learning through participation in professional development opportunities and effective teaching methodologies. • Actively engage in collegial activities in a professional manner across the department, college, and communities such as departmental meetings, committees, and Blinn College partner collaborations.

Institutional Responsibilities • Submit timely college reports and forms to the appropriate divisions. • Comply with all college policies and procedures. • Exhibit effective communication skills, both written and oral. • Attend college orientations, required institutional meetings, and trainings.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other instructors, staff, administration and students.

Ability to instruct students while achieving the course learning objectives.

Preferred Experience and Training

College teaching experience preferred

Online teaching experience preferred

Training or coursework in accounting pedagogy

Physical Requirements Required Degree, License or Certifications

Master's degree or higher in Accounting or Master's degree or higher with at least 18 graduate hours in accounting from an accredited college or university

Special Notes To Applicants

Applications lacking a cover letter, resume and transcripts will be considered incomplete and may not be reviewed. Requested documents should be attached as PDF files to this application. Official transcripts will be required. Unofficial transcripts may be attached to this application for review, but, if employed, official undergraduate and graduate transcripts must be sent by the degree-granting institution directly to Blinn College (c/o Dean of Business and Mathematics), PO Box 6030, Bryan, TX 77805). Additionally, transcripts may be sent electronically to charlesm.smith@blinn.edu All foreign transcripts must be accompanied by a credential evaluation from a certified agency. A short teaching demonstration will be scheduled if an applicant is scheduled for review. Names and means of contact (email address and/or telephone number) of three references must be included in resume or CV.

This is a 9 month, benefits eligible position. Blinn College pays 100% of health insurance for full time employees, 50% for dependents, and two times your annual salary in life insurance benefits. Optional coverage's can begin on your first active duty date. If you would like to review insurance benefits in advance, you can access the New Employee Benefits Guide online, https:// www. ers.state.tx.us/New-Employee/Insurance/. Leave time includes 16 hours personal each year and 8 hours sick each month of contact. Paid leave for college designated holiday's, spring break, thanksgiving, and Christmas break (approx. 25 days per year).

Credentials

The College assigns appropriately credentialed faculty members in support of educational quality and the mission of the College, in keeping with Board policy DBA LOCAL-X (Employment Requirements and Restrictions – Credentials and Records: Credentials). College policy is consistent with sound educational practice and SACSCOC guidelines. Primary consideration is given to the highest degree earned in the discipline. Furthermore, Blinn College's Faculty Credentialing Guidelines table specifies recommended credentials for each rubric within the college's course inventory. https:// www. blinn.edu/academicaffairs/FacultyCredentialingGuidelines.pdf

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Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk ().

Do you have a Master's degree or higher with at least 18 graduate hours in accounting?

Yes

No

The criteria for accreditation adopted by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) require all faculty teaching college-level courses have "at least 18 graduate hours in their teaching field(s) and hold a Master's degree or higher". If you have a Master's degree or higher, please list the title and course number of each graduate course that may be applied to the 18 hours required in your teaching field. (Education courses do not satisfy this requirement.) Please list the courses here as well as attach a transcript(s) at the end of this application.

(Open Ended Question)

This position is for the Bryan/RELLIS Campus. The applicant would need to be able to teach on campus, face-to-face courses. Blinn also offers courses on the Brenham, Sealy, and Schulenberg campuses as well as some off site locations (such as high schools and prisons). Are you interested in teaching at any other campus? If so, please list all you would be interested in.

(Open Ended Question)

Do you have college or secondary teaching experience other than as a teaching assistant?

Yes, I have more than 3 years of college teaching experience.

Yes, I have 1-3 years of college teaching experience.

Yes, I have more than 3 years of secondary teaching experience.

Yes, I have 1-3 years of secondary teaching experience.

No, my teaching experience is only as a teaching assistant.

No, I have no teaching experience.

Please list the title and course number of all accounting courses you have taught and for what length of time. (i.e. - ACCT 2301 (Principles of Financial Accounting), 5 semesters)

(Open Ended Question)

Describe your experience teaching distance learning courses and/or developing distance learning courses? Please include both online and blended(hybrid) modalities.

(Open Ended Question)

What qualifications do you possess that will make you successful in this position?

(Open Ended Question)

Tell us about your ideas for activities, strategies, and processes that, if implemented would promote students success.

(Open Ended Question)

What is your teaching philosophy? Please copy and paste your teaching philosophy here as well as attach it at the end of this application.

(Open Ended Question)

How did you hear about this employment opportunity?

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Blinn employment site

Word of Mouth

Internet Site (specify in next question below)

Indeed

Higher Ed Jobs

HERC

TACC

Other (specify in next question below)

If in the previous question you selected "Advertisement", "Internet Site", or "Other", please specify how you heard about this employment opportunity.

(Open Ended Question)

To be eligible for employment in the U.S. and at Blinn College, would you need an H-1B visa or any visa sponsorship? If yes, please give details.

(Open Ended Question)

To be eligible for employment in the U.S. and at Blinn College, will you now or in the future require Blinn College to commence ("sponsor") an immigration case in order to employ you (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration case)? This is sometimes called "sponsorship" for an employment-based visa status.

Yes, I will now or in the future need H-1B visa sponsorship

No, I will not need sponsorship now or in the future for an H-1B visa

Please choose all that apply below. If you answer yes to any below, please upload a copy of your DD214 or DD1300 in the optional documents section. For definition of claiming veteran's employment preference please see the following website:https:// www. statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/pdf/GV.657.pdf)

Yes, I am a veteran

Yes, I am a veteran's surviving spouse who has not remarried

Yes, I am an orphan of a veteran who was killed while on active duty.

Yes, I am claiming veteran's employment preference.

No, to all the above

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

Resume

Cover Letter

Unofficial Graduate Transcript 1

Teaching Philosophy

Optional Documents

Unofficial Other Transcripts 1

Unofficial Other Transcripts 2

Unofficial Other Transcripts 3

Unofficial Graduate Transcript 2

Unofficial Undergraduate Transcript

Curriculum Vitae

Other Document 1

Other Document 2

DD214 (required for Veteran's or Veteran's preference)

DD1300 (required for orphan's or surviving spouse)