Preferred Education
Bachelor degree in Automotive Technology or equivalent.
Preferred Experience
- Experience working with computerized automotive trainers.
- Experience working with Hybrid Electrical Vehicles.
- Community College teaching experience.
- Automotive foreman/supervision experience.
Language Statement
We welcome multilingual applicants who can support and welcome all students.
Bilingual/Multicultural Statement:
Inclusiveness, diversity, and equity are integral to Lane’s commitment to excellence in education and our commitment to student and community engagement. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, multilingual skills, and thought. We encourage applications from candidates that identify with groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education.
Equivalency Statement:
We want to find the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We welcome applicants who bring a diversity of identity, culture, experience, perspective, and thought. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not believe you meet every one of the qualifications described. You are also encouraged to address how your professional and lived experience, scholarship, teaching, mentorship and/or service will contribute to the Lane mission of transforming lives through learning.
Position Purpose:
- To provide high quality instruction to students taking Automotive Technology courses to assist students enter or transition into the workforce.
- Faculty are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality learning experience for all Lane Community College students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of the teacher of record and facilitator of learning.
Essential Functions:
Essential Functions
- Plan, write, and administer Automotive curricula to include teaching: Industrial safety practices, Brakes, Engine Repair, Suspension and Steering, Manual Drive Trains and Axles, Automatic Transmissions/ Transaxles, Electrical and Electronic Systems, Engine Performance, Heating and Air Conditioning, Introduction To Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
- Establish, assess, revise class objectives, and select specific class content consistent with students’ educational needs and objectives of the Automotive Technology Program.
- Maintain currency in the Automotive Technology field.
- Acquire and maintain additional professional certifications as appropriate.
- Promote, develop and maintain professional relations with professionals in the industry, College committees, high schools, other colleges, and professional organizations.
- Participate in the Automotive Technology Advisory Committee meetings.
Support student learning through activities that include:
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Exhibit compliance with College policies and procedures, accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering and related functions
- Sustain currency in discipline and innovation in teaching
- Collegial participation in faculty performance evaluation process
- Maintain and post office hours in alignment with College expectations
- Maintain physical campus presence for instruction and daily needs of students, departments, college, and community, as specified in the College Operations Policies and Procedures
- Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, and/or other documentation; ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory
- Problem solve and manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness of FERPA standards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students
- Other duties as assigned
Curriculum Delivery
- Provide high-quality classroom instruction
- Create course content, develop and revise course content and materials
- Establish learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to inform improvements at a program and course level
- Incorporate college values into the curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment including facilitating awareness of multicultural and diversity issues in curricula
- Teach and develop all class syllabi and course materials, in a form that can be directly delivered to, and used by, students
- Confer with students on course materials
- Deliver curriculum to students in traditional and online formats
Online Teaching and Student Support
- Engage within the online course environment to ensure Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)
- Monitor student progress and provide reasonable coaching and assistance to struggling students towards success
- Review and grade all work submitted by students and provide timely and substantive feedback
- Provide timely responses to student inquiries.
- Ensure that all materials meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
- Use effective strategies for teaching online
Equity and Inclusion
- Demonstrate Lane Community College’s core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences, are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships, and are applied to all position responsibilities
- Duties are carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, nationality, age, language, origin or employment status
- Actively assist with ADA compliance in conjunction with Human Resources and Disability Resource departments; support appropriate access for persons with disabilities in order to provide for the success of students and staff; mentor and role model cultural competency for persons with disabilities
- Must demonstrate an active concern for students, staff, and the public
Supervision Statement:
Faculty report to the Senior Instructional Dean of the Business, Technology, and Trades Division, and perform instruction-related duties and responsibilities in a timely manner and in accordance with the mission, policies, and procedures of the college.
Physical Demands/Working Environment:
Standing for long periods of time. Must be able to lift up to fifty (50) lbs. Work safely.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of & Skill in:
- Differences among learning styles, current advances in teaching methods and uses of technology in education, and the ability to integrate these elements into curricula and teaching methods.
- Effective teaching methods and knowledge related to a broad range of Automotive technologies.
- Teaching individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds and varying needs.
Ability to:
- Advise, motivate, encourage, explain options, and guide students in the learning process.
- Plan, implement, and evaluate professional-technical courses.
- Maintain a classroom atmosphere conducive to student learning.
- Establish and maintain effective working relations with faculty, students, and staff.
- Communicate effectively; demonstrate organizational abilities; understanding of time management.
- Demonstrate well-rounded leadership skills.
- Demonstrate strong communication abilities.
- Computer skills, including word processing.
- Analyze and problems solve.
- Write clearly and present information in concise summary reports.
- Prioritize and set long and short-term goals.
- Meet the NATEF instructor certification standards.
- Exhibit motivation and initiative in keeping up to date and current in one’s curriculum by attending conferences, seminars, workshops, courses and staff development activities approved by the college.
- Understand the role of the community college and the diversity of the community college student body.
- Ability to understand and carry out Lane Community College’s commitment to student success, lifelong learning, and the needs of students, staff and the public.
- Ability to understand and carry out Lane Community College’s mission and strategic agendas including college learning outcomes, cultural competency, and diversity.
Applicant Instructions:
Applicant Instructions
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. All fields in the application must be completed, including employment dates, work hours, and detailed job duties.
- The CV/Resume may not take the place of any one section in the application.
To be considered a candidate for this position, all of the following must be included in the application package:
Required Documents
- Online Application – Complete and submit online via the applicant portal.
- Resume – Submit a copy listing all relevant educational and professional experience and activities, including a list of courses taught within the last five (5) years, if applicable.
- Transcripts/ Certifications – Unofficial transcripts and/or certifications are required at the time of application, see instructions below.
If applicable: DD214 – Veterans, please fax, email, mail or deliver your documentation (DD214/DD215/letter of disability) to Human Resources at Lane Community College, Zack Roush,
[email protected], 541-463-3970.
Additional Documents and Letters of reference are not accepted.
Questions?
- For assistance with the online application, call 541-463-5586\
- For position questions contact Wendy Milbrat, [email protected]
How to monitor your application
- Enter [email protected] into your Safe Senders list. Notifications will be sent toward the end of the search process.
- Visit your Employment Opportunities account. The main page will show your status in the search.
Posting closes at 9pm on closing date.
Transcript Instructions:
Transcripts and/or Certifications are required
In order to be considered for the position unofficial or, official transcripts must be provided.
Attach under “Optional Document”, fax, email, deliver or mail to:
Lane Community College
Human Resources
Posting #250081 / Attn: Wendy Milbrat
Building #33/ 115
4000 E 30th Ave
Eugene, OR 97405
Email:
[email protected]
Phone: 541-463-5710
Fax: 541-463-3970
Official transcripts are required within thirty (30) days from hire if you are the selected candidate for the position.
Union Association:
LCC Education Association (Faculty)
