Part Time Faculty Interest Pool - Geography

Portland Community College • Portland, OR

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About The Position

Join our Team at Portland Community College Please Note: PCC currently limits employment to individuals residing in Oregon and Washington. Employment offers are contingent upon the ability to establish residence in Oregon or Washington. Portland Community College will also ensure that applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for the hiring process are provided for. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the PCC Talent Acquisition Team at [e-mail]. Portland Community College is the largest post-secondary institution in Oregon and 19th largest in the nation, serving approximately 80,000 full- and part-time students. With four comprehensive campuses, five workforce training and education centers, and 200 community locations in the Portland metropolitan area, our unique role is to make high-quality education accessible to everyone, creating opportunities for our students and contributing to the economic development of our community. Portland Community College is accepting applications to be considered for Part-Time Faculty assignments in Geography. The Department will review applications in this pool as the need arises for new part-time faculty in this area. This is NOT an announcement of a specific open position, but a Part-time Faculty Interest Pool, from which the department will identify applicants based on course assignment needs during the Academic Year. Your application may be considered for substitute assignments as well as full term class assignments. Our Program and Who We Are Looking For Learn more about our program here https://www.pcc.edu/programs/geography/ Please also review the PCC Course Catalog for this subject area. As part of this application, you will be asked to list the current PCC courses which you would be able to teach. If this sounds like a learning community that you would like to be a part of, and an important role that you would like to play at PCC, please complete your application today to be considered.

Requirements

• For General Geography Courses: Master’s degree in Geography OR Master’s degree in a related field (see below) 30 hours of graduate quarter credits in Geography
• Related Fields include: GIS, Forestry, Computer Science, Environmental Science Urban Planning, Anthropology/Archeology, Economics, History Political Science, Geology, Engineering, Public or Community Health Architecture, Earth or Physical Sciences, Conservation Science Other similar degrees
• This list of degree areas may not be inclusive. The Program Dean, in consultation with the Faculty Department Chair, will make a recommendation to the Dean of Instruction about the applicability of a particular degree that is outside the scope of this list.
• For course-specific requirements, please see the Geography Instructor Qualifications page.
• Official transcripts are required to be submitted within 2 weeks of offer date for degrees required in the stated Instructor Qualifications.
• Instructors shall have earned required academic credentials at a regionally accredited US institution or a foreign institution having the equivalent of regional accreditation. Instructors with credentials from other countries will have their transcripts evaluated by agencies that have good standing with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services to establish fulfillment of this standard. (for more information see http://www.pcc.edu/hr/employment/faculty-information.html)
• For more information on PCC's General Instructor Qualifications Policy I301 visit: http://catalog.pcc.edu/handbook/i301-instructorqualifications/
• These positions are included in the bargaining agreement between Portland Community College and the Portland Community College Faculty Federation Employees.
• See the PCC Instructor Qualifications webpage for more information.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of physical and cultural geography
• Ability to teach Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Teaching experience, preferably at the community college level

Benefits

• As a new Part-Time Faculty employee, you may be eligible for certain benefits through PCC, such as Oregon Sick Leave and retirement savings plans.
• More detailed information on the benefits plans, who is eligible, and how to enroll or make changes can be found at pcc.edu/hr/benefits.
• Please email [e-mail] if you have any questions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees