Brookdale Community College Looking for Instructor, Education – Full-Time, Tenure Track for September 2024 at Lcroft, NJ Full Time

Working Title: Instructor, Education – Full-Time, Tenure Track for September 2024

Applicant Posting Category Dropdown: Faculty

Residency Requirement: Exempt

Department: Education

Location: Lincroft

Job Type: FT – 10mo

Job Category: Faculty

Pay Rate: High $60’s to low $70’s

Pay Basis: Annually

Position Summary

The Department of Education at Brookdale Community College is seeking applicants for a full-time faculty position to begin in September 2024. The department welcomes candidates who are committed to Brookdale’s mission of success and academic excellence, and who desire to work in a diverse and dynamic environment. In addition to excellent academic credentials and subject area knowledge, candidates will bring to the college a passion for teaching, a keen desire to assist students, and a devotion to contributing to the Brookdale community. Candidates will demonstrate a love for enlightenment inside and outside of the classroom. Faculty will prepare curriculum and teach a full-time course load for various departmental offerings, and participate in curriculum revisions and departmental initiatives including partnerships with the Alternate Route teaching programs at Brookdale, and with the New Jersey Department of Education mandates and expectations.

Description of Duties

• Design, develop, and deliver curriculum with specific expertise in special education.
• Evaluate and report student progress and maintain office hours.
• Develop engaging teaching pedagogies that embody active learning principles, universal design, and innovative technological applications that model effective teaching and learning.
• Manage student required observations and evaluate student progress.
• Manage departmental assessment initiatives and maintain assessment data.
• Build professional relationships as partnerships among local Pre-K-12 education agencies.
• Actively engage in college wide governance and initiatives.
• Actively engage with career and leadership departments at Brookdale and with career initiatives through local, regional, state, and national agencies.
• Contribute to an enriching academic environment through teaching excellence; robust curriculum development and assessment; providing significant service to the department, division, and College.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continued professional growth and productive scholarship.
• Active participation in the College’s student success and completion agenda.
• Engage students in academic and professional opportunities through curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in education; preferred special education emphasis, or similar.

Experience:

• Pre-K-12 experience required, preferred special education teacher certification or similar, preferred earned tenure status at the Pre-K-12 sector.
• Experience in teaching undergraduate education courses.
• Experience using a learning management system (e.g. CANVAS) to support courses, development of curriculum, and conducting assessments.
• Administrative responsibilities demonstrating efficiency with multiple projects and initiatives.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to participate in curriculum revisions and departmental initiatives including partnerships with CPS and the Department of Education.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and an authentic commitment to a collegial working environment.
• Evidence of respect for and understanding of people with diverse backgrounds, abilities, and needs.
• Commitment to continued professional growth and departmental service.
• Knowledge of, or experience in, implementing a variety of teaching strategies.
• Evidence of technical literacy and a demonstrated willingness to maintain skills as technology changes.
• Willingness to work in collaboration with department colleagues, and to teach classes in various modalities – face-to-face, via Zoom, or online.

Preferred Qualifications & Special Considerations

Knowledge of Monmouth County and its communities.

Doctorate in Education or similar.

Supervisory certificate or equivalent issued by state agency or verified supervisory certification in progress.

Flexibility for delivering instruction and performing various teaching delivery methods, and course scheduling flexibility for format, day and evening availability.

Candidates invited for an in-person interview will be required to present a teaching demonstration.

(Faculty members teaching extra courses or working additional hours during the academic year and in the summer receive additional compensation.)

This position may be staffed at the Assistant Professor Level.

Requisition Number
S216P

Recommended Job Open Date: 01/02/2024

Open Until Filled: Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants

**A review of applications will be ongoing until the position is filled. Submission of application materials by January 31st, 2024, is preferred to ensure full consideration.