Location: San Bernardino, CA
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Economics
Job Number: 00576
Closing: 11/25/2021 4:30 PM Pacific
Mission Statement
San Bernardino Valley College maintains a culture of continuous improvement and a commitment to provide high-quality education, innovative instruction, and services to a diverse community of learners. Its mission is to prepare students for transfer to four-year universities, to enter the workforce by earning applied degrees and certificates, to foster economic growth and global competitiveness through workforce development, and to improve the quality of life in the Inland Empire and beyond.
San Bernardino Valley College is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution with a majority of our students identifying themselves as either African-American/Black or LatinX. At the heart of the Inland Empire, SBVC is a driving factor to improve the lives of our students, their families, and our communities. We are seeking individuals to join our economics department team that are fully committed to transformational, culturally responsive education in a collegial and collaborative student-centered environment.
Summary Description
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
This posting is to fill one full-time, tenure track position teaching a full range of economics courses within the economics department. Faculty position/s may require work to be performed during evenings and/or weekends.
We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. Therefore, we prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to a professional educational community. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded individual committed to collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also committed to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who already does or has demonstrated the desire to:
Understand the importance of educators being held accountable for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices.
Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility
Encourage positive race-consciousness and embrace human difference
Reflect on institutional and teaching practices and aim to make them more culturally responsive
Strategically build buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all the duties performed by the incumbent(s)of any particular position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.
Prepare and deliver instruction to undergraduate students on topics such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistics for business and economics
Create course materials, such as syllabi, lectures, homework, quizzes, exams, handouts, etc.
Evaluate and grade students’ classwork, assignments, exams, and papers
Keep abreast of developments in economics by reading current literature, studying relevant economic and political developments, monitoring current economic statistics and trends, and participating in professional conferences.
Teach courses during evenings, weekends, and through distance education if required
Maintain student attendance, grades, and other required records
Work collegially with the faculty and staff of the division to advance student success
Consult with students during regularly scheduled office hours
Participate and collaborate in department, and division meetings
Assist in curriculum development, updates, and revisions
Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies and academic issues
Perform other duties as required by contract, collective bargaining agreements, and general institutional needs
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Commitment to student learning in a framework of equity and inclusion
Ability to teach students pursuing majors in economics and business, engineering, as well as students fulfilling general education requirements in economics, as assigned
Knowledge of a variety of successful teaching techniques
An understanding of current issues, data, and trends in economics and the ability to communicate those ideas to a variety of levels and interests.
Commitment to support gender and ethnically diverse students and students with disabilities enrolled in economics courses
Ability to use teaching methods that engage all students actively in their own learning and encourage them to learn problem solving skills
Ability to teach in both in-person and distance education environments
Ability to adapt teaching methodology to meet the needs of an ethnically and culturally diverse group of students and students with disabilities
Willingness to work with both faculty and staff in a spirit of collegiality at department, division, college, and District levels
Ability to reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of one’s own pedagogy and modify techniques to engage students
A familiarity with and willingness to expand the use of computer-based technology appropriate to the field of economics
Commitment to the SBCCCD goal of integrating writing skills across the curriculum
Commitment to the goals and ideals of the teaching profession and enthusiasm for the mission of the community college
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree in economics OR Bachelor’s in economics AND Master’s in business, business administration, business management, business education, finance, or political science OR the equivalent.
Experience that indicates a sensitivity to, and an understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and personnel.
DESIRED QUALIFICATION/S
A minimum of one full academic year experience teaching higher level education
A minimum of one full academic year experience teaching principles of macroeconomics and microeconomics.
Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and diversity
Physical Demands and Working Environment
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard office/classroom/clinical setting.
Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment.
Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
To apply, visit: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/sbccd/jobs/3279368/assistant-professor-economics
The San Bernardino Community College District is an equal opportunity employer. The District encourages applications from underrepresented minorities and the disabled.
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