Instructor of Welding

Work Week

Faculty | Full-time, tenure track position | 9 months Initial placements are based on education and experience

Position Summary

MCC instructors are higher education professionals who champion student learning. They engage and inspire students, applying innovative teaching and learning pedagogies to reach a variety of learners. They assess student learning to ensure student success, staying abreast of current and emerging trends in the discipline. Our instructors collaborate within the College as discipline experts, helping the College to reach its strategic goals through active participation in college committees and by promoting the College to future students throughout our community.
McHenry County College is committed to career and technical education and has recently announced plans to construct the Foglia Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation which will include a state-of-the-art Welding and manufacturing labs. The successful candidate will be the leader of our welding program and is proficient in stick, MIG and TIG welding.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

Demonstrate content expertise and currency within their academic field.

Develop and maintain an increasingly diverse and effective pedagogical skill set that reflects our philosophy as established in our mission: Our focus is learning. Student success is our goal.

Possess both the willingness and the ability to share expertise with students, colleagues, and the broader college community in a manner that is engaging and effective

Engage in continued professional growth, scholarly engagement, and/or creative development.

Demonstrate both the willingness and the ability to embrace technology within the college environment.

Develop and maintain a solid commitment to college service and community engagement.

Engage in professional behavior and participate actively in teamwork while respecting the diversity of values, opinions, and backgrounds both inside and outside the classroom environment.

Cultivate student engagement through facilitation of and/or participation in extracurricular activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology related area and one-year work experience in welding or an Associate of Applied Science in Welding and four-year’s work experience in welding.
• Demonstrated experience in technology enhanced instruction.
• A desire to interact with students, peers, and industry to develop and maintain a growing welding department.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional growth.
• Commitment to the mission of the community college and to teaching and motivating community college students in ways appropriate to their diverse backgrounds and learning styles.
• Commitment to working with beginning students.