Orange Coast College

Instructor Cardiovascular Technology & Program Director (Tenure Track)

Job#: 5-O-23

Salary: $57,396.00 - $136,836.00 Annually

Deadline: 9/30/2022 11:59 PM Pacific

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Orange Coast College (OCC) is seeking a full-time, equity-minded, tenure track faculty member in Cardiovascular Technology commencing with the 2023 Spring semester. The primary teaching assignment involves all areas of Cardiovascular Technology.  This assignment also includes curriculum and program development, participation in department, division, college committees, and participatory governance activities assuming leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole; collaboration across disciplines and the leveraging of student support resources; and participation in ongoing professional development.

The assignment may be day, evening, weekend, online, hybrid, or off-campus and is subject to change as needed. The ideal candidate for this position embraces the overall mission of Orange Coast College and the Coast Community College District, with a clear, focused commitment to supporting individualized student and employee goals through the work of Cardiovascular Technology.

The Cardiovascular Technology department shares OCC’s commitment to equitable outcomes; inclusive practices; and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity.  Ideal candidates for this position share OCC’s devotion to educating and improving the lives of our representative student, employee, and community populations. We currently enroll 18,705 students, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations: 34% of OCC’s students are Latinx, 2% are African-American, 25% are Asian, less than 1% Native American, 30% are White, and 5% are multiracial. Faculty have the opportunity to enhance their classroom methods during two professional development days during the academic year, which include learning sessions like “Digital Accessibility”, “Basic Skills:  Helping students help themselves” and “Taking a skills-based approach to teaching college students”. Student-centered activities that support OCC’s mission include campus-wide student success projects funded by the Office of Student Equity; partnerships with local Hispanic Serving four-year institutions; active programs that work to improve the academic achievement of racially minoritized students, such as PUENTE and UMOJA; Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and Disabled Student Program and Services (DSPS).     

The Consumer and Health Sciences Division at Orange Coast College serves students bound for transfer and beginning their careers.  We encourage innovative teaching as well as student and faculty engagement outside of the classroom.  The Division promotes faculty work on student research and projects, community engagement, and partnerships with local educational institutions to promote engagement for racially minoritized populations. 

Cardiovascular Technology (CVT) is an allied health profession with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with heart and blood vessel disease.  The cardiovascular technologist performs exams at the request of a physician to obtain information about a patient's heart and blood vessel anatomy and function so the physician can make a diagnosis.  The OCC CVT Program provides the following:

Graduate qualified ECG technologists

Graduate qualified noninvasive cardiovascular technologists in adult cardiac sonography within two years of completing the program.

Provide an adequate number of graduates to meet the need for employees within the community.

Orange Coast College Employee-Student Demographic Information

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide instruction in Cardiovascular Technology in accordance with established course outlines.

• Provide leadership in the development and revision of the Cardiovascular Technology curriculum responsive to the students served.

• Participate in curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation; participate in and develop programs to measure student performance.

• Maintain current knowledge in the subject matter areas and seek to advance growth in these areas through continuing education units as well as formal education.

• Maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics which extend to our clinical partners.

• Fulfill the professional responsibilities of a full-time faculty member including, but not limited to the following: teach all scheduled classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy; follow the department course outlines; keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and progress; submit student grades according to established deadlines; post and maintain scheduled office hours; participate in departmental meetings and college and/or district-wide activities and committees as assigned.

• Ability to contribute to campus and district-wide professional responsibilities and activities.

• Ability to complement existing staff, student, and community demographics in terms of professional and personal skills.

• Function as an instructor for the Cardiovascular Technology Program Coordinator.

• Ensure and maintain compliance with program accreditation standards.  It will include communication and preparation of reports with appropriate national agencies and the district and college administration.

• Oversees program administration, student recruitment, admission and advising, budgetary assessment, planning, and preparation.

• Responsible for curriculum according to accreditation, college, and state standards - course development, updates, planning, revising, implementation, evaluation.

• Conduct ongoing course and program evaluations of student learning outcomes and program reviews.  Use of appropriate surveys for students and clinical partners to improve program effectiveness.

• Maintains current knowledge of the professional discipline and educational methodologies through continuing professional development.  Through the American Society of Echocardiography and Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

• The assignment may include the recommendation of clinical partners and the assurance of the instructional quality of clinical education by regular visits to clinical education centers.

• Coordinate the scheduling of classes, including the recommendation of part-time (PT) assignments to the department IUA and Division Dean.

• Communicate with state and national professional associations.

• Work cooperatively toward mutual goals with other program coordinators and with the School of Allied Health Professionals Faculty.

• Recommend the purchase of equipment and supplies and coordinate repair of lab equipment to assure program quality cooperatively with the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program Director.

• Develop instructional innovations to ensure program success and reach out to other CVT Program Directors.

• Assist with program outreach, including publicity, community relations, advisory committee membership, and meetings.

• The assignment may include day, evening, weekend, and online sections.

Qualifications and Physical Demands

Minimum Qualifications 

• Must meet one of the following qualifications under (1) through (4) and demonstrated evidence of D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) : 

• Valid California Community College Instructor credential, appropriate to the subject, per Education Code 87355 (issued prior to July 1, 1990); OR

• Any Bachelor's degree or higher AND two years of professional experience directly related to the faculty member's teaching assignment; OR

• Any Associate degree AND six years of professional experience; OR

• Possess a combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent to the above. Candidates making an application on the basis of equivalency must submit an Application for Equivalency in addition to all other required materials.  Please see "Additional Information" below to determine if you need to submit an Application for Equivalency.

AND

• Demonstrated evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, ethnic, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, academic, and cultural diversity within the community college student population, including students with different ability statuses (e.g., physical and/or learning) as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom.

Desirable Qualifications:  

• Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education and the field of Cardiovascular Technology shape patterns of participation and outcomes.

• Willingness to examine and re-mediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students.

• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom.

• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching in Cardiovascular Technology, particularly as it relates to the relevance of Cardiovascular Technology to students’ lives, interests, and communities.

• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within Cardiovascular Technology courses and classrooms.

• Evidence of an ability to self-reflect and respond to an evidence-based assessment of student learning.

• Desire and demonstrated ability to participate actively in the department, division, and college committees and in the shared governance of Coast Community College District.

• Desire and evidence of an ability to take on leadership roles both within the department and in the institution.

• Ability to work with computers, and use the Internet and interactive technologies to engage students in on-campus and online courses (where academically appropriate).

• Evidence of an ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Conditions of Employment

PAY PHILOSOPHY

(Spring 2023)  For a full-time, 2-semester, tenure-track position a maximum starting range of $57,396 to $97,854 is offered, based on the 2021-2022 salary schedule of $57,396 to $136,836. In addition, an annual stipend of $3,348 is offered for possession of an earned doctorate from an accredited institution.

BENEFITS

The district provides medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and eligible dependents and life insurance for the employee. Please see the Benefits tab above for a comprehensive list of employee benefits.