Tenure Track Nursing Faculty opportunity at Oakton Community College!
Oakton Community College, a caring community of educators dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, seeks Nursing faculty to join our College. Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. One full time, tenure track faculty position is available, beginning on August 16, 2010.Candidates with a commitment to working in a culturally competent environment are especially valued at Oakton. We encourage applications from candidates who reflect the increasing diversity of Oakton´s student body and community, who will enhance and promote engagement with other cultures, and have a demonstrated commitment to working with and as part of a multicultural faculty and diverse student body and community.Applicants should be current in their use of evolving technologies, active in promoting critical thinking, and committed to challenging our students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens. Oakton is seeking enthusiastic faculty who are committed to innovation in college-level teaching and learning, and interested in non-traditional delivery of instruction. Oakton faculty members are expected to engage in professional development activities, and institutional and departmental service. Prior undergraduate teaching experience is preferred.Located seventeen miles from downtown Chicago, Oakton serves northern Cook County with campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie.Qualifications: A master´s degree in Nursing and the equivalent of two years of full time pediatrics or maternal newborn clinical experience are required. Teaching in pediatrics or maternal newborn nursing with medical surgical experience is preferred. Primary teaching responsibility: didactic and clinical sections in an Associate Degree Nursing program.The hiring range is from $41,785-$62,057 for a 9 month contract. Additional salary can be earned through overloads and summer assignments.