Memo

 

To:

Prospective Applicants

From:

Human Resources, Flathead Valley Community College

Subj:

Application Procedures, Etc.

 

 

 

Thank you for your interest in employment at Flathead Valley Community College!  We welcome your application materials and appreciate your desire to work at FVCC.

 

After the screening committee has completed its review of the applications, they will identify a list of finalists who will be invited to campus for a personal interview.  Applicants who are not selected for an interview will be notified in writing once the recruitment process has concluded.

 

We recommended that you make and keep a copy of all materials you submit in the application process as we are not able to return them to you (or copy them for you) at a later date.

 

Persons with disabilities can request accommodations in the hiring and employment processes by contacting Human Resources at (406) 756-3804.

 

Please contact us if you have questions about our recruitment/screening process.  Thanks again for your interest!

Physics Instructor

FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Kalispell, Montana

 

Flathead Valley Community College is an outstanding public community college located on a beautiful campus with panoramic views of the northern Rocky Mountains and Glacier National Park.  Our growing college is in its fortieth year of operation and serves two counties with a population of approximately 100,000 residents.  Our vision is to improve lives through learning, and the trustees, faculty and staff are dedicated to values that foster and preserve the spirit of our College and promote the well-being of our communities. 

 

If you share our commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, we invite you to explore joining our campus community. 

 

Typical duties of the Physics Instructor include: 

  • Responsibility for the physics program
  • Teaching physics courses, labs and some math courses
  • Curriculum development and program assessment
  • Manage and maintain physics lab
  • Follow proper laboratory safety protocol as outlined by OSHA
  • Participate in committee work
  • Student Advising
  • Fulfill all academic responsibilities as outlined in the current collective bargaining agreement

 

Required Qualifications:

·         Master’s degree or higher in physics or closely related field

 

Preferred Qualifications

·         Master’s degree or higher in physics

·         Teaching experience in a post-secondary setting

·         Demonstrated ability to teach freshman and sophomore physics courses, including physics laboratories.

·         Demonstrated ability to foster an effective learning environment in a college classroom and laboratory setting.

·         Awareness of the community college mission and reflection of that mission in the classroom.

 

This is a permanent (tenure track), full-time position which begins Fall 2008.  Pay range is $29,743 - $47,141 and includes competitive benefits. 

 

Application materials will be accepted until the position is filled, however, it is anticipated that review of materials will begin January 28, 2008.  In order to be considered for this position, the following documents are required.  (No fax please.)

 

·         letter of application indicating exactly how you meet the qualifications

·         current, comprehensive resume

·         FVCC release form

·         Authorization for Release of Information form (background check)

·         EEOC Applicant Self-Identification Form (optional)

·         all transcripts (copies are acceptable now, however, official transcripts mailed directly from institution to institution will be required at time of employment offer)

·         names, addresses, phone numbers of five professional references

 

Send to Human Resources

Flathead Valley Community College

777 Grandview Drive

Kalispell, MT 59901

 

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