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Subject: The Work of the Faculty
Section: Academic Affairs
Effective: Ongoing
THE WORK OF THE FACULTY AT NORTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The following illustrates the typical work performed by NMCC faculty. It is not inclusive. Neither is it intended to imply that each faculty member performs each of the items listed, but rather to depict the work that is typically a faculty member’s responsibility. The most important components listed are those associated with the instructional process and those associated with assuring customer satisfaction.
In accomplishing their work, the faculty are guided by the visions for the MCCS, the college and their department; the mission of the college; the policies and procedures of the MCCS and NMCC; and the faculty bargaining agreement. The influence, both directly as teachers and indirectly as mentors, which faculty have on students in developing their occupational skills, their attitude toward continued learning, their interpersonal skills, including the ability to work in teams, and their attitudes toward citizenship responsibilities, all demand the highest level of professionalism, ethics, and integrity.
TEACHING
Delivering Group or Individual Instruction or Facilitating Learning That Enables Students To
- Perform work commensurate with the academic credential earned by
- Developing knowledge and skills in the major area including an acceptable level of proficiency in the occupational field and its related area(s) as well as in such complementary skill areas as communication, computation, social sciences, teamwork, and interpersonal relations
- Integrating and applying knowledge and skills from occupational related and general courses
- Study, understand and evaluate occupational/discipline concepts, their influences and their relationships by
- Analyzing subject concepts and being able to apply the concepts to an appropriate proficiency level
- Understanding the history of the occupation/discipline and the impact of recent changes on the work on the work environment
- Practice the applied arts of the occupation/discipline independently or in teams composed of a variety of individuals including various support staff and/or management personnel
- Learn independently or cooperatively with other students by discussing and constructively critiquing individual or team progress/work
Preparing for Laboratory, Shop or Class Instruction
- Maintaining technical and/or subject vitality in the occupation/discipline through independent, individual, or group study and professional development activities
- Creating, discovering, integrating, synthesizing, and applying ideas, subject matter, and techniques for specific instructional applications for course and project development
- Designing, administering, coordinating, and supervising student learning and student projects
- Integrating and synthesizing knowledge, skills, and techniques in the development and delivery of instruction (i.e. for enhancing teaching skills, educational methodologies, evaluation techniques, course and curriculum development, instruction innovation, pedagogical processes, development and preparation of instructional materials)
- Developing instructional materials and curricula that have broad impact on the field
- Determining causes and effects in educational settings
Evaluating
- Measuring the development of student competence through evaluating, critiquing, and providing timely feedback to the students
- Assessing effectiveness in laboratory or shop, classroom, and informal teaching
- Appraising course and student learning results in light of goals and objectives of the course and the curriculum
- Assessing and integrating as appropriate graduate and employer feedback into courses and/or teaching processes
Advising
- Advising students regarding curricula and projects
- Providing guidance and direction in the occupational field/discipline
- Mentoring students toward achievement of diverse occupation goals
- Referring students to appropriate services
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Studying the Occupation/Discipline
- Investigating and evaluating occupational/discipline developments
- Maintaining appropriate occupational/discipline professional membership(s)
- Maintaining appropriate occupational/discipline licensure and/or certification
- Attending appropriate workshops, seminars and conferences
- Creating and assessing ideas and values about the occupation and discipline, especially recent changes
- Considering the multiple influences of all aspects of the occupation/discipline, particularly from an applied arts/technical skills development perspective
- Serving as time permits as a technical resource person to local business and industry
- Integrating and synthesizing appropriate information and concepts from all of the above activities
SERVICE
Assisting the College by
- Organizing, coordinating, maintaining and administering curricula, courses, programs, academic departments, campus organizations, technical facilities, and institutional events
- Serving on committees
- Identifying and soliciting equipment donations and/or writing or developing information for grant proposals
- Helping new and retaining existing students
- Developing program objectives and action plans in support of the college’s strategic plan
- Appraising the program and departmental results in light of goals, objectives and action plans
- Providing expertise and information that assist the work of other institutional units including the library, student services, the business office, the development office, the business and industry services/continuing education department, support agencies, and other academic and administrative areas
- Organizing, coordinating or administering meetings of the occupational/discipline area in support of technology transfer to local business and industries
- Serving on appropriate community committees, task forces, review boards, and councils
- Contributing to public education through presentations in secondary school settings as appropriate
Last changed: Dec 12 2007 at 2:48 PM
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