Instructor, Accounting, Business, Management, & Marketing

Included with Aims Faculty full-time employment is a generous package of benefits, most are listed below:

• Benefits are effective immediately
• 100% employer provided medical & dental coverage employees (employee only option)
• 85% employer provided medical & dental coverage for employee's spouse and/or family
• Voluntary vision insurance
• Faculty Personal Leave (16 hours per year) & Sick (minimum accrual of 12 days)
• 166 days worked with deferred paid (Summer semester off)
• Employer paid long-term disability and life insurance premiums
• Tuition waiver & reimbursement for employees
• Tuition waiver for dependents
• PERA employer (see www.copera.org for comprehensive benefits)
• Additional supplemental benefits & retirement programs available
• Access to the PERC (Aims gym) for employee & one guest
• Free parking on all campuses

Job Description:

Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College's Mission, Vision, Values and a culture of innovation and care. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and have the skill sets necessary to be successful in this position.
Full-Time, Faculty, 9-month Academic position - Accounting, Business, Management, and Marketing Faculty. This is a Full-Time, due process, benefited Faculty position beginning Fall 2026.

The faculty member will conduct their assignments and co-curricular college activities in a manner consistent with the philosophy and purpose of Aims Community College as stated in the school catalog. The primary purpose of the faculty member is to teach. The faculty member is also responsible for professional development and service to the college.

This teaching position will include Accounting and Business, and the faculty member may also teach courses in Management and Marketing, depending on scheduling needs.

This role will use and develop appropriate computer-based technologies (including online instruction) to enhance student learning. This role will apply learning-centered practices, including creating and communicating clearly defined outcomes for student learning; providing a diverse array of learning activities directly tied to those outcomes; using assessment data to improve instruction and learning; and participating in College-wide dialogue about teaching and learning. This role is expected to teach at any scheduled time, including evenings and weekends, and/or any campus/outreach site as assigned by the Department Chair and/or Academic Dean.

Teaching & Professional Obligations:

• Interacting with students to provide opportunities to learn, creating conditions that facilitate learning, and using techniques and methods that create a high probability that learning will occur.
• Instructional Delivery: Providing clear communication of information and promoting learning through an effective learning environment.
• Instructional Design: Designing, sequencing, implementing, and presenting experiences which promote student learning (both in-person & online), and designing, developing, and implementing tools, technologies, and procedures for assessing student-learning outcomes.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments of learning for students.
• Provide effective and high-quality instruction of the subject being taught.
• Apply learning-centered educational practices such as creating and communicating clearly-defined outcomes for student learning.
• Provide a diverse array of learning activities that directly tie to those defined outcomes.
• Use assessment data to improve instruction and learning, and participate in an ongoing College-Wide dialogue about teaching and learning.
• Develop and refine department curriculum as necessary to maintain currency in pedagogy and content.
• Adopt new teaching methodologies as appropriate. Implement department, division, and/or institutional goals as assigned.
• Maintain office hours, turn in grades on time, and produce assigned classes.
• Submits course syllabi and other required documents on time.
• Manages the classroom facility.
• Keeps accurate attendance and grade records.
• Meets other professional obligations as stated in the Faculty Annual Plan and Evaluation.

Scholarly & Creative Activities (Professional Development) & Service to the College:

• Endeavors related to a faculty member's teaching assignment that contribute to the discovery, dissemination, and practical application of knowledge and/or skill.
• Acquire and/or maintain certification.
• Attend conferences, workshops, and/or training appropriate to one's field.
• Complete coursework related to one's teaching assignment.
• Create teaching methodology and instructional design.
• Other activities that contribute to keeping current in the content field.
• Helping the College meet the goals and objectives of its mission and strategic plan.
• Provide competent advising to students seeking AAS, AS, and/or AA Degrees and program certificates.
• Fulfill College service requirements by making meaningful contributions on campus and/or to community service groups.
• Participate in institutional and departmental recruitment and retention activities. Assist in the evaluation and selection of textbooks and other resources and materials in one's assigned area.
• Serve on department, division, and institutional committees.
• Assist in program and curriculum review, revision, and the development and assessment of learning.
• Maintain classrooms and/or labs.
• Demonstrate a willingness to embrace and apply the provisions of the College's mission statement, purpose, philosophy, and commitment to diversity.

Other Duties as Assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, or another related field; plus, two (2) years (at least 4,000 hours) of related work experience.
• Experience teaching business-related courses.
• Computer literacy and the ability to use computer technology in classroom/lab instruction.
• A willingness to take classes in teaching methods, curriculum development, computer applications, or other coursework deemed necessary by the Department Chair, Academic Dean, or Program Director.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
• Shall hold or qualify for a full-time, post-secondary vocational credential in Business Technology issued by Aims Community College CTE Office. Contact Landon Loyd for the application at landon.loyd@aims.edu. This will require at least two (2) years (4,000 hours) of approved experience in business, marketing, management, or accounting. The preferred range is 8,000-10,000 hours of work experience, or a combination of work and teaching experience.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• Cover Letter
• Resume or CV
• Teaching Philosophy
• Copy of unofficial transcripts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or higher in Business (Master of Business Administration), Accounting, or a related field; plus, four (4) years (8,000 or more hours) of work experience or an equivalent of work and teaching experience.
• Experience teaching and supporting traditionally underserved student populations.
• Demonstrated aptitude for developing course content and teaching in varied modalities: online, synchronous remote, traditional face-to-face, and blended (hybrid).
• Experience in developing curriculum.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent human relations skills.
• Post-secondary business teaching experience.
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of emerging business trends.
• Ability to teach using methodologies that support a student-centered learning environment.