Assistant Professor of Engineering (Electrical Focus)
Core Faculty for the Power Engineering Technology (PET) Program
Target a beginning date for the fall semester of 2024
POSITION OVERVIEW
This document describes duties that the Academy expects of faculty members. These may change with each academic year, through discussions between you and your department chair/dean of faculty/provost. You will be reviewed and evaluated based on how well you perform these duties in a retention and promotion process.
The responsibilities for this position will include the following: teaching, student advising, scholarship, service, and administrative responsibilities. Teaching is the fundamental responsibility of each faculty member; all faculty members are expected to participate in this activity.
The incumbent will teach general undergraduate engineering courses at the discretion of the department chair, typically including courses with a focus on electrical and electronic principles and the associated technologies used in the fields of shore side power engineering and marine engineering. In other words, you may teach courses with students in various engineering programs, both shoreside and marine.
TEACHING
Teaching responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
• Time spent in the classroom, laboratory, and online
• Preparation for classroom, laboratory, and online classes
• Maintaining and improving competence in subjects being taught
• Preparing contemporary teaching materials
• Conferring with students on course materials
• Directing individual, group study, and recitation
• Reviewing written examinations and papers
• Evaluating presentations
• Supervising independent study projects
• Supporting industrial field experiences (co-ops) in the PET program
ADVISING
Student advising includes time spent meeting with students regarding academic, curricular, industrial field experience, and full-time career matters.
SERVICE
Academy service includes, but is not limited to, service on the Faculty Senate, Academy and Engineering Departmental committees. Professional service implies the use of academic and professional expertise to serve your profession, the community, the state, the nation, or the world.
SCHOLARSHIP
Professors must evidence their documented and continued professional development. Scholarship enables individuals to remain current in the theory, practice, knowledge, skills and/or pedagogy of their disciplines. For some, scholarship and continued professional development may mean hands-on development and training in industry. The scholarly expectations of faculty should be consistent with the mission and purposes of Maine Maritime Academy.
OTHER ASPECTS OF FACULTY PERFORMANCE
Collegiality, as well as professional and ethical conduct, enhances teaching, learning and the general reputation of all people in the academy. Therefore, all faculty members are expected to serve in a collegial fashion and in accordance with professional and ethical principles when dealing with other faculty members, students, administrators, and members of the public.
DUTIES
• Teach at the undergraduate level in areas allocated by the department chair or dean. Contribute to the development, planning and implementation of a high-quality curriculum in taught courses as well as the PET program. Assist in the development of learning materials, preparing lesson plans and maintaining records to monitor student progress, achievement and attendance.
• Participate in departmental and faculty seminars aimed at sharing research outcomes and building interdisciplinary collaboration within and outside the department.
• Participate in the development, administration and marking of exams and other assessments of students within and without your department.
• Inform students of their progress by promptly returning assignments, quizzes, papers and exams.
• Contribute to departmental, faculty, or Academy-wide working groups or committees as requested.
• Maintain one’s own continuing professional development.
• Will be required to support and participate in summer industrial field experience courses.
• Expected to advise students in the engineering undergraduate programs, and assist in department academic and administrative functions including serving on departmental and campus-wide committees.