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Job Description
OSU-Cascades invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month fixed-term Instructor position in Outdoor Products at Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend, Oregon.
The incumbent performs teaching and service in the area of Outdoor Products. This position has an opportunity to cover essential areas of our program.
The Outdoor Products degree program combines product commercialization, lands stewardship, and experiential learning to educate and inspire future leaders for the opportunities and challenges in the outdoor industry. Graduates of the program will lead by balancing product, profits, people, and the planet.
Our unique Bachelor of Science in Outdoor Products is designed to prepare students for a career in the outdoor industry. Leaders in the industry are looking to hire innovators who champion responsible systems approach to product commercialization with respect for our natural world.
As an instructor in this interdisciplinary degree, you will play an instrumental role in supporting students’ education as they study design, engineering, natural resources, outdoor recreation, sustainability, and business.
The Outdoor Products program is a new and innovative degree option at OSU-Cascades. It has seen strong and steady growth during the first three years of being offered. This instructor role is a growth-based position, with long-term potential.
OSU-Cascades, located in Bend, Oregon, is a branch campus of Oregon State University. Established in 2001, the university currently enrolls more than 1,300 students in bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. The campus expanded to a four-year university in 2015 and opened its new campus in 2016. The branch campus has ambitious enrollment goals to reach 3,000 to 5,000 students. OSU-Cascades is engaged in building a culturally diverse and community-centric educational environment.
Duties
80% – Student Related Activities:
Student related activities include teaching courses in support of the Outdoor Products program at OSU-Cascades. Develop and teach courses in the OSU-Cascades curriculum. Other duties that fall under Student Related Activities can include program coordinator, mentoring, internship/experiential education oversight, internship coordination, program review. Percentage of commitment (FTE) among these activities is evaluated and adjusted as needed.
10% – Maintaining Currency:
Engaging in scholarly and/or professional development activities that will support teaching, maintain professional engagement and mastery and provide recognition for both the faculty member and the OSU-Cascades organization.
10% – Service:
Included in Service is meaningful participation related to OSU-Cascades, the Central Oregon Community, and appropriate professional societies and/or community organizations, and committee work outside of the outdoor products program.
