Lecturer in Geography

Job Summary:

Lead instructor for online section of Geography 370, Introduction to Cartography, 20% and Geography 377, Fundamentals of GIS, 20% for the GIS Professional Programs in the Department of Geography. These courses introduce the core concepts of GIS and teach students how to apply these concepts using ArcGIS tools (primarily desktop, but hopefully, ArcGIS Pro as well).

Duties:

Geography 370, Introduction to Cartography, 20% and Geography 377, Introduction to GIS, 20%, in the Spring 2019 term.
Duties:

• No lecturing required. Course content already developed.
• Facilitate student learning by replying to student email and discussion inquiries in a prompt and courteous manner (typically within 24 hours).
• Grade student labs within 7 days of due date.
• Communicate with students weekly via email announcement explaining what was covered the previous week and what is coming up the next week.
• Offer online office hours (preferably during the evenings, on weekends, or during lunch breaks) to meet with students who schedule help on Skype or Zoom (no more than 2 or 3 hours per week).

Qualifications:

Required

• M.A. or M.S. in Geography, GIS, Cartography or Related Discipline
• Knowledge and familiarity with the following software: ArcGIS Desktop and Canvas (or similar LMS, e.g., Moodle, D2L, Blackboard, etc.)
• Academic or professional experience in GIS or cartography
• Your own computer (minimum 8GB RAM) with a fast internet connection (minimum 12mb/second). Note: we will provide the required software.

Preferred 

• Previous teaching experience at a community college or university
• Previous teaching experience of professional students
• Previous teaching experience online
• A willingness to do conduct some of your work outside of regular work hours (e.g., evenings and weekends)
• Professional experience using GIS

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