Part-time Faculty, Forensic Technology; Administration of Justice

Part-time Faculty, Forensic Technology (Administration of Justice)
Please see Special Instructions for more details.

• For more information regarding the position, contact Michelle Soria, Lead Administration of Justice Faculty at , ext. 2961 or via email at msoria
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• This posting is to fill current openings and for an application pool. Should more openings come up in the future, the department will contact those that they are interested in.

Position Information

Position Title

Position Title Part-time Faculty, Forensic Technology (Administration of Justice)

Department

Department Public Safety Programs

Primary Location

A part-time faculty member’s assignment may include day, evening and/or weekend work, and work at more than one location (San Marcos campus and/or off-campus locations, as well as distance education classes).

Projected Start Date

Projected Start Date Current and Continuous Application Pool

Full or Part Time

Full or Part Time Part-time

Category

Hours per week Part-time faculty members are not to exceed a load of 67%.

Work Schedule

A part-time faculty member’s assignment may include day, evening and/or weekend work, and work at more than one location (San Marcos campus and/or off-campus locations, as well as distance education classes).

Initial Placement Hourly Range: $75.81 – $119.20 (instructional); $74.60 – $117.69 (non-instructional)

Part-time faculty employees are eligible to elect membership in one of the following retirement plans:

• APPLE (Accumulation Program for Part-Time Limited-Service Employees)

Job Duties

The Public Safety Programs department is seeking qualified part-time instructors to teach Administration of Justice – Fingerprint Analysis in our new Forensics program. Teaching assignment(s) may include any of the curriculum approved courses within the discipline of Administration of Justice – Forensic Technology, including Beginning and Advanced Fingerprint Analysis courses, Introduction to Forensic Science, and Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation.

Minimum Qualifications

Must meet one of the sets of qualifications listed under
1) through
3):

• Any bachelor’s degree or higher AND two years of professional experience.
• Any associate degree AND six years of professional experience.
• A combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent of the qualifications in either
  1) or
  2) above. You must complete and attach the Application for Equivalency form (
  www.palomar.edu/hr/equivalency-app/ ), if you do not possess the specific minimum qualifications as stated above,
  which includes degrees that have not been awarded at the time of submitting the application
  .

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services ( NACES ) website at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./members

, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. ( AICE ) website at / .

NOTE : For professional experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 10 months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent experience in a forensic laboratory.
• Professional expertise in Forensic Science and Fingerprint Analysis – evidence of current knowledge, training, or field experience in latent print examination, crime scene processing, and forensic technology, including current techniques and best practices used by California law enforcement and crime laboratories.
• Strong academic preparation in criminal justice, forensic science, or related disciplines, as demonstrated by upper-division and/or graduate-level coursework addressing crime, justice, and forensic analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate hands-on learning, scenario-based training, and laboratory or mock crime scene exercises into classroom…