Full-time Professor, Baking and Pastry Arts

Department:
Culinary Arts

Position Type:
Full-Time Academic

Salary Range:
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
44

Anticipated Start Date:
December 16, 2024

Length of Contract:
n/a

Posting Information

Posting Closing Date:
September 29, 2024

Please note: jobs are posted until 11:59 pm on the job closing date.

Job Description:
Salary Range: $73,079 to $126,689 per annum (effective October 1st, 2023), established in terms of relevant educational qualifications and experience. The College also offers a complete range of fringe benefits.

Under the direction of the Chair, Culinary Arts and Pastry Arts, the Professor will be required to teach courses in Baking and Pastry Arts Management and Baking and Pastry Arts within the School of Business and Hospitality. The Professor will be responsible for facilitating and guiding learning and providing an effective learning environment for all students.

The professional responsibilities include:
The design/revision/updating of courses, including:
- consulting with program and course administrators and other faculty members, advisory committees and a variety of potential employers and students;- defining learning outcomes and evaluating and validating these outcomes;- specifying and approving learning approaches, necessary resources, etc.;- incorporating educational technologies to meet the learning needs of 21st Century students;- reviewing and revising curriculum and participating in professional development activities during non-teaching periods.

The teaching of assigned courses, including:
- delivery of regularly scheduled instruction in the Fall, Winter, or Summer terms in home department or across departments;- ensuring student awareness of the course learning outcomes and evaluation techniques;- providing tutoring and academic advising for students both in and out of class;- providing a learning environment which makes effective use of available resources, including educational technologies;- evaluating student progress/achievement and assuming responsibility for the overall assessment of the student’s work within assigned courses;- the development and creation of a learning environment that is conducive to success for all students.

The provision of academic leadership, including:
- providing guidance to students, instructors, and to part-time professors relative to the professor’s teaching assignments;- participating in the work of curriculum and other consultative committees, and departmental/faculty meetings;- liaising with community members, engaging in program, Department, School or Faculty, and College promotion;- remaining current in the field of study and maintaining awareness of emerging trends and practices related to teaching and learning in higher education;- modelling the College values - Caring. Learning. Integrity. Respect.

Required Qualifications:
- An advanced diploma (3 years) in Baking and Pastry Arts or a related discipline/field; or an equivalent combination of a Certificate of Qualification (C of Q) in Baker or Baker-Pâtissier Apprenticeship; or a Diploma in Baking and Pastry Arts, and related practical work experience. A Bachelor's degree in Baking and Pastry Arts or a related field of study would be an asset. College Graduate Certificate will be considered;- Red Seal certification in the trade of Baker-Pâtissier;- Minimum ten (10) years of practical industry experience, five (5) of which were as a Lead Baker/Supervisor;- Current sanitation certification: preferably National Food Safety Training Program or Traincan Advanced.fst or equivalent required at the start of employment;- Minimum two (2) years of teaching experience, or equivalent, preferably in a postsecondary setting.
- Algonquin College operates programs on a 12 month basis; faculty may be assigned accordingly._