Faculty in Mathematics, AIMS Chair

Salary: $68,640.00 - $116,400.00 Annually

Location : Fresno, CA

Job Type: Full-time, tenure track

Job Number: 2024-00361

Department: School of Arts and Sciences

Opening Date: 12/10/2024

Position Summary

Anticipated hiring salary range: $68,640.00-$116,400.00 annually

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Department: School of Arts and Sciences

Reports To: Dean

Status/Time Commitment: Full-time with faculty rank, tenure track, 9-month appointment

Rank: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor

Start Date: 07/01/2025

The School of Arts and Sciences prepares students for a life of service through rigorous academic programs in the liberal arts, social sciences, science, technology, and math, and biblical and ministry studies. The STEM Department specifically trains and prepares students for both professional and vocational goals as well as serving the entire undergraduate population with significant offerings in the General Education core.

Essential Functions

Culture:

• Be in agreement with the university's Confession of Faith, found here, have a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, be active in the life of the church, and live a life consistent with a commitment to the Lordship of Christ.
• Embrace the mission, vision, and values of Fresno Pacific University.
• Be Christ-centered in all areas while working with staff, faculty, students, and or any person or organization in the course of representing the University.
• All FPU employees are called to exercise the gifts and calling of God through their daily life and role here at FPU. As ministers to students and other employees in daily life, FPU employees seek to embody the ideals laid out in the FPU Idea.
• A steadfast commitment to the "" and agreement to support its ideals and practices while employed by the University.

Role:

• Teach 24-units of assigned courses mathematics at the baccalaureate level. Area of specialization is open but must be able to teach both upper- and lower-division mathematics courses. Teaching needs to be determined in consultation with program director or department chair.
• Engage the AIMS Foundation and serve as a liaison from the University on related projects and programs that advance mathematics education.
• Mentor and advise undergraduate students with majors in mathematics or related areas.
• Curriculum development as needed, including collaborative efforts across programs and GE.
• Participate in departmental and university meetings, activities, and areas of service.
• Pursue an active scholarly agenda consistent with expertise.
• Potential to serve as the program coordinator/director with commensurate faculty load for program administration.

Qualifications

Required:

• Earned master's or doctoral degree in mathematics, statistics, or a closely-related field such as graduate mathematics education.
• Evidence or promise of excellence in undergraduate instruction.
• The person appointed to the AIMS Chair in Mathematics will be oriented towards growing math and science teachers for valley schools and beyond.
• Appointee must demonstrate subject-matter competency and teaching effectiveness.
• Ability to network and work harmoniously with faculty, staff, administration, and students.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to cross cultures and to understand and advance diversity.
• Ability to address and model the integration of Christian faith and the field of biblical studies.
• Experience in, or aptitude for, college-level teaching.
• Ability to work harmoniously with students and faculty colleagues in a regional university with its foundation in the liberal arts and sciences.
• Record or promise of scholarly achievement.
• Commitment to the Christian faith and the University's mission of Christ-centered teaching and learning and involvement in a local church.

Preferred:

• Evidence of potential to provide leadership at the departmental level.
• Desire to participate in and develop research projects with undergraduate students.
• Experience teaching in Computer Science Software Engineering curriculum.
• Expertise in computer-based algebra system(s), especially open-source systems such as SAGE or R.
• Programming skills (Python, Java, C++, etc.).
• The ability to teach in Spanish.

Environmental Conditions:

• Indoors in a normal office or classroom environment
• Frequent computer use at a workstation, up to six hours per day.
• Frequently work at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions.
• Public contact position requiring professional apparel, personal hygiene, and grooming.

Physical Demands:

• This position typically functions indoors in an office environment with light to moderate noise associated with business office equipment. The position may involve travel for meetings and events.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: remain in a relatively stationary position 25 to 50 % of the time, operate a computer and keyboard and other office productivity machinery such as calculators/copy machines/printers. The employee is occasionally required to position self to reach items on the floor and in high cabinetry.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Employee must be able to communicate with others to exchange information including both over the telephone and in-person communication with callers and community members and be able to read a computer screen and paper documents.
• Reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities will be provided in accordance with law.

University Information

Required Documents:

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal Statements: brief statement (1 page or less) on each of the following topics:

Philosophy of Education

Relationship & Commitment to Jesus Christ and the Church

Relating Christian faith to discipline and teaching

Diversity Rationale

• Transcripts (showing highest degree earned)
• 2 Letters of Recommendation
• Pastoral Letter

This person should have extensive knowledge of your Christian life and relationship with Jesus Christ. This knowledge should be expressed in the letter.

UNIVERSITY DESCRIPTION

Fresno Pacific University is the only accredited Christian university founded in the Central Valley. FPU connects every student's untapped potential with unlimited opportunity for professional, personal and ethical growth. FPU offers undergraduate, graduate and seminary programs that stress solid academic preparation and a strong ethical foundation to more than 3,500 traditional and adult students on the main campus in southeast Fresno and regional campuses in North Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield and Merced as well as online. The university also reaches about 8,000 students through professional development studies. FPU has the highest four-year graduation rate of any Central Valley college or university, and is a Hispanic Serving Institution, with a Hispanic student population of 47 percent. FPU is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and ranked in the top tier among western universities-master's category by U.S. News & World Report. Both U.S. News and Washington Monthly include FPU on their "Best Value" and "Best Bang for the Buck" lists, U.S. News places it at number 13 in its category for student social mobility and Money has ranked it at number 11 among 50 Best Colleges for Transfer Students. FPU is affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren Church, and all employees express a personal Christian commitment and support the Christian mission of the university. A description of the unique quality of FPU as an academic community can be found in the Fresno Pacific Idea at fresno.edu/about/fpu_idea.

Reserving its rights as a religious institution, Fresno Pacific University is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, age or disability, or other classes protected by applicable law. Committed to excellence and actively supportive of cultural diversity, FPU invites individuals who contribute to such diversity to apply. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you should contact FPU's Human Resources Department at [redacted]. As a religious institution, the University will administer the equal opportunity employment policy consistent with the Fresno Pacific University statement of faith, the FPU Idea and the University's governance by the Pacific District Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.

*This information, including salary, is accurate as of December 10, 2024.

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