{"id":54894,"date":"2024-12-11T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=54894"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T23:11:58","slug":"job-geographic-information-systems-adjunct-instructor-dickinson-college-carlisle-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-geographic-information-systems-adjunct-instructor-dickinson-college-carlisle-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Geographic Information Systems Adjunct Instructor, Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Schedule:\u00a0<\/strong>Part-time<\/p>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Carlisle, PA<\/p>\n

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Dickinson College is a premier four-year residential liberal arts institution chartered in 1783 and widely recognized as a leader in global and sustainability education. Dickinson College is located in Carlisle, named a \u201cmost livable city\u201d by Forbes and minutes from the state capital of Harrisburg. The campus is connected to a vibrant downtown that offers eclectic dining, shopping and entertainment options. Within a two-hour drive are Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; New York City is three hours away.
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Dickinson College offers full time employees a broad range of Benefits<\/a> including a comprehensive medical insurance plan, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, generous time off, parental leave, homebuyer assistance, and tuition benefits for eligible employees and dependent children under the age of 24. Upon eligibility, the College contributes 8% of an employee\u2019s base salary to a retirement account with an additional .5% matching contribution; all money paid by the college into the employee\u2019s retirement plan is immediately and fully vested in the employee.
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In our ongoing efforts to support the health of our community, Dickinson College strongly encourages all members of the campus community to be up to date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
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Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. To apply for the position, please click the Apply for this Job<\/strong> link button above.If you would like to bookmark this position for later review, click on the Bookmark<\/strong> link. If you would like to print a copy of this position for your records, click on the Print Preview<\/strong> link.
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Posting Number<\/th>F00269<\/td><\/tr>
Position Title<\/th>Geographic Information Systems Adjunct Instructor<\/td><\/tr>
Working Title<\/th>GIS Adjunct Instructor<\/td><\/tr>
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Division<\/th>Academic Affairs<\/td><\/tr>
Department<\/th>Environmental Studies<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Job Summary\/Basic Function<\/th>We seek an adjunct instructor for Spring 2025 to teach GISP 218 Introduction to GIS courses, which provides a fundamental foundation of theoretical and applied skills in geographic information systems (GIS) technology. The course enables students to investigate problems and make decisions that incorporate geography and place as elemental constructs. Utilizing GIS software applications from ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute), students work on a progression of tasks and assignments focused on GIS data collection, manipulation, analysis, output, and presentation. The lab exercises supplement and reinforce the GIS theory and technology concepts introduced through lectures and discussion. The course includes a 3-hour block of contact hours per week, plus office hours. The ability to create inclusive learning environments for an increasingly diverse student body will be an important characteristic of the successful candidate.

Dickinson College is a highly selective four-year, independent liberal arts college with 2300 students. It is located 20 minutes west of Harrisburg and is a two-hour drive from Baltimore, Washington DC and Philadelphia.

Duties and Responsibilities:<\/strong>Coordinate with a representative of the Dickinson College Spatial Reasoning Learning Group to plan, organize, and prepare instructional material for an Introduction to GIS course, using ArcGIS software from ESRI.Provide instruction according to the class meeting schedule and instructional hours established for the course.Assist students toward the successful completion of the course by providing outreach, guidance, and timely feedback.Maintain regular office hours.<\/td><\/tr>
Preferred Qualifications<\/th>Requirements:<\/strong>Bachelor\u2019s degree in a field with heavy reliance on spatial data analysis (e.g, Environmental Studies or Science, Geoscience, Geography, Data Science, Information Technology, or related discipline). Master\u2019s degree or 3 years of professional GIS experience preferred.Demonstrated knowledge of and proficiency with ESRI software, including ArcGIS Pro desktop and ArcGIS online applications (e.g., ArcGIS StoryMaps).Demonstrated proficiency using computer applications, online resources, and other technologies for the classroom to develop and build course content and perform administrative duties as needed (posting office hours, syllabi, grades, etc.).Classroom experience teaching at the college or university level preferred.Proven ability to work with a diverse faculty, staff and student population.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15,26,208],"tags":[7951,4,7950,6973,38,33,37,4942],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54895,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54894\/revisions\/54895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}