Position

Instructor/Assistant Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences

Contract Terms

Nine-month, tenure track position

Position Summary

A nine-month, tenure track faculty position responsible for providing quality instruction in undergraduate foods and nutrition courses.

Essential Functions

1. Teach undergraduate course in Foods and Nutrition baccalaureate program, which includes an ADA-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics
2. Direct the Nutrition and Dietetics program to meet student needs, maintain ADA accreditation and assist in program development
3. Establish and maintain a focused program of scholarly activity
4. Student support, including advising and mentoring
5. Service to department, college, university, profession and community

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Master's degree in relevant area Certification/License: Registered Dietician (R.D.)
Experience: At least three years professional experience after R.D. credential is acquired
Skills: Evidence of ability to teach at the university level; skills necessary to teach foods and nutrition courses, including competency using and maintaining foods lab equipment and associated safety issues

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Ph.D. in relevant area
Experience: University teaching experience with demonstrated competence; experience providing service, student support and scholarly activity

Working Conditions

Collegial, team-based and student-focused academic environment. Foods labs are slated for renovation; the person who assumes this position will play a role in the nature and design of new facilitites

Equipment/Materials Used

Faculty and students are issued a personal laptop by the University. Classrooms contain technologically enhanced teaching stations. High-quality instructional technological support provided.

Typical Physical Demands

Typical professorial classroom functions, plus those associated with teaching foods labs, such as lifting large cooking vessels holding hot contents

Community

Northwest Missouri State University is located in Maryville, Missouri, a community with a population of 11,000 with a diverse economy and a strong industrial base. Maryville is 45 miles north of St. Joseph, Missouri and 90 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri. For more information see: www.maryvillemo.org

University

Northwest Missouri State University is a traditional resident-based campus with total enrollment over 6,000 students. Northwest is a teaching-focused institution that requires a twelve-hour teaching load per term. The University has been the winner of four Missouri Quality Awards, most recently during the current academic year. For more information see: www.nwmissouri.edu

College

The College of Education & Human Services includes five departments that the Horace Mann Laboratory School (grades K-6) as well as the Professional Education Unit that prepares teachers, counselors and administrators for professions in education.

Department

The Family and Consumer Sciences Department offers programs that lead to Bachelor of Science degrees, available in selected area of child and family studies, merchandising of textiles, apparel and furnishings; and family and consumer sciences education. The department also offers minors in administration of child care programs, family life and resource management, food service, nutrition and is a partner in an interdisciplinary minor in gerontology. Other departmental accreditations in addition to the ADA accreditation mentioned above, include those from the American Association of Family & Consumers Sciences, the National Council on Family Relations, the National Association for the Education of Young Children and NCATE. Further details are available at http://www.nwmissouri.edu/dept/fcs/index.htm

Date Available

August 24, 2009

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to be included in the first round of consideration, complete applications should be received by June 6, 2009.

Salary

Competitive; commensurate with qualifications and experience

Application Materials

A complete application will include a cover letter that addresses the qualities described in this announcement; a curriculum vitae; transcripts of academic work; and three letters of recommendation sent directly from the writer and including his/her contact information

Apply to

Dr. Deborah Lewis Fravel, Chair
Family & Consumer Sciences Department
Northwest Missouri State University
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO  64468
Telephone: 660-562-1168
E-mail: dfravel@nwmissouri.edu