CCCOnline - Steps to Employment

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Overview

Interested in teaching at CCCOnline? Here is what you need to know.

1. CCCOnline currently gives preference to Colorado residents for faculty positions.
2. CCCOnline only accepts applications from instructors who teach courses currently offered by CCCOnline. (Check course offerings at: http://www.ccconline.org/courses/Calendar_and_Schedule/Annual_Course_Listing/).
3. Because of the time-sensitive nature of application materials, CCConline only accepts applications in discipline areas in which there are current openings. Refer to the Current Openings page for this information. Please do not submit application materials if the discipline in which you wish to teach is not listed here.
4. All CCCOnline faculty are hired on adjunct (part-time) contracts, and the duration of the contract is one term only. If your teaching meets the Faculty Gold, and the course you teach is offered the following semester, then there is a good chance you will be rehired. However, since hiring is based on enrollment, there is no guarantee of continuing employment. The ultimate decisions for hiring and scheduling are made by the program chairs.
5. All faculty hiring decisions are subject to the results of a background check.
6. Faculty applying to teach academic courses must have a Masters degree (preferred) in their content area, or a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in the subject.
7. Faculty applying to teach in the Early Childhood discipline must have 18 graduate hours or a master's degree specifically in ECE.
8. Faculty teaching career and technical courses in the areas listed below must have a current vocational credential issued from http://www.coloradostateplan.com/default_cred.htm. Applicants with a Masters degree as well as the vocational credential are preferred.
   • Accounting
   • Business
   • Computer Information Systems
   • Computer Networking
   • Criminal Justice
   • Early Childhood Education
   • Management
   • Marketing
   • Nursing (Masters degree required to teach in the RN program)
   • Nutrition

The Hiring Process

The following steps are required to become eligible for teaching for CCCOnline:

1. Mail ONLY a current resume and a copy of graduate transcripts indicating 18 credit hours in the teaching subject to the following address. Please do not include reference letters or other application materials at this time.

CCCOnline Instructional Services
Faculty Inquiries
9026 East Severn Place, Building 967
Denver, CO 80230

2. Your transcript will be evaluated. If you have the necessary credits, an application packet will be mailed to you.
3. Complete and return the CCCOnline application packet.
4. Files for faculty who do not return a completed application packet within 60 days of the initial inquiry will be destroyed due to space limitations.
5. At this step of the application process an official graduate transcript must be requested and issued directly to

   CCCOnline Instructional Services
   Faculty Inquiries
   9026 East Severn Place, Building 967
   Denver, CO 80230

   Note: Only official transcripts mailed directly to CCCOnline from another college or university are acceptable for inclusion in personnel files. Contracts will not be issued until an official transcript is received.

6. Once an application packet is complete, prospective faculty will receive a letter from CCCOnline with contact information for the program chair in the appropriate area of expertise. The assignment of classes to faculty is at the sole discretion of the program chair.
7. If you have questions, contact Instructional Services at InstructionalService@ccconline.org.