For the sheer joy of snark:
The Chairperson will have a terminal degree from a CHEA recognized agency in the teaching area of specialty and possess 5 or more years of teaching appropriate subjects at the college or university level.
But teaching inappropriate subjects is much more fun!
The successful candidate will demonstrate 21st century pedagogy, problem and project based student engagement, and academically service based learning strategies.
First things first: do they not have hyphens in Jacksonville?
Second, how does one service a learning strategy academically? For that matter, how does one service anything (or anyone?) academically? Does that mean the servicing takes place in the stacks?
Must be an effective communicator
Translation: We need a department chair who can help us write job ads.
The Chairperson will have knowledge of the current state of the arts in the field and the skill to introduce and integrate best-in-class practices into the curriculum throughout the department. The successful candidate must be able to inspire others in the department in such a manner as to stimulate an atmosphere of integrity, excitement, unity, progressiveness and an understanding of the 'best practices' in higher education.
Translation: Our teachers suck. They are lazy, corrupt, and hate each other. We need you to make them less sucky, more pure, more hard-working, and more loving. Can you do that?
