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Culinary Department

Holistic Chef Teaching Assistant (Part-Time)

 

Remote, 20 hours variable, non-exempt 

 

Company Description

Since 1989, Bauman College has been preparing students for careers in holistic nutrition and culinary arts. 

Bauman’s model is a whole-foods approach based on seasonal, organic, unprocessed, and local foods emphasizing bio-individuality.

The Holistic Chef Program at Bauman College offers a fresh take on the culinary arts by training students in the professional execution of nutrition-based restorative cooking.  Our approach emphasizes nutritional and restorative cooking techniques and recipes. Our graduates go on to work as personal chefs, restaurant chefs, caterers, food educators, entrepreneurs, and consultants. We also discuss food from a broader societal perspective as it relates to climate change, food justice, food traditions, and more.

Our program is 100% online and primarily asynchronous for students, with a virtual class being held approximately once a week. Students access coursework through a learning management system, utilize electronic textbooks for reading and reference, and access their recipes online, plus several other platforms to facilitate learning. The program is 12 months in length. Our cohorts can hold 5-40 students at a time, and appropriate teacher-to-student ratios are maintained for individualized attention. 

We are looking to expand our instructional team and are actively seeking a diverse workforce. We are recruiting candidates in accordance with diversity, equity, inclusion, and equal opportunity policies and encourage all who think they may be a fit for this position to apply. Enthusiasm and a passion for the work are highly considered in our screening processes. 

 

Job Description

Teaching assistants are responsible for assisting instructors in virtual classroom lectures, grading student assignments, and communicating with students about questions and challenges. Our curriculum emphasizes proper cooking techniques, flavor development and balancing, plating, specialty diets, and safety and sanitation. 

Teaching assistant responsibilities include:

• Preparing for classes by gaining familiarity with the class content, which may include: the agenda for the class, readings or videos that have been assigned to students as homework, the specified cooking technique to be demonstrated at the start of class, and recipes that students will prepare during class.
• Coordinating with the main instructor to understand and prepare for your role in the virtual classroom.
• Grading student assignments on the Learning Management System (LMS) and giving critical, thoughtful, and productive feedback on student assignments.
• Checking Bauman College e-mail and Teams accounts daily to communicate with in-house staff about upcoming classes and to stay current on the program and student matters.
• Attending faculty training and other company meetings.

 

Other requirements:

• Completing in-house continuing education and staying current in regards to industry trends.
• Maintaining current ServSafe certification. We can administer the ServSafe examination prior to your employment if needed.
• Knowledge of Office 365, Microsoft Teams, an LMS system (we use Canvas), Modernmeal, and Rouxbe is a plus, but we are willing to train on these. 

 

Required Qualifications:

• Graduation with a certificate or degree in culinary arts from a professional training program.  Minimum of 500 hours preferred.
• Two or more years of professional culinary experience in restaurants, catering, personal or private cheffing, culinary instruction, culinary consulting, or food production.
• Experience with cooking instruction via hands-on cooking classes, food demonstrations, or instructional videos is a plus, but we are willing to train on this.
• Comfort with technology and learning new programs.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• A certificate or degree in nutrition or dietetics.

 

Compensation

• $18-20 per hour DOE.
• Non-exempt hourly position, 20 hours variable.
• PTO accrual, some paid holidays.

 

Compensation this position is : hourly, $15-20/hr Location job can be done remotely Application instructions DeadlineNovember 10, 2021