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WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Psychology Instructor in WALLA WALLA, Washington
Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking applicants for a full-time, tenure-track Psychology Instructor at the Walla Walla campus. This is a 176-day annual contract (three quarters) beginning Winter quarter 2025.
WWCC Faculty members are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality education for all WWCC students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of teacher, mentor, and facilitator of learning.
At Walla Walla Community College, we inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services. We have identified three core themes that describe the fundamental aspects of the College's mission by translating it into practice: Student Success, Strong Communities, and Resource Stewardship. As an organization, we value learning opportunities, a sense of community, diversity, health and humor, excellence, integrity, teamwork, innovation, personal and professional growth, and sustainability.
* General Description:*
* *We are seeking a creative, dynamic, and enthusiastic individual who will provide quality psychology instruction. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative individual who will help to grow the Psychology program while working with colleagues in Arts & Sciences, and throughout WWCC.
Desired Traits
The faculty at WWCC are innovative and passionate professionals focused on student success. A successful candidate will also display the following traits:
- Pedagogy centered on student
- Commitment to serve the mission of the College.
- Develop collaborative and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time.
- Desire to invest time and energy in professional growth and interdisciplinary
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
* Essential Functions:*
* *Teaching Responsibilities:
- Curriculum
- Provide clear explanations, assignments and directions for students with a varied degree of abilities.
- Utilize best practices when implementing technology in the
- Assign and submit grades and maintain student
- Participate in assessments of college-wide and discipline-specific
- Administer frequent assessments, both formative and
- Provide students with a comprehensive syllabus that aligns with the Master Course Outline for each class.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office
- Work in partnership with other faculty and staff and attend regular team meetings.
- Participate in commencement ceremonies.
Related Responsibilities:
- Advise and mentor students on program options, career plans and graduation
- Participate in division, campus and college-wide
- Serve on college and/or faculty
- Participate in community activities and form community and industrial partnerships as related to instructional assignments and
- Maintain excellence in, and commitment to, professional development activities, which include discipline-specific knowledge and best teaching
* Competencies:*
* *Instructional Competencies
Implement and practice diverse teaching and learning strategies understanding that students come with different educational preparedness.
Design curriculum, assignments, and projects that align with course and college-wide learning outcomes.
Develop student knowledge and mastery through consistent, timely formative and summative assessment.
Design learning opportunities that recognize student diversity as well as foster a learning environment of inclusion and understanding