Life & Leisure Specialist (part-time) @ Northwood Tech New Richmond Campus

Northwood Technical College•New Richmond, WI

2d•$24

About The Position

Northwood Technical College is seeking applications from qualified candidates for a pool of Life & Leisure Specialists at the New Richmond Campus. Are you—or someone you know—passionate about a hobby or skill? Whether it’s gardening, photography, physical or mental wellness, art, bike tuning, or something else entirely, Northwood Tech would love your help sharing it with the community. If you, a family member, or a friend might be interested in offering a class, let’s talk! There’s no commitment—just a conversation to see if it’s a good fit. We’re happy to support new instructors who are interested in sharing their skills.

Nice To Haves

Previous teaching experience.

Responsibilities

Actively embody and promote Northwood Tech’s Values: Collaboration – Value relationships that enhance learning and promote economic development.
Innovation – Embrace the latest theories and technologies to support student and community success.
Excellence – Prioritize high quality education, services, and continuous improvement in a dynamic learning environment.
Community – Value our deep connections to our communities by working together to provide solutions through student success.
Support – Empower individuals by supporting their success with quality experiences and services designed to meet their needs.
Integrity – Uphold honesty and accountability in a diverse, open, and ethical learning and working environment.
Respect – Value each individual and approach all interactions mindfully, with civility, empathy, and openness to new and differing ideas.
Develop and continually revise curriculum that includes Employability Essentials and technical content to meet industry and/or regulatory standards.
Plan for instruction, including syllabi development, learning plans, and assessment strategies.
Deliver, assess, and adapt effective instruction that meets the diverse needs of students.
Apply a variety of instructional strategies, create learning plans, facilitate learning, and revise teaching practice.
Promote a culture of continuing student success, implement strategies to promote learner persistence and meet the needs of multi-generational learners, demonstrate learner-centered communication, and utilize available student support services.
Create performance-based assessment plans, employ a variety of formative and summative assessment strategies, communicate assessment results in a timely fashion to promote student learning, and use assessment results to improve instruction.
Demonstrate professional behaviors to support teaching and learning and utilize varied strategies for managing the learning environment.
Identify exit learning outcomes and external standards, develop competencies that describe intended learning outcomes, create performance-based plans and assessment tasks for each course, develop learning objectives and plans, prepare syllabi, and utilize a quality review process to validate curriculum.
Utilize a variety of data analysis tools, analyze data from teaching and learning experiences, and use data to inform decision making about the teaching and learning process.
Assess effectiveness in embracing diversity, examine the impact of college, community, and student demographics on teaching and learning, and create an inclusive, effective learning environment that addresses barriers and provides reasonable accommodations.
May be assigned to mentor high school teachers who offer Northwood Tech-articulated courses.
Model the Employability Essentials expected of Northwood Tech students, which are to communicate clearly, think critically, and demonstrate professionalism, and practice inclusivity.
Designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) to receive and report criminal incidents to the Northwood Tech Safety Office by virtue of this role’s responsibilities at the College (only applies to instructor positions with club advising duties).
Perform other duties as assigned.