Natural Resources Instructor - Adjunct - Inchelium Center, WA
About The Position
Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs. Our Inchelium Center offers liberal arts courses as well as programs in Health Sciences and Environmental Sciences to a small cohort of dedicated students from the Colville Tribes and surrounding rural communities. The advertised adjunct position supports our Certificate in Forest and Wildlife Habitat Sampling. Coursework for the certificate is taught in-person from the Inchelium Center, and most courses have a field lab component. This forestry-based certificate forms the first year of each of our Natural Resource AAS degrees. It also serves as standalone preparation for seasonal hands-on work with Tribal, state and federal agencies in the natural resource fields.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Forestry or closely related discipline
- 2 years (24 months) experience in Forestry or a closely-related field
- Ability to courses listed in Table 1(or a subset thereof)
- Attentive to student safety
- Commitment to honoring Tribal sovereignty and Tribal and ceded lands in teaching practice
Nice To Haves
- Teaching experience
- Master of Science in Forestry or closely related discipline
- 3 years (36 months) experience in Forestry or a closely-related field
- Experience working with Tribal resource agencies
Responsibilities
- Serve as instructor for several of the in-person courses described in Table 1.
- Developing field sites for lab instruction in coordination with Tribe, the Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources, and other agencies as required.
- Participating in Natural Resource program meetings and advisory board meetings.
- Collaborating with Natural Resource faculty to ensure consistency in courses.
- Maintaining regular office hours at the Inchelium Center.
- Advising students who are earning the Certificate in Forest & Wildlife Habitat Sampling from Inchelium.
- Connecting students with SCC student support services as needed.
- Complying with state and federal law applicable to professional duties and responsibilities.
- Following established procedures in areas such as turning in grades, bookstore orders, office support, student financial aid requirements, safety and health issues and related administrative processes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance benefits are provided as currently administered under Public Employees Benefits Board
- TIAA-Cref retirement plan or WA State Retirement Plan
- leave accruals and usage are governed by the faculty master contract.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
