ORCA English/Interdisciplinary Instructor (Tenure Track)

Everett Community College • Everett Community College, WA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA), an Everett Community College program that is a national leader in interdisciplinary, undergraduate research for Running Start students, seeks a full-time, tenure-track English/Interdisciplinary instructor. This position reports to the Executive Director of ORCA and will be connected to both the Academic Foundations and the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Areas of Study. This position requires a reflective practitioner with a commitment to closing equity gaps in student outcomes and to ensuring that all students are welcomed and valued on campus and in our classrooms. This faculty position will work with students over multiple quarters and in multiple courses over their two-year degree pathway with an emphasis on interdisciplinary undergraduate research at ORCA. Instruction will necessarily be innovative, collaborative, and responsive to student success and feedback. Facilitating students’ growth as writers across rhetorical modes and as critical readers of written and spoken text will be central in a range of courses, from humanities to composition to literature, with some social science as relevant and applicable. Teaching advanced composition will include integration of students' oceanographic and marine biology research. Full-time faculty at EvCC’s ORCA will also participate in our wrap-around advising process, recruitment of new students, cross-disciplinary meetings, whole-school field activities, and main campus curricular development, assessment, and initiatives that advance student learning.

Requirements

• Master of Arts in English, Master of Fine Arts in English, or Master of Rhetoric and Composition, or equivalent degree in closely related field
• Teaching experience in English
• Knowledge of college-level English content, including composition, rhetoric, literature, critical reading, research practices, and academic writing
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with current methodologies and pedagogies in first-year composition
• Experience advising, mentoring, and supporting students in navigating academic pathways and planning
• Demonstrated participation in and contribution to department, division, or campus-wide initiatives, such as curriculum development, placement, assessment, grant initiatives, accreditation, and/or Guided Pathways
• Ability to use a Learning Management System (Canvas) to effectively support instruction across all modalities (online, in-person, and hybrid)
• Availability to teach in-person classes at EvCC’s Waterfront Center at the Port of Everett

Nice To Haves

• Desire to join and contribute to the relationship-rich culture at ORCA
• Engaging and enthusiastic instructor
• Experience working in classrooms with majority high school-aged students
• Demonstrated experience teaching in cross-disciplinary or interdisciplinary contexts and working with colleagues across disciplines
• Experience teaching writing composition at a community college
• Experience implementing and using open or low-cost course materials
• Interest in integrating student research into undergraduate education
• Experience developing and using equitable assessment practices to evaluate student learning outcomes at the classroom and departmental levels
• Demonstrated knowledge of using student learning and retention data to inform instructional and curricular improvement
• Knowledge of Title II accessibility requirements and commitment to providing fully accessible course content
• Experience creating learning environments that are welcoming, inclusive, and supportive of students from diverse cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds
• Demonstrated experience using pedagogical strategies to effectively facilitate learning for students from diverse backgrounds, including differences in culture, heritage, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, ability, class, and religion
• Experience adapting instruction to meet the needs of students with varied levels of preparation and learning styles using research-backed methods that promote equity, engagement, and student success

Responsibilities

• Foster an equitable, anti-racist, and culturally inclusive learning environment and demonstrate an awareness of the experiences and needs of the current student population.
• Develop curriculum, prepare, modify and deliver teaching/learning activities designed to maximize student learning and foster inclusive excellence.
• Teach courses in accordance with the course record, course syllabus, approved student learning objectives, and quarterly course schedules.
• Design and/or deliver course assignments, learning activities and assessments that enable students to meet the course’s stated learning outcomes.
• Develop a current course syllabus using the College’s inclusive syllabus template and submit it to the Instruction Office prior to the start of the quarter.
• At the course level, assess student work using appropriate methodologies that promote further learning; at the department or program level; at the program or department level, disaggregate, review and assess student learning outcomes with the goal of continuous improvement and reduction of opportunity gaps.
• Complete summative evaluations of student work during the College’s scheduled finals week; submit final grades by the designated deadline.
• Create and maintain department and student records in accordance with college policies and procedures.
• Refer students to college services, community agencies and other professionals as appropriate.
• Conduct program/transfer advising as detailed below.
• Establish, post, and maintain regularly scheduled office hours for consultation with students.
• Full-time faculty will be responsible for advising a caseload of currently enrolled students.
• Participate at least once annually in professional development to maintain and update advising skills.
• Participate in quarterly Advising cross-training per quarter as requested by the Dean/Supervisor.
• Provide Program Advising as assigned for students in all areas in which the faculty member has been cross-trained.
• Proactively contact all assigned students each contractual quarter.
• Participate in advisee student support networks.
• Active use of institutionally sanctioned advising platform(s) as appropriate for scheduling, record-keeping, degree planning, and communicating with advisees with ongoing development, training and support provided by the college.
• Faculty Program Advisors will support students in developing the following skills: Transfer and career planning. Building, modifying, and adhering to a degree plan. Identifying and adhering to institutional deadlines. Accessing essential resources on campus. Accessing technological resources that will assist them in monitoring their program blocks, graduation and transfer requirements. Identifying and overcoming barriers to academic success.
• Stay current in relevant best practices, emerging topics, and research, especially those related to the mission, vision, and values of the college.
• Maintain certification and/or licensure required by the College in the performance of the faculty member’s assignment.
• Contribute to EvCC’s mission, vision and values and to the priorities and objectives articulated in Charting a Path Toward Equity: EvCC Strategic Plan 2022-2027.
• Attend and participate in: the first two days of annual opening week activities held in the Fall quarter department and division meetings training activities as mandated by state and federal law professional development program mandated by Washington Senate Bill 5227 the annual commencement ceremony in June.
• Serve on committees.
• The leadership of the College has the right to assign faculty duties to faculty members. Faculty may be assigned non-faculty duties including, but not limited to, administrative functions, leadership of college initiatives, or other specially assigned duties.

Benefits

• Full-time faculty at EvCC’s ORCA will also participate in our wrap-around advising process, recruitment of new students, cross-disciplinary meetings, whole-school field activities, and main campus curricular development, assessment, and initiatives that advance student learning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level