Health & Human Development - Non-Tenure Track...

Position Responsibilities:The department, college, and University value teaching, and we expect you to be an excellent teacher; to be current in your discipline; to engage students actively in their own learning including discussion, writing, and analysis; and to set high standards regarding course content. You are expected to provide students with feedback on their coursework and examinations, and to be available to students through regularly scheduled office hours in keeping with department policy. You must have your students evaluate your course(s) using the standard University evaluation forms and you must make those evaluations available to the department chair and faculty for annual review.

• Demonstrated experience teaching or coaching in one or more activity areas

• Ability to work effectively with diverse students, faculty, and staff, including a commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds

• Demonstrated excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

• Demonstrated excellent organizational skills

• Current CPR/First Aid certification

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

• Bachelor’s degree or certification in an activity area

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)

Health & Human Development - Non-Tenure Track Activity Course Instructor (PE 100) Vacancy Pool

Categories: College of Humanities & Social Science

Position TitleHealth & Human Development - Non-Tenure Track Activity Course Instructor (PE 100) Vacancy Pool

About the University

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master’s-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western’s greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

About the Department

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Health and Human Development (HHD) support Western’s mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

The HHD Department is one of the largest departments at Western. There are currently over 500 undergraduates enrolled in the three programs of Health, Recreation, and Kinesiology and Physical Education. The department’s faculty members are dedicated to teaching, involved in research, and active in professional organizations.

The Department of Health and Human Development maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in temporary Activity Course Instructor (PE 100) teaching positions. In anticipation of possible openings throughout the academic year and summer sessions, applications are accepted continuously for temporary, non-tenure track, teaching positions on a part-time basis with rare opportunities for temporary, full-time appointments. Positions may become available at any time and are typically filled on a quarterly basis.