Nursing Assistant IBEST Program Instructor (Adjunct)
Walla Walla Community College
Salary: See Position Description
Job Type: Part Time
Job Number: 2022 001025 IBEST
Location: Walla Walla, WA
Department: ACCESS & OPPORTUNITY
Closing: Continuous
Join our team to help inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services.
Description
Walla Walla Community College is accepting applications to fill the part-time role of Nursing Assistant IBEST Instructor on the Walla Walla Campus.
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 Responsibilities:
Provide instruction in basic education skills and support success and completion for students participating in the Nursing Assistant (NA) IBEST Program. IBEST programs are team-taught with at least a 50% overlap to help students advance in academic and technical skills concurrently. This position may also provide student support (i.e., study groups) to ensure student retention and successful completion of NA and related academic courses.
Essential Responsibilities:
Team teaches NA as a requirement for the certificate program.
Serves as a point of contact for IBEST students when they need referrals for tutoring or encounter barriers that keep them from completing college work.
Assists IBEST students with developing a NA program plan, including short- and long-term goals and benchmarks for student achievement.
Assists IBEST students with elements of college preparedness, including but not limited to study skills, mechanics of online course delivery, time management, academic tutoring, barrier identification, and problem-solving.
Assists the NA Instructor with implementing and coordinating orientation, registration, and/or other intake activities.
Acts as faculty lead in follow-up with students who miss class and re-connect to ensure they know how to reenter the program.
Collaborates with instructors in Allied Health and Transitional Studies as well as other instructors as necessary to develop integrative lessons and assignments.
Uses College and Career Readiness Standards in Adult Education in course design for reading, writing, speaking, listening, and math as they apply to content.
Supports students with individualized tutoring plans or sessions to enhance their ability to complete required coursework.
Coordinates Pre/Post CASAS assessments, WABERS intake forms, and other documentation required by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges with program staff in Access & Opportunity.
Line responsibility and audit documentation accountability to the Dean of Access & Opportunity.
Competencies
Excellent English speaking, writing, listening, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrate successful teaching in face-to-face, online and hybrid environments.
Demonstrate experience facilitating the success of students who represent a broad range of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
Demonstrate interest and ability to work successfully with students, staff, and the community.
Intermediate-level computer competency, including Microsoft Office Applications.
Demonstrate ability to use technologies commonly used in instruction and office environments, including the ability to effectively use learning management systems in all class modalities.
Required Qualifications :
Must reside in either WA, OR, ID, CA, IL, PA, or TX.
Master's Degree in Education or closely related field.
Preferred Qualifications
Teaching experience in a college or adult basic education setting.
Experience developing and implementing integrated basic education and skills training programs.
Demonstrated successful experience working with underprepared, disadvantaged, at-risk, and multi-cultural adult students, including students who are non-native speakers of English.
Experience with the development and use of learning outcomes.
Knowledge of the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education.
Experience working with learning standards and the CASAS Assessment.
Strong organizational, interpersonal relationship, and leadership skills.
Conditions/Terms of Employment
WWCC is no longer required to collect COVID -19 vaccine information, however, some hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare institutions where WWCC Nursing faculty may conduct business in, may require the COVID-19 and other vaccinations.
This is a part-time instruction assignment contingent on enrollment and located at the Walla Walla Campus. Persons hired must be able to provide acceptable documentation of lawful employment to work in the United States within three (3) days of employment and provide transcripts. Candidate may be subject to a criminal history background check as a condition for consideration of employment. The college is a tobacco free institution. Walla Walla Community College requires all employees to participate in direct deposit for payment of salary.
Compensation:
Compensation for adjunct instruction is contingent on enrollment and paid in accordance with the contract between the WWCC Board of Trustees and the WWCC Association for Higher Education. Placement on the faculty salary schedule will commensurate with the educational background and experience per the Faculty Negotiated Agreement(Download PDF reader). Refer to Appendix D for the part-time salary schedule.
Required Application Materials
This position is posted as open until filled and applications will be screened as received.To qualify for consideration, applicants must meet required qualifications and submit a complete application packet that includes the following:
Online application
A letter of interest detailing how you meet the qualifications and competencies for this position
Curriculum vitae or comprehensive resume
Contact information for three professional references.
Unofficial Transcripts
WWCC reserves the right to not fill this position, reject all applicants, reopen the position or make a direct appointment. Applications received during this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies at the College's discretion.
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Walla Walla Community College is committed to provide equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all educational and employment applicants as well as for its students and employed staff, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, including gender expression/identity, marital status, age (over 40), the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, the use of trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, or status as a Vietnam and/or disabled veteran, National Guard member or reservist in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Federal Rehabilitation of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable Federal and Washington State laws against discrimination. To qualify for veteran's preference, you must attach a copy of your DD214 or NGB 22. The Human Resources Office is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation in the application/ employment process, please call (509) 527-4323 - TDD (509) 527-4412.
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WWCC reserves the right to not fill this position, reject all applicants, or reopen the position. Applications received during this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies at the College's discretion.
Walla Walla Community College is committed to provide equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all educational and employment applicants as well as for its students and employed staff, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, including gender expression/identity, marital status, age (over 40), the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, the use of trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, or status as a Vietnam and/or disabled veteran, National Guard member or reservist in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Federal Rehabilitation of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable Federal and Washington State laws against discrimination. The Human Resources Office is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations in the application/employment process, please contact the Human Resources Office at(509) 527-4224 - TDD (509) 527-4412, email personnel@wwcc.edu, address: 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla WA, 99362.
