ELL Instructor (part-time/adjunct) @ Northwood Tech Rice Lake Campus - ref. c6604919

Overview:

Northwood Technical College is seeking candidates who are eager to share their knowledge and experience in teaching English as a second language in the Rice Lake region. They would be working as part of the Adult Education Team at the Rice Lake campus and beyond to reach and work with students who are looking to improve their English skills to gain improved employment and/or continue on with their education.

The ELL Adjunct position is part time and requires some degree of flexibility in order to meet our students’ needs effectively. Starting out at 6 to 8 hours per week, we hope to grow the service as needed in the coming years to best serve our community.

Instructors are expected to continually improve the overall quality and delivery of learning, including the support of program and collegewide initiatives.

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.

Qualifications:

Degree & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minor or twenty semester credits in English Language Learning (ELL) or Applied Linguistics
• Meet applicable requirements established by the higher learning commission and federal and state licensing requirements prior to the date of appointment.
• A minimum of 2 years (4,000 hours) of occupational experience in the instructional area for the program or programs being taught of which at least 1 year (2,000 hours) shall be within 5 years prior to the date of appointment.
• One year (2,000 hours) of related occupational experience may be waived if the occupational instructor has at least 2 years of post−secondary teaching experience in the appropriate occupational field within 5 years prior to the date of appointment. Two years of post−secondary teaching experience is equivalent to 8 semesters of part−time teaching or 4 semesters of full−time teaching at an accredited post−secondary degree granting institution.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to learn and use new technology to enhance teaching and learning.
• Ability to work non-standard hours including evening and weekend hours.
• Willing to teach in a variety of learning environments including face-to-face, online, web-conferencing, and hybrid classrooms.
• Ability to obtain driver’s license and insurance coverage in accordance with College policy.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in English Language Learning (ELL) or Applied Linguistics
• Previous ELL teaching experience and curriculum development experience

Salary:

FY25 Salary -

$44/hour for non-FQAS completion; $49/hour for FQAS completion

Benefits:

• More detailed information online at https://www.northwoodtech.edu/about/employment/benefits

Close Date: 10/14/2024