Business Management Assistant Professor

Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking a creative and talented instructor focused on student success who has a strong knowledge background to fulfill the tenure-track role of Business Management Assistant Professor in the Corrections Education program located at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington.

This position is filled to fulfill a contract awarded to Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WSBCTC) to operate a correctional education program at WSP in accordance with an interagency agreement with the Department of Corrections.

General Description:

The current business faculty at Walla Walla Community College is an innovative group of educators focused on student success across the following business disciplines: business, management, marketing, communication, computer science, and accounting. An ability to teach each of these subjects is required for this position.

Desired Traits:

• Pedagogy centered on student success.
• Commitment to the mission of the two-year college.
• Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time.
• Desire to invest time and energy in professional growth and interdisciplinary pursuits.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to teach in multiple modalities (synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid) or the demonstrated capability to effectively manage an open-enrollment course where students concurrently work on different subjects.

Teaching and Related Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining curriculum; preparing appropriate class materials, tests, and assignments; evaluating and assessing student learning; assigning final grades to the students enrolled in the assigned course(s); and consulting with students as required by the instructional division.

Examples of courses to be instructed include but are not limited to: Introduction to Business (BUS&101), Business Law (BUS&201), Small Business Management (BUS194), Principles of Accounting (ACCT&201), Sales and Customer Service (BUS102), QuickBooks (ACCT115), Introduction to Computers (CS110).

Essential Functions:

• Instruction: Develop, prepare, and teach college-approved lower and upper-division business courses.
• Technology & Course Management: Utilize available technology appropriate to assignments, such as Microsoft Suite and Canvas.
• Evaluation & Assessment: Conduct appropriate and frequent evaluations of student performance and provide feedback.
• Records Maintenance: Maintain accurate student records including registrations, attendance, and book records.
• DOC Environment Student Tracking & Advising: Track individual student progression through block program milestones.
• Committee & Institutional Service: Serve on a variety of college committees.
• Safety, Security & Discipline: Flexibility to operate within a dynamic and changing environment while maintaining a security mindset.
• Institutional Communication: Maintain regular and timely communication via email with Education staff.
• Professional Growth: Maintain excellence in and commitment to professional development activities.

Competencies

• Implement and practice diverse teaching and learning strategies.
• Design curriculum, assignments, and projects that align with course and college-wide learning outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Business Administration or similar degree.
• Two years' experience teaching post-secondary business courses.
• Two years' experience/work in business.

Preferred Qualifications

• Participation in professional development activities and interdisciplinary projects.
• Teaching experience in various modes of instruction.
• Demonstrated expertise in using technology tools within appropriate modalities.
• Demonstrated ability to work with persons from varied cultural, ethnic, gender, age, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.