Instructor of Psychology

WGU is committed to building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country through online, competency‑based degree programs. This position offers an opportunity to help students graduate and create a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

Salary Range: $71,300 – $107,000 (Faculty 506). Compensation depends on skills, experience, and other business needs.

• Develop instructional materials aligned with identified learning objectives, course competencies, and instructional interventions to support both student self‑service use and virtual one‑to‑many events.
• Provide effective, relevant, and engaging virtual events aligned with identified learning objectives.
• Continuously develop knowledge, skills, and expertise through active participation in faculty learning communities and other developmental opportunities.
• Deliver proactive, relevant, timely, and effective one‑to‑one virtual instruction to students in a specific course or domain.
• Facilitate student communities to support peer collaboration, faculty interaction, and student development.
• Provide student‑centered one‑to‑one virtual coaching to help students achieve personal, academic, and career goals.
• Adapt instructional and coaching practices to common and typical student needs.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned.

• Subject‑matter expertise in the assigned content and skills of the course(s)/domain(s).
• Strong knowledge of how student characteristics interact with different learning needs common to the course(s)/domain(s).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to moderate online student communities to encourage engagement and learning.
• Ability to use information from student profiles, learning behaviors, and interactions to identify individual student needs.
• Demonstrates respect for and value of diverse perspectives and experiences.
• Ability to adapt standard resources, templates, and instructional plans for the needs of individual students or groups of students.
• Apply adult learning principles and instructional skills to build student competency in a virtual one‑to‑one setting.
• Encourage student self‑reflection and metacognition to improve competency in learning objectives.
• Flexibility to adjust instructional approach depending on individual student needs and preference.
• Skilled at using data to identify students in need of proactive support, selecting appropriate tone and content for outreach.
• Adapt timing, modality, and frequency of outreach/contact to student needs and preferences.
• Strong active listening skills and emotional intelligence to build relationships with adult students.
• Solid understanding of coaching strategies to support personal, academic, and professional development in adult students.
• Willingness to engage in regular self‑reflection and re‑evaluation of beliefs, perspectives, and approaches to improve equity.
• Proficient in developing presentation materials that align to specified objectives and are visually engaging, understandable, and accessible.
• Develop learning facilitation experiences and effective, formative self‑assessment activities aligned with specific objectives to advance student learning.
• Implement relationship‑building activities for online student communities.
• Facilitate synchronous student interaction in a virtual environment.

• Master’s degree in Psychology or a related field (Psychology, Counseling, Behavioral Health, Substance Use and Addiction) from an accredited institution.
• Three years of relevant professional experience, including one year of highly successful practice based on student outcomes.
• Demonstrated subject‑matter expertise in assigned content or practice area(s).
• Availability to work a student‑centered schedule, including evenings and weekends.

• Terminal degree and all applicable domain‑specific licenses or certifications.
• Strong experience with distance education and distance‑learning students.

Full‑time regular position (40 standard weekly hours). Eligible for bonuses, comprehensive medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare benefits; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life, disability, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverages; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; flexible paid time off without accrual; 11 paid holidays; up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply:

Submit an online application. Internal WGU employees should apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Accommodations:
Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.