Quarterly Part Time Associate Faculty - Media Studies​/Journalism

Quarterly Part Time Associate Faculty - Media Studies/Journalism

Faculty need a broad understanding and background in media's history and cultural, economic, and social impacts, as well as how the internet, television, radio, film, and print media affect private and public life. Understanding of Associated Press standards, understanding of the convention of style, revising, editing, and proofreading a newspaper and teaching media ethics.

Faculty develop, teach, and assess courses. Faculty provide leadership and contribute to the implementation and enhancement of Cascadia's curriculum and course of study, including participation in college-wide review of student achievement.

Cascadia's Faculty: Faculty with experience and/or interest in an outcomes-based interdisciplinary curriculum, alternative pedagogies, learning technologies, and collaborative work are highly encouraged to apply. Cascadia's faculty believes in student-centered learning. They strive to develop courses and learning styles that engage students in active learning. Faculty are dedicated to positive student outcomes and continually revise and refine classes for maximum student success.

Cascadia's curriculum is grounded in a holistic view of teaching, learning, and doing. It is outcomes-based and guided by four overarching College-wide Learning Outcomes:
1) Learn Actively,
2) Think Critically, Creatively, and Reflectively;
3) Communicate with Clarity and Originality; and
4) Interact in Diverse and Complex Environments. Faculty members foster student achievement of discipline-specific learning outcomes, as well as College-wide and degree learning outcomes. Assessment is key to the design of the curriculum and the success of students. Consequently, a heavy emphasis is placed on continuous assessment of student learning, instructional programs and practices, and institutional effectiveness. Faculty play a key role in assessing outcomes in all of these areas.

The curriculum is designed to meet student needs. Classes are delivered in a variety of time frames and delivery formats, including (but not limited to) learning communities and technology-based distance education. Classes may be offered in daytime, evening, weekend, short-term, accelerated, self-directed, or asynchronous (online, hybrid, etc.) formats or combinations of several formats. Some classes may be offered in open-entry, open-exit format.

Candidates must be willing to teach in a variety of formats and varied class times.

Typical Expectations

1. Facilitate a learning-centered environment

• Utilize teaching strategies that facilitate student learning and student success
• Prepare clear objectives, course syllabi, course materials and learning experiences for each course
• Teach assigned courses in day, evening and alternate time blocks as needed
• Maintain appropriate course records and documentation
• Assess student learning
• Identify barriers to student access and success and seek solutions
• Identify and implement assessment measures in compliance with state and federal policy that achieve course, program and college learning outcomes
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge within teaching field
• Incorporate pedagogies that support best learning practices
• Maintain office hours

2. Support the goals and objectives of the college

• Assist in meeting requirements for specific programs
• Remain current in the areas of assignment
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, staff and community members
• Comply with college policies, rules and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned

Note:

The above position description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the area.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MA in journalism, communications, or communication studies or MA/MFA in film and cultural studies
• Successful experience with non-traditional teaching methods and collaborative learning
• Experience designing innovative assessment techniques and strategies for classroom assessment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Teaching experience in higher education using learning-outcomes based instruction
• Demonstrated experience developing and/or teaching online courses or using technology to support learning
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and the ability to support a diverse workplace and educational environment

Physical Work Environment

Positions in this class typically require: operating a computer, communicating, observing and repetitive motions. Work is performed at the Cascadia College campus and in a variety of local settings. Semi-Sedentary Work:
Exerting between 10-30 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to transport, put, install, remove, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Condition of Employment

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