Bachelor of Social Work - Adjunct Faculty

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Adjunct faculty members serve in a part‑time capacity to educate Walden University students by effectively and proficiently using online technology and resources so that knowledge, information, feedback, and critique are imparted to and shared with students in thoughtful, carefully formulated, well‑written, and timely communications. This is accomplished in an environment that is respectful of students, the faculty member, Walden University, and the discipline in which the faculty member is involved.

Faculty members are expected to adhere to all Walden University faculty expectations, which are clearly set forth to the faculty member at the start of his/her employment with the university.

• Provide course instruction, course content development, and other curricular activities as needed; provide residency instruction.
• Provide academic advising and mentoring.
• Promote a social work professional identity with students.
• Engage in scholarship.

All new faculty members receive specific training from Walden University in the techniques of online teaching, use of an electronic learning platform, specifics of the policies, procedures, and degree programs of the school or college in which they will teach, socialization into the Walden University culture, assessment of academic integrity of student work (including use of ), and research supervision of theses and dissertations.

Teaching and mentorship assignments are contingent upon successful completion of required training. During the first term of teaching, faculty members may be assigned a faculty peer mentor (senior colleague) as an extension of their new instructor training. Peer mentors will continue to support instruction and provide peer reviews of the classroom on a regular basis.

Faculty members are assigned courses, which are taught using the Learning Management System (LMS) and are responsible for interacting with students within the LMS. Discussion boards for classrooms are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Faculty members are expected to be in the classroom a minimum of 4 days per week and responses to student questions must be posted within 48 hours.

The university suggests regular and predictable availability, such as online office hours or regular online chats; office hours may be required based on program or college policy.

Graduate‑level faculty may be invited to attend residencies held domestically or internationally, where they will teach face‑to‑face intensives and colloquia, and facilitate school and university‑wide discussions. Contributing (part‑time) faculty may be invited to participate but are not required to attend.

Completes other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Incumbents will be evaluated, in part, based on performance of each essential function. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Faculty members must be appropriately credentialed, possess an earned degree from an accredited institution or an institution that is recognized by a country's ministry of education in the discipline being taught, and may be expected to be licensed or…