Paralegal Professor - Part-time

Who We Are

Located in the scenic Puget Sound area with Mount Rainier in the distance, Tacoma is the third-largest city in Washington State with a thriving and diverse community of over 200,000 residents. Tacoma Community College (TCC) was built on the ancestral territory of Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Puyallup. The 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty forcibly removed them to the Puyallup Reservation to make way for settlers;

we recognize the privilege of utilizing this land has come at great cost. We honor the resilience of the Puyallup people, who still live here, defend their rights, and contribute greatly to the well-being of this community. Our institution aims to increase partnerships and community ties with the local indigenous populations. TCC is committed to increasing Native visibility by developing more culturally responsive curriculum.

Moreover, TCC stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the Black community by further strengthening collaboration with the Black Student Union as well as community entities such as the Tacoma-Pierce County Black Collective, the Tacoma Urban League, and local black-owned businesses. We are committed to infusing and incorporating more educational content focused on the lives and experiences of the Black community into our curriculum.

We continually strive to become an anti-racist institution.

Tacoma Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 12,000 students. Our students reflect the diversity of our community; we serve 27% students of color, 60% female, and a median age of 26. We embrace our identity as a community college. Our Mission Statement says, "As the community's college, we create meaningful learning, advance equity, and strengthen student and community success."

Our faculty are engaged in innovative work to improve student retention and program completion. According to the Community College Survey of Student Engagement, TCC ranks high on measures of active learning and academic challenge, thanks to our creative and scholarly faculty. To grow this workforce, we seek to recruit faculty who exemplify similar attributes:

• Commitment to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population,
• Reflects the diversity of our community,
• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching,
• Honors the campus mission promoting equitable access to educational opportunities,
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for historically underserved populations,
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others, and
• Engages with the community both within and outside of TCC.

Regional Setting

For information on Tacoma and the surrounding area: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)._tacoma

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Tacoma Community College seeks a part-time professor to join our Business, Paralegal & Technology faculty team in our Paralegal Program. This position will include responsibility for the development, preparation, and delivery of courses in the certificate and associate degree paralegal programs. Teaching assignments will regularly include daytime in-person assignments scheduled between 10 am and 3 pm weekdays and may occasionally include evening classes.

All in-person classes are held on the main campus of Tacoma Community College. This position works closely with the Paralegal Program chair and reports directly to the Dean of Business, Paralegal and Technology.

** Part-Time Faculty positions at the college are open continuously and reviewed on a quarter-by-quarter basis. Individuals who apply to the applicant pool are considered active for a period of 12 months from the application date and may be contacted when vacancies occur. Submitting an application does not guarantee that a position will be available or offered.

Essential Functions

• Prepare curriculum and teach assigned paralegal education courses according to the established course learning outcomes. These courses will include legal research and writing, the integration of legal technology, as well as legal subject matter courses.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate curricula at the rigor appropriate for the degree and certificate program and in accordance with the ABA requirements on paralegal education.
• Competently use Canvas, the learning management system, to complement in-person instruction.
• Communicate expectations and establish clear grading criteria through appropriate instructional means, evaluate student progress, and provide clear, timely feedback within Canvas.
• Collaborate with the program chair to ensure all course-related data is collected and stored in Canvas to support ABA reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with other Paralegal faculty and TCC staff.

• Employ innovative and inclusive teaching methods designed to engage and retain a diverse student population, particularly historically under-represented groups such as black and brown students.
• Evaluate student learning through a variety of…