Natural Resources Instructor - Adjunct - Inchelium Center, WA

Location: Inchelium

Natural Resources Instructor - Adjunct - Inchelium Center, WA

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Work type: Adjunct Faculty
Location: Inchelium
Categories: Adjunct Faculty

Location: Inchelium Center, WA

Department: SCC Environmental Sciences

Open Continuous.

Starting salary for this position is: $42.05 - $89.48 per hour based on workload category.

This is an adjunct (part-time) position. Compensation will be pro-rated according to the amount of workload assigned. Spokane Colleges reserves the right to cancel this recruitment without notice. Academic employees are represented by the Association of Higher Education (AHE), which is affiliated with NEA and WEA. Membership is optional.

About Us

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs. Our Inchelium Center offers liberal arts courses as well as programs in Health Sciences and Environmental Sciences to a small cohort of dedicated students from the Colville Tribes and surrounding rural communities.

The advertised adjunct position supports our Certificate in Forest and Wildlife Habitat Sampling. Coursework for the certificate is taught in-person from the Inchelium Center, and most courses have a field lab component. This forestry-based certificate forms the first year of each of our Natural Resource AAS degrees. It also serves as standalone preparation for seasonal hands-on work with Tribal, state and federal agencies in the natural resource fields.

First review of applications will occur on 05/11/2026, interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.

About the Natural Resources Instructor - Adjunct - Inchelium Center, WA

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIIES

Serve as instructor for several of the in-person courses described in Table 1.

Table
1. Courses taught from the Inchelium Center as part of the Certificate in Forest & Wildlife Habitat Sampling.

Certificate in Forest & Wildlife Habitat Sampling

Cr

Weekly Lec Hours

Weekly Lab Hours

Quarter

NATRS 202 Dendrology

5

3

4

Fall

NATRS 204 Maps and Aerial Photo Interp

5

4

2

Fall

NATRS 225 Occupational Preparation

1

0

2

Fall

NATRS 112 Technical Math for Environmental Sciences

5

5

0

Fall

NATRS 215 Forest Measurements

5

4

2

Winter

NATRS 230 Global Positioning Systems

3

1

4

Winter

NATRS 209 Silviculture

5

3

4

Winter

ENVS 120 Technical Reports and Computing

4

4

0

Winter

NATRS 201 Forest Protection

5

4

2

Spring

NATRS 130 Forestry Tools Operation, Maintenance and Safety

3

2

2

Spring

ENVS 140 Field Sampling

3

2

2

Spring

ENVS 207 Wildlife Biology1

5

5

0

Spring

1 - Course is offered online as needed

In addition to preparing for and teaching courses, the adjunct instructor will be responsible for the following:

• Developing field sites for lab instruction in coordination with Tribe, the Tribe's Department of Natural Resources, and other agencies as required.
• Participating in Natural Resource program meetings and advisory board meetings.
• Collaborating with Natural Resource faculty to ensure consistency in courses.
• Maintaining regular office hours at the Inchelium Center.
• Advising students who are earning the Certificate in Forest & Wildlife Habitat Sampling from Inchelium.
• Connecting students with SCC student support services as needed.
• Complying with state and federal law applicable to professional duties and responsibilities.
• Following established procedures in areas such as turning in grades, bookstore orders, office support, student financial aid requirements, safety and health issues and related administrative processes.

MINIMUM QULIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science in Forestry or closely related discipline
• 2 years (24 months) experience in Forestry or a closely-related field
• Ability to courses listed in Table 1(or a subset thereof)
• Attentive to student safety
• Commitment to honoring Tribal sovereignty and Tribal and ceded lands in teaching practice

DESIRED QULIFICATIONS

• Teaching experience
• Master of Science in Forestry or closely related discipline
• 3 years (36 months) experience in Forestry or a closely-related field
• Experience working with Tribal resource agencies

Person hired must be able to provide acceptable documentation of U.S. Citizenship or lawful authorization to work in the United States. This is an absolute condition of employment. An…