Career Center

Washtenaw Community College (WCC) is seeking Part time Behavior Science Instructors to teach Behavior Science (BEHD) credit courses. This includes Psychology (PSY), Sociology (SOC), and Human Services (HSW). Needs may become available each semester. Upon successful submission of your application, resume, and transcripts, you will be considered for future part-time and/or on-call teaching opportunities on a per course basis with opportunities to teach online and at the main campus.

*Actively seeking Instructors who can teach face to face classes on the main campus for the Fall 2022 semester.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Establish and maintain environment conducive to student learning.
• Prepare for and instruct assigned course(s) through the use of appropriate learning experiences and materials which provide the opportunity to meet overall course objectives and program goals.
• Adhere to course syllabus and comply with Assessment of Student Academic Achievement.
• Evaluate student progress through day to day evaluation, written examinations and overall observation.
• Grade assignments in a meaningful way to promote continued student growth, returning graded assignments to students in a timely manner, and assigning final grades for all students, meeting or beating all institutional deadlines for completion.
• Actively support student success through guidance, advising and assisting individual students as needed.
• Participate in professional activities, which could include, but are not limited to, curriculum planning, examination development, textbook selection, program evaluation/revision and other professional planning activities.
• Participate in the Student Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ) process.
• Maintain levels of professional knowledge and expertise, including compliance training.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Hours/Schedule:
Schedules vary according to class schedules. Part time Instructors may teach up to (8) eight contact hours per week or 120 contact hours per semester. The terms of employment are based on college enrollment and class enrollment.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Master’s Degree in Psychology, Sociology, or HSW.
• The full list of requirements by subject/course can be found here (WCC Teaching Requirements doc)

Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Recent, successful, post-secondary teaching experience in Behavior Science courses.