Philosophy/Ethics Instructor (EXPIRED)

General Summary

PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:
To ensure full review of your application, materials should be received by 4:00 P. M., October 28, 2016.  

ANTICIPATED DATE OF EMPLOYMENT:
This is a temporary faculty position, beginning January 1, 2017 to June 16, 2017.  A normal load for the entire academic year would be a 40- to 42- credit (or its equivalent) course load, along with routine departmental and college-wide duties.  The course load will be adjusted for two quarters.  The College anticipates that this position will continue beyond the 2016-17 academic year.  

SALARY:
Salary is based on the negotiated faculty salary schedule, with initial placement for the academic year is $41, 087.  This salary will be prorated based for two quarters (Winter and Spring).   

Essential Tasks

Teaching: Teach introductory courses in philosophy and ethics, as well as applied ethics for Bachelor of Applied Science students (teaching assignments may include evening/weekend, on-line, hybrid, and off-campus sections); develop additional lower-division offering(s) in applied ethics; advise students in developing college success strategies, mastery of course content, and academic and career plans.

  Service: Engage in department, division, and college initiatives; participate in shared governance; promote the college's values; and perform other contracted duties (for example advising and community outreach) as required.

Professional development:Maintain competence in teaching and the discipline through professional development.

Qualifications

At Highline, successful faculty applicants demonstrate the ability to promote:

• Active, inclusive, and culturally relevant learning environments and curricula that welcome and engage all students, incorporating instructional technologies, as appropriate, to improve student attainment.

• Cultural responsiveness and a commitment to equity in interactions with students, faculty, staff, and community members who span a diverse range of languages, nationalities and ethnicities, socio-economic levels, identities, and educational experiences.

• Collaborative approaches to day-to-day activities, to the development of innovations and new initiatives, and, when necessary, to problem-solving.

• Self-reflection practice in teaching and learning, assessment, leadership, professional development, and service.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

•  Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophy (or higher) from an institution with regional accreditation or its international equivalent (pending degrees must be verified by a letter from the granting institution).

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Course work, relevant training, or professional experience in professional/applied ethics;
• Experience teaching in a community college;
• Fluency in additional language(s);
• Significant experience working in a multicultural/diverse environments.

Supplemental Information

THE COLLEGE:
Highline College prides itself on its commitment to diversity and equity, its institutional culture of collegiality and innovation, its globalization of curricula, and its inclusion of the community in its programming.

Located 20 minutes south of downtown Seattle, Highline College serves one of the most diverse populations in the western states.  Nearly 70 percent of the college's 12,000 students are students of color, representing over 35 nations and more than 100 languages.

Highline's core goals are Student Attainment, Diversity, Community Engagement, and Sustainability.  The college community strives to maintain a campus climate that integrates equity, inclusion, and social justice as core values.

Highline has received national recognition for its diversity efforts and its support for faculty and student success.  The college received the Advancing Diversity Award of Excellence from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in 2014, as well as the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award in 2013, 2014, and 2015.  Highline was also named one of the Chronicle of Higher Education's Best Colleges to Work For in 2010, 2013, and 2015.   The national Achieving the Dream initiative named Highline as a Leader College in 2008, reaffirming that recognition in 2011.

Highline's faculty number more than 500, including more than 120 full-time faculty and 350 part-time instructors.  Highline offers one of the highest full-time faculty salary levels in the state and strong support for faculty professional growth, innovation, and leadership.

Additional information is available at http://www.highline.edu/allabout.phpghline

THE DEPARTMENT:
Members of the Philosophy Department at Highline College understand that most of our students will take only one philosophy course during their college studies.  They are interested in personal growth.  So we teach philosophy as a way to think about the big questions in life.  We offer career skills that are universal and transferable.  We teach analysis and critical thinking, and how to use these to become more powerful readers, writers, and thinkers.

Beginning students may not have an accurate understanding of what philosophy is, or what the benefits of studying philosophy may be.  We will teach them these things.

At the heart of many traditions of philosophy are ideals of cognitive and moral autonomy - becoming able to live one's own life in one's own way.  These values are active in all of our courses.

We seek to add a strong instructor who has a background and experience in applied/workplace ethics; training in philosophy with pluralistic, multicultural, and comparative perspectives; a willingness to consider and confront the ways that the whiteness of traditional philosophy courses can be a barrier to students; an interest in innovative, student-engaged instruction; and an ability to work with students at many levels of academic preparation.

For more information on the Philosophy Department, visit https://philosophy.highline.edu/.  

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 
Your online application must include the following four attachments to be considered complete:
1. A detailed resume that addresses the MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS of the position.
2. A letter of application (two-page maximum) that addresses your ability to meet the FACULTY-WIDE SKILLS AND ABILITIES for appointment and, to the extent applicable, the DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS of the position.
3. A one-page DIVERSITY STATEMENT addressing the following:  Please describe your understanding of and commitment to diversity and how diversity contributes to learning communities. What can you contribute to a diverse learning community, and what insights have you gained as a result of personal experiences?
4. A one page statement of your plan for teaching Introduction to Philosophy: How would you design and teach a 101 course to students who will take one philosophy course in college?  What are the learning goals and how will you achieve them? 
5.  Transcripts documenting undergraduate and graduate course work and degrees (unofficial transcripts may be submitted - official transcripts required upon employment).

Note: Three letters of recommendation may be required at a later point in the selection process.

Applications received by 4:00 P.M. on October 28, 2016, will receive first consideration.  Later applications may be considered until the position is filled.

Benefits for full time employees are explained in detail on our Benefits Summary page.

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