Online Adjunct Faculty - Social Work | School of Behavioral Sciences

About the role

This social work online adjunct will teach social work across the curriculum and across programs. They will serve a critical function equipping future social workers, providing professional insight, and mentoring, demonstrating integration of faith and commitment to social work values.

Responsibilities

• Teach material from approved curriculum in accordance with assigned schedule to ensure student satisfaction.
• Aid students in achieving completion of objectives and learning outcomes.
• Provide regular and timely feedback to students.
• Participate in school retention initiatives by maintaining contact with students and offering assistance to absent students.
• Advise students in matters related to academics and attendance.
• Motivate students to actively participate in all aspects of the educational process.
• Maintain and report student grades and attendance in accordance with university policies.
• Address any concerns regarding individual student performance, professionalism, readiness for field or profession, academic dishonesty, other gatekeeping concerns, etc., and participate in communication with other faculty and department leadership about such.
• Provide feedback to Subject Matter Experts and/or Department leadership regarding course content and student learning, as part of the program’s continuous improvement process.

Requirements

• MSW from a CSWE accredited program with five years post-masters practice experience.
• Conferred Doctoral degree in social work or related field.
• Two years online/hybrid teaching experience in social work or related field or two years professional training and consultation in social work.
• Demonstrated strengths in teaching at the college level.
• Understand and articulate social work from a biblical worldview.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to complete required tasks both timely and accurately with minimal supervision.
• Ability to effectively collaborate remotely with colleagues and department faculty and staff.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Creative, innovative, and problem-solving skills.
• Basic competency with Microsoft Office 365 (i.e. Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Qualifications

• MSW from a CSWE accredited program with five years post-masters practice experience.
• Doctoral degree in social work or related field.
• Two years online/hybrid teaching experience in social work or related field or two years professional training and consultation in social work.
• Demonstrated strengths in teaching at the college level.
• Understand and articulate social work from a biblical worldview.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to complete required tasks both timely and accurately with minimal supervision.
• Ability to effectively collaborate remotely with colleagues and department faculty and staff.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Creative, innovative, and problem-solving skills.
• Basic competency with Microsoft Office 365 (i.e. Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).

Skills

• Teaching at the college level.
• Understanding and articulating social work from a biblical worldview.
• Organizational skills.
• Interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Microsoft Office 365 proficiency.

Benefits

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes.

Pay

Courses are typically paid at $800 per load hour.

Schedule

Time Type: Part time

Location

Location: Remote