Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The Office of Field Experience (OFE) coordinates and provides oversight for the student teaching experiences for all Woodring College of Education teacher education programs and the assignment, training, and supervision of all NTT UICs. Under the leadership of its Dean, the faculty, staff and students of Woodring College of Education are pursuing a shared vision to foster "community relationships and a culture of learning that advance knowledge, honor diversities, and promote social justice." The College is committed to cultivating student competence through extensive field experiences with exemplary practicing professionals, and to integrating diversity issues in all curriculum and field experiences. To learn more about the Office of Field Experiences, visit the website at: https://wce.wwu.edu/ofe and for more information about the Woodring College of Education, visit the website: https://wce.wwu.edu/

The Woodring College of Education offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate teacher certification programs in Bellingham, Bremerton, and Everett. The Office of Field Experiences (OFE) oversees all student teaching placements and supervision and maintains an active vacancy pool for qualified Non-Tenure Track University Intern Coordinators (NTT UIC) to supervise the student teaching candidates. The NTT UIC positions are temporary, part-time and based upon the needs of the unit for supervision.

Position Responsibilities: NTT UICs supervise teacher education candidates and collaborate with school personnel in the evaluation, support, and mentoring of each candidate.

NTT UICs responsibilities include a minimum number of hours of observation, mentoring, collaboration, completion of internship evaluations, and submission of all required documents and evaluations to OFE. Training is provided.

Job Location: Primarily Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, and Kitsap counties; possible need in other counties within the State of Washington.

• Bachelor’s degree plus graduate credits
• Experience in the appropriate educational field (teaching and/or administrative)
• Evidence of accomplished pre K-12 teaching
• Successful experience working with diverse populations
• Formal or informal mentoring/coaching training received or provided, with demonstrated ability to provide such training.

• Evidence of successful intern supervision experience
• Successful experience working with adult learners

Salary

Compensation is calculated at 0.8 credits per student. Starting pay is $1,027 - $1,055 per credit, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Bargaining Unit

 United Faculty of Western Washington

Application Instructions

A cover letter and curriculum vitae are required and should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.

You will be asked to provide contact information of three references. Reference letters are required, and these will be automatically requested from the referee via the PageUp system, upon submission of the application, from the references provided.

This vacancy pool is refreshed annually; please see applicable close date information below. Applicants who continue to remain interested in being considered for on-going opportunities should re-submit updated materials to the new pool, once posted.

Required Supplemental Materials

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained faculty and staff. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and parenting status), disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities, including employment, admissions, and educational programs. See WWU’s Policy on Ensuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance, Title IX and ADA Coordinator, Western Washington University, Old Main 126 (MS 9021), 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay); crtc@wwu.edu

WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources Disability Services, 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).

Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act ("The Clery Act"). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Western's campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at vpsa.office@wwu.edu. The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires and rehires, which includes a sexual misconduct background check.